DC to JFK advice needed
Apr 15, 2013 | 9:59 am
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The JFK hilton is almost $400. $750ish or so would be fine. Doesn't seem to be a lot of good options in the Chelsea area.
Apr 15, 2013 | 11:50 am
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I agree. Or if you want a fairly quiet NYE take the train up on the 31st and do a Priceline or Hotwire deal for a JFK airport. You could then have a leisurely morning on the 1st.
Apr 15, 2013 | 12:24 pm
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Me too. But the prior poster might actually like cold weather and overwhelmingly large and drunk crowd. 
Nestafaria, have you considered the following?
-Brooklyn Marriott
-Trump SoHo
-W Downtown
-Marriott Downtown
I would like to recommend Empire Hotel (Upper West) as well but I am not sure how are you gonna get there on New Year's Eve. Times Sq area is in lockdown mode on 12/31.
Do you plan to come early on 12/31 or late evening? Getting to the hotel may be a challenge later in the evening.
Nestafaria, have you considered the following?
-Brooklyn Marriott
-Trump SoHo
-W Downtown
-Marriott Downtown
I would like to recommend Empire Hotel (Upper West) as well but I am not sure how are you gonna get there on New Year's Eve. Times Sq area is in lockdown mode on 12/31.
Do you plan to come early on 12/31 or late evening? Getting to the hotel may be a challenge later in the evening.
Apr 15, 2013 | 12:58 pm
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Shouldn't be a problem. Grab a cab and get down to the hotel. Make dinner reservations as soon as you can at a place you'll enjoy.
Apr 15, 2013 | 1:04 pm
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Make dinner reservations well in advance. Trump SoHo is a great location.
Apr 15, 2013 | 2:20 pm
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What works equally well is to find a restaurant that is not having any NYE specials, where you'll be able to order off the regular menu, instead of being forced into a limited option, fixed price, cheap-champagne-toast-included meal for 50% more than you'd usually pay.
Apr 15, 2013 | 3:09 pm
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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.
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.
Ok. I guess I've just imagined the barricades and officers that have prevented me from getting from my office to my apartment each of the past 3 years. And all these years, I thought 37th and 7th was close to 34th and 7th. Thanks for letting me know! XOXO
Apr 15, 2013 | 3:14 pm
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I traveled to NYC in 2010 on the 31st and was pleasantly surprised at how little congestion there was around penn station. Trump Soho will have some event going on at 'Kastel' but its a small lounge and shouldnt make anything more confusing. If you head to your hotel ASAP and already have dinner reservations well in advance, I wouldn't worry about it too much!