One day trip in NYC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they insist on driving, I would recommend leaving no later than 7:00 am. If they go through the Lincoln tunnel there is a self-park garage 2 blocks straight ahead after you get out of the tunnel. That should take a bit over 4 hours as I don't think there would be a ton of traffic -- I have driven up 95 to PA at 7:00 am on a weekday and had no problem with morning traffic and by the time they arrive at the city at 11:00 am there will be no traffic. Coming home, however, would be a big problem unless they left before 3:00 pm (which would not make the trip worth it) or left after say, 7:00 pm (and 7:00 pm still may not be late enough). If they went on a weekend (Saturday) then that would not be an issue.

As an alternative solution, they can take Amtrak to Metropark, NJ (about 3 hours) and park there (large lot, easy parking), and then take the train into NYC. I am guessing it is maybe a 30 minute train ride. They would want to get tickets ahead of time, a lot of Amtrak trains don't stop at metropark so there are less frequent trains there. That would save them the hassle of dealing with a lot of traffic getting out of the city and would cut down on the overall driving time.

Oops, meant to say they can drive to Metropark and then take Amtrak into the city.

[Anonymous]

Op again. I am just blown away with this great advice. I will pass it along to my inlaws. Thank you thank you!

[Anonymous]

Re the Metropark suggestion you may want to research whether the lot fills up with commuters. I have been there on weekends and it is fine but not sure about weekdays and there really isn't anywhere else to park around there.

[Anonymous]

Op here- thanks pp. I will warn them of this as I believe they would be going on a week day.