Originally Posted by carsnoceans (Post 20594955)

Btw OP, I have a CX JFK-HKD flight later this month and flying in J so don't wanna miss it. I actually planned on ground transport because if WAS-NYC gets cancelled, I will be hosed.

Hotel recommendations on New Year's Eve?? How much do you wanna spend? :D

Originally Posted by Adam1222 (Post 20590167)

I'd take the 5am train from DC to Penn, or a 6am flight. You would have plenty of cushion. NYE in manhattan is abominable unless you're a fan of drunk crowds of tourists and suburbanites, and you'll pay through the roof for a hotel on NYE.

Originally Posted by slawecki (Post 20589941)

nyc on nye is nice. train evening before, & stay in middle of nyc.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 20595691)

I disagree with both of these observations/suggestions.

Originally Posted by nestafaria (Post 20596005)

We will either be coming up on the 3:00 or 4:00 afternoon train on the 31st. Trump SoHo is currently at the top of the list for hotels. Any issues getting there around 7:30?

Originally Posted by Yoshi212 (Post 20594924)

As for dinner there are hundreds of restaurants within an easy subway ride, walk or cab and they'll all having NYE celebration specials which should work well for you.

Originally Posted by cordelli (Post 20591463)

I am not saying streets are not closed to pedestrians. I am saying unlike what was posted above, nothing in the area of Penn Station will be closed at all. Please, explain exactly which streets around Penn Station are closed to pedestrians starting at 4?

Also, not that it matters, the schedule I posted was the schedule they used in 2012, which was the actual closings. It is not expected closings eight months ahead of time. Though I would guess they will follow the same schedule this year.

It's also not correct that when a cross street is closed to vehicles that it is also closed to pedestrians. Some certainly are, the ones for example in Times Square where they are filling up with people, but again, those are not the ones around Penn Station. Just because 37th is closed to cross traffic does not imply that people can not walk up 37th. Indeed, not only can you walk up the sidewalk, you can errily walk up the middle of the street, which is a pretty cool thing to do. 37th is the south entry point into Times Square with checkpoints at Broadway and one at 7th, not really sure how it could be an entry point if pedestrians can not get to the entry point.

Suggesting



is not only misleading, since you feel the need to characterize what I wrote, but totally incorrect information not at all based on what actually happens.

I don't believe any streets around Penn Station will be closed to pedestrian traffic at all, let along at 4, or certainly have not been closed off in the past.