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How to Get to the Airport
- Airport Taxi - (212) 302-8294
- EWR – At least $50; negotiate with the driver
- JFK – $35 plus tolls and tip.
- LGA – $20 plus tolls and tip
- The buses and subway leave from directly in front of Barnard and, no matter how far, the ride is always $2. The M60 bus will take you directly to the airport.
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You’ll be hard pressed to find a city with more convenient transportation than New York City. The subway runs all over Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn for two dollars a ride with free transfers to any other mode of transportation in New York City. There’s a subway stop right outside the gates of Barnard that is a part of the one and nine red lines. These subway lines run up and down Broadway in Manhattan, all the way down to South Ferry, making stops at important locations, such as Times Square and Penn Station. It’s very easy to transfer to other subway lines, like the green line that runs on the east side of Manhattan or the shuttle train to Grand Central Station from Times Square. Penn Station Houses the Long Island Railroad and the New Jersey Railroad that stop at Newark Airport. Buses around Barnard are also very convenient. In fact, the M60, which also stops in front of the campus gates will take you directly to New York’s La Guardia Airport in less than one hour. This is very helpful for students on a budget, because it can take you and your bags to the airport for $2 as opposed to $30 or $40 dollars in a taxi.
Barnard students are lucky to have access to the variety of transportation that they have available. The only bad thing about it is that most modes of transportation are expensive, especially cabs and trains. Another bad thing is that most ways of getting anywhere, except for in a cab or to LaGuardia on a bus, involves transferring to a different mode of transportation at some point, which is both time consuming and expensive. The best thing, by far, that Barnard has to offer is the M60 bus to the airport and the 116th Street subway station that is less than three minutes from anywhere on campus.
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It's New York—what else is there...
It's New York—what else is there to say? It's great!
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Transportation in New York is like...
Transportation in New York is like a maze, and sometimes I’m not sure if I’m going the right way until I walk out of the subway station. The subway is just like anything else, though—practice and you’ll get better. |
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Public transportation is always...
Public transportation is always available, and it’s very easy to use once you learn the names and stops of the lines that run. |
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Public transportation is very...
Public transportation is very convenient. The subway is right next to campus, and it will take you almost anywhere in Manhattan in about 45 minutes or less. |
On-Campus Transportation
University Shuttle
x4-SAFE (47233)
(212) 854-5262
Daily 9 p.m.–4 a.m.
Public Transportation
Metro cards are officially $2/swipe, but it comes out to slightly less - $20 puts $23 on your card. You get an automatic free transfer between subway and bus, or between buses.
New York Subway and Bus System (MTA)
(212) 878-7000
www.mta.info
Taxi Cabs
New York Taxi and Limousine Commission
40 Rector Street - New York, NY 10006
(212) 302-8294
Amtrak
The Long Island Railroad conveniently leaves from Penn Station at 34th Street on the Red line stop. This will take you into Long Island.
Long Island Railroad
(718) 217-5477
The train to Newark International Airport also leaves from Penn Station at 34th Street. A ticket is around $11 and takes you right into the airport.
New Jersey Transit
(201) 762-5100
Airport
JFK is 45 minutes away from Barnard. There is a flat fee of $35 to get there by taxi, plus tolls and tip.
John F. Kennedy International Airport
(718) 656-4520
LGA is 30 minutes away from Barnard by taxi. The fee by taxi is between $25 and $35 and by bus is $2.
LaGuardia Airport
(718) 533-3400
EWR is 40 minutes away from Barnard and will cost around $50, plus tolls and tip, or around $12 by train.
Newark International Airport
(201) 961-6000
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