JFK to Hilton WTC - Taxi or Train ?
Nov 2, 2004, 10:42 am
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JFK to Hilton WTC - Taxi or Train ?
Hi all,
I wondered if you could help ?
I will be arriving JFK T4 on Thanksgiving Thursday 25th Nov at around 4pm. I need to get to the Millenium Hilton. Have always taken taxis / limos before, but wondered if it might be much easier to get the train ?
I will only have one piece of handbaggage. Wondered if either option might be very much more preferable ?
Thanks in advance,
JP
I wondered if you could help ?
I will be arriving JFK T4 on Thanksgiving Thursday 25th Nov at around 4pm. I need to get to the Millenium Hilton. Have always taken taxis / limos before, but wondered if it might be much easier to get the train ?
I will only have one piece of handbaggage. Wondered if either option might be very much more preferable ?
Thanks in advance,
JP
Nov 2, 2004, 11:33 am
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Depends.....
on how much of a rush you're in and whether USD 40-50 makes a difference to you or not.
Taking a taxi (or car service) would be the easiest and presumably traffic should not be an issue.
Train or subway would take longer. $5 shuttle train ride to the LIRR station or Howard Beach(?) subway stop. I think the A train will take you to very near the Hilton Millenium but service may be spotty (I waited over 1/2 hour on a normal weekday early afternoon for a train one summer). LIRR would require you change to a southbound train at Penn station. You could be cheaper and take a bus/subway combo for even less $.
Taking a taxi (or car service) would be the easiest and presumably traffic should not be an issue.
Train or subway would take longer. $5 shuttle train ride to the LIRR station or Howard Beach(?) subway stop. I think the A train will take you to very near the Hilton Millenium but service may be spotty (I waited over 1/2 hour on a normal weekday early afternoon for a train one summer). LIRR would require you change to a southbound train at Penn station. You could be cheaper and take a bus/subway combo for even less $.
Nov 2, 2004, 4:42 pm
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Thanksgiving Day traffic downtown should be a breeze (traffic in midtown can be a pain because of the parade, but not downtown), so taxi or car service would be the most comfortable and almost definitely quickest. But it's $45 + tolls and tips for a taxi, or $40 + tolls and tips for a cheapo car service.
The A train option (get off at Chambers St, walk a couple blocks downtown) is certainly easy, and a lot cheaper. And if perchance you get on the wrong AirTrain and end up at Jamaica instead of Howard Beach, the E train's last stop (WTC) is right across the street from the Millenium, too. It'll just take a bit longer to get there than the A train.
The A train option (get off at Chambers St, walk a couple blocks downtown) is certainly easy, and a lot cheaper. And if perchance you get on the wrong AirTrain and end up at Jamaica instead of Howard Beach, the E train's last stop (WTC) is right across the street from the Millenium, too. It'll just take a bit longer to get there than the A train.