Neighborhoods

Getting to Midtown & Penn Station

Penn Station, Herald Square, Times Square and the Garment District — the single busiest destination in the corridor.

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 Newark Airport Express Bus 45–75 min · $17–18
3. 3 Private Black-Car Service 30–55 min · $130–220
4. 4 Airport Taxi 30–60 min · $85–110

Getting here, specifically

Midtown is where every mode converges and rail is king: NJ TRANSIT and Amtrak from Newark Penn land you directly inside New York Penn Station at 33rd and Seventh, in the middle of the zone, with Herald Square and the Garment District at street level. PATH on the 33rd Street line is the cheaper cousin, surfacing at 33rd and Sixth a block away. The Newark Airport Express coach drops at the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 41st and Eighth and at Bryant Park on 42nd and Fifth, both walkable to Times Square. A car via the Lincoln Tunnel works but fights Midtown gridlock and pays the congestion toll for the privilege.

Midtown / Penn 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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