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I was afraid about taking the subway and the train to get the airport. New things are always a little bit scary. But it is actually pretty easy! There is a train that stops in all the JFK airport terminals. It is called Airtrain. It costs 5 dolars (plus 1 dolar if you don\u2019t have a Metrocard) and you will see there where to buy the tickets. You pay before taking the train if you are going to JFK and after hopping off if you are coming to the city. The first (if you are going) or last stop (if you are coming to the city) is Sutphin Blv JFK. You will find there also the subway (E line), which is perfect to go to Manhattan or anywhere you need to go.<\/p>\n
Indications and signals are perfectly clear so you won\u2019t be lost. Also, there is information inside the Airtrain about the different airlines and their terminals (in case you don\u2019t know which terminal you have to go, this is very useful).<\/p>\n
In total, I spent around 1 hour and 40 minutes to get the airport from the East Village. It depends on the subway times of course. Also, take into account that all that I\u2019ve specified here is during \u201cnormal hours\u201d. I don\u2019t know what happens after midnight. So if you arrive or leave the city at \u201clate nights\u201d, check the subway stops. Don\u2019t worry about the air train because it works 24 hours.<\/p>\n
I highly recommend you to look in Google Maps with the option \u201cmainly by subway\u201d to see how to do it from your place.<\/p>\n
There is other alternative that I\u2019ve not experienced. It is faster and a little bit more expensive. Instead the subway, you can pay 7.5 dolars for a ride in a train from Penn Station to Jamaica Center and take the Airtrain there. It will save you around 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
Hope it is useful! Have a good flight!<\/p>\n
Isabel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A few years ago I came to NY as a tourist and I used to take a cab to arrive to Manhattan from the airport. Big mistake. You will be around one and a half hours in the horrible horrible horrible (and always existing) traffic jam. Also, you will pay around 50 dolars, which is much worse. So, what can you do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[714],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-guide"],"yoast_head":"\n