Neighborhoods

Getting to Chelsea & Hudson Yards

The West Side from 14th to 42nd — Hudson Yards, the High Line, the Javits Center and the W39th ferry landing.

Inside the Manhattan Congestion Relief Zone (below 60th St)

The shortlist

Ranked for this corner of the island, best first:

1. 1 NJ TRANSIT Rail (via AirTrain) 30–45 min · $17–18
2. 2 Ferry Combination 45–70 min · $12–16
3. 3 Private Black-Car Service 30–55 min · $130–220
4. 4 Rideshare (Uber & Lyft) 30–60 min · $60–120

Getting here, specifically

This is ferry country: the NY Waterway boat to Pier 79, the West Midtown Ferry Terminal at West 39th Street, lands you steps from Hudson Yards, the Javits Center and the north end of the High Line. Failing that, NJ TRANSIT to New York Penn Station puts you a short walk or one subway stop from Chelsea, since Penn sits at 33rd and Seventh. By car the Lincoln Tunnel is the right tube — its NY portal at Dyer Avenue and 40th Street feeds straight into the West 30s and 40s — but everything here is inside the congestion zone. For the lower Chelsea galleries around 24th Street, Penn plus a few blocks south beats the ferry.

Chelsea / HY sits below 60th Street, inside the Congestion Relief Zone, so every car-based crossing carries the Manhattan congestion charge on top of the tunnel toll — which tilts the math toward rail and, downtown, toward PATH. Open any crossing for its full timing, fare and step-by-step.

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