Some NYC info for the MSG shows
Heading to the 2 shows up in MSG and need a little info. We have decided to make the trip a 5 day event and are pulling out hair out trying to plan our trip. We want to do some site seeing all over the city and fear that our hotel location will make getting around a pain. First off is where to stay? Some place cheap and easy access to get around to different place but that isn't a dump. So say I find a good hotel in Queens or the Bronx will getting to sites in the city be a pain? Just want to have as little stress as possible while there. Any info will be appreciated! GO PENS!!!!!!!!!
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It will cost you more but if you're going to do the trip, you want to do it right.
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DO NOT
I repeat DO NOT bring your car into Manhattan. You would be much better off parking it somewhere far-ish in PA or NJ and take the train. Parking here is OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive. You can't even imagine.
I would see about parking and shuttling in personally because as stated above parking is expensive in the city.
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Don't go to the Bronx.
You can reach anywhere from the path by taking it to the subway. :rolleyes:
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
If you stay in the city don't drive in. Parking is going to be a killer on the pocket and the truck drivers might just run your car over if you piss them off enough.
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Parking will add at least $60 to your spending a day. It is insane! Unless you find a hotel that has a valet that is usually less than a regular lot, park somewhere else. Sorry I can't tell you where.
Try to take an afternoon and go downtown and walk along the water by Battery park. It's nicer there on the weekends when the suits are gone. Just don't expect to find something to eat there, all the restaurants close ( I know its NYC, but dude, there is no where to eat down there on the weekend, it's hard to believe). It will be June, so there are a ton of little gardens and a great view of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and NJ (haha). But it has been really built up and looks so nice. My usual trek is to check out the Tower site, head over to the far left and go up to the Winter Garden and thru that building out to the water.
Take a stroll on Bleeker Street and hit Soho, Chinatown and Little Italy. There is so much to do. Leave the car in one place and take a subway.
Have fun!
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I'm staying at the Holland Motor Lodge, which has a parking place. It's nothing fancy at $80-100 a night, but it's close to NYC and has good reviews for Jersey City..
Of course you already booked the hotel, so in that case it won't be of much help, sorry.
Sander
gonna have to wake up early in the morning and roam nyc like crazy style, see the sites, take in as much as i can till the afternoon pre-party & gigs.
It's in the Meadowlands.
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I don't know the train system in Jersey but I'm guessing it's a NJ transit train? Or the Path? You have to ask the Jersey people.
I don't know if the trains run over there. I wonder if it requires a bus?
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Guess my question is, What train do take, Jersey people from Pine Brook into Manhattan?
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Here is the link for NJ Transit
http://www.njtransit.com/hp/hp_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=HomePageTo
Try NY Waterways. Not sure about parking there that long but if you can its a short ride into Manhattan from the Weehawken Terminal. PM I might have another option for you
From what i understand, there is a bus that runs right in front of the hotel and can get you to Port Authority in 20 minutes (might be lucky to make that time...).
This is a MUCH cheaper option than stayin in Manhattan...Does anyone think this is not a good idea for any reason? I've never been to NYC.
that is actually a GREAT idea if they are cheaper VERY easy access to the city
I am visiting/driving to New Jersey and I want to take a train into New York City. Where can I find daily/overnight parking lots adjacent to your stations? Back to Top
If you are traveling from Southern New Jersey, you may consider parking at Trenton Train Station where you can catch a Northeast Corridor train to New York Penn Station located in midtown Manhattan at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue. For related parking information at Trenton Train Station, please call (609)599-9614.
If you are in Central New Jersey, you may consider taking the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 11 and taking the Garden State Parkway North for two miles to Exit 131A to Metropark Train Station where you can catch a Northeast Corridor train to New York Penn Station. For related parking information at Metropark Train Station, please call (732) 906-1661.
If you are coming from the Northwestern portion of New Jersey via Route 80, you may want to consider parking at the Dover Rail Station and taking a MidTOWN Direct train to New York Penn Station. For related parking information at Dover Train Station, please call (973) 366-2200.
For parking information at any other NJ TRANSIT rail station, please call the Transit Information Center. Agents are available to assist you daily between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and midnight at 1-800-772-2222.
from NJ transit's website
Not much glamour in Secaucus but you'll probably get a decent hotel room.
The Pod hotel in Midtown is COOL. Not super-cheap, but not bad.
In secaucus you are going to take the 190 bus to port authority. it will probably be around 5 bucks round trip. it's only about a 15 minute bus ride in depending on the traffic at the lincoln tunnell. this bus will drop you off on 42nd and 8th. when you get out of the bus station head down town. msg will be 8 blocks on the left.
let me know if you have any questions.
if anybody needs some ideas for nyc be more specific. i've probably been to nyc about 100 times and i still see different things everytime i go.
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NJ Transit trains I know stop at a certain hr.
I don't know about the buses or the Path trains.
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and Metsy!
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