Chris Stratton
New Member
I moved to NY City partially in the hope of being able to work where I could take public transportation to a chosen dance studio, alas looks like that's not to be. I've been offered a good job to the north on the Jersey side of the river, off the Pallisades Parkway right on the line between NJ and upstate NY. My goal is to get from there to Manhattan - let's say Fifth & 32nd street - as quickly and reliably as possible for evening practice/lessons... so I'm trying to brainstorm all the possibilites.
The big issue here is work to studio: studio to home and even home to work are a bit less time constrained, and I'll likely move wherever best simplifies things.
Work to the Jersey side of the GW bridge is fairly fast: about 20-30 minutes and I'm told not likely to slow down much, it's there into the city where things get challenging.
One idea is to drive all the way in and simply pay for monthly overnight garage parking near the studio, then pick the car up from there in the morning - the downside is unpredictable traffic delays on the bridge and in Manhattan. Another is to try to get overnight parking on the Jersey side of the bridge and take a bus across into town; not necessarily faster, but at least I don't have to personally navigate the traffic. A friend suggested moving to and parking in Inwood (Manhattan north of the bridge), then taking the subway down to 32nd street.
At first I'd thought the thing to do was move to Hoboken or Jersey city - the PATH subway trains go from there right to where I want to be in Manhattan even faster than from where I am in Queens at the moment, but it looks like driving that far south may take quite a bit of time, and probably means getting mixed up with out of the city traffic heading south from the bridge.
Unfortunately commuter rail doesn't go very close to the work location: looks to be about 10 miles to a Metro North station, then 40 minutes to Secaucus and then have to change trains to actually get into Manhattan... not a win.
Other random ideas:
Go north, across the Tappan Zee bridge, park and take the Metro North down the east side of the river to Grand Central.
Sell car, buy a boat.
Anyone have any suggestions?
The big issue here is work to studio: studio to home and even home to work are a bit less time constrained, and I'll likely move wherever best simplifies things.
Work to the Jersey side of the GW bridge is fairly fast: about 20-30 minutes and I'm told not likely to slow down much, it's there into the city where things get challenging.
One idea is to drive all the way in and simply pay for monthly overnight garage parking near the studio, then pick the car up from there in the morning - the downside is unpredictable traffic delays on the bridge and in Manhattan. Another is to try to get overnight parking on the Jersey side of the bridge and take a bus across into town; not necessarily faster, but at least I don't have to personally navigate the traffic. A friend suggested moving to and parking in Inwood (Manhattan north of the bridge), then taking the subway down to 32nd street.
At first I'd thought the thing to do was move to Hoboken or Jersey city - the PATH subway trains go from there right to where I want to be in Manhattan even faster than from where I am in Queens at the moment, but it looks like driving that far south may take quite a bit of time, and probably means getting mixed up with out of the city traffic heading south from the bridge.
Unfortunately commuter rail doesn't go very close to the work location: looks to be about 10 miles to a Metro North station, then 40 minutes to Secaucus and then have to change trains to actually get into Manhattan... not a win.
Other random ideas:
Go north, across the Tappan Zee bridge, park and take the Metro North down the east side of the river to Grand Central.
Sell car, buy a boat.
Anyone have any suggestions?
