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Title: Best way to New York?
Post by: amnesiac on April 20, 2005, 03:34:00 pm
Looks like I might have to make a few trips to Central Park this summer:
 
  Dinosaur Jr. / Broken Social Scene
 Thursday, July 14 - 4:30pm doors
 Tickets: $37.25 advance / $40 day of concert
 
  Death Cab for Cutie / The Decemberists / Stars
 Thursday, August 18th - 5:30 doors
 Tickets: $30 advance / $35 day of concert
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: bearman🐻 on April 20, 2005, 03:44:00 pm
I hear good things about the Chinatown bus. $35 r/t. Not sure of the web site though.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: SalParadise on April 20, 2005, 03:46:00 pm
ivymedia.com
 
 washingtondeluxe.com
 
 cheap and easy.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: jkeisenh on April 20, 2005, 03:48:00 pm
my favorite is the Dragon Coach, since it drops off in Herald Sq which is far more convenient than NY's chinatown.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 20, 2005, 03:49:00 pm
chinatown bus is so passe ... greyhound now offers the same price ($35 r/t) and departures every hour ... although they don't have cool kung-fu movies
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: jkeisenh on April 20, 2005, 03:56:00 pm
chinatown buses are more likely to let you take a bike on if there's space.  greyhound is jerks about it.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: Venerable Bede on April 20, 2005, 04:10:00 pm
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  chinatown buses are more likely to let you take a bike on if there's space.  greyhound is jerks about it.
boo-hoo.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: sonickteam on April 20, 2005, 04:11:00 pm
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  chinatown buses are more likely to let you take a bike on if there's space.  greyhound is jerks about it.
how much is the bus to take you back to Wisconsin?
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: SalParadise on April 20, 2005, 04:24:00 pm
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  chinatown bus is so passe ...
haha, reaching new levels of hate...dude, it's a bus!
 
 what do you want? a new line that takes you from DC9 to thurston moore's front porch?
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: jkeisenh on April 20, 2005, 04:25:00 pm
wow, Thurston has a porch?  how very.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: Fico on April 20, 2005, 04:29:00 pm
There's one that goes from Tenleytown to Madison Sqaure Garden...it doesn't have the stench of stir-fry and has newer movies...very kosher..
 
 www.vamoosebus.com (http://www.vamoosebus.com)
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on April 20, 2005, 04:41:00 pm
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
   
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  chinatown bus is so passe ...
haha, reaching new levels of hate...dude, it's a bus![/b]
dude, i was being sarcastic!
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: SalParadise on April 20, 2005, 05:48:00 pm
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
   
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
   
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  chinatown bus is so passe ...
haha, reaching new levels of hate...dude, it's a bus![/b]
dude, i was being sarcastic! [/b]
oops.
 
 *extends olive branch*
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: Bags on April 20, 2005, 05:56:00 pm
Buddha, are you necessarily looking for the cheapest transport?  You can often find flights that are less than the train -- anywhere from $90-150.  If you fly in to Newark, there's an easy train in to Penn Station and take a cab or hop on the subway there.  If you fly in to LaGuardia, I think you have to take a taxi, which can be pricey depending on where you're going...
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: Random Citizen on April 20, 2005, 06:19:00 pm
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Originally posted by Fico:
  There's one that goes from Tenleytown to Madison Sqaure Garden...it doesn't have the stench of stir-fry and has newer movies...very kosher..
 
 www.vamoosebus.com (http://www.vamoosebus.com)
Thanks for posting that link! Vamoose Bus + room at the Chelsea Star (about a block from the drop-off) = inexpensive weekend spent in NYC  :D
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on April 20, 2005, 08:19:00 pm
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Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: on April 21, 2005, 09:59:00 am
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Originally posted by white man from town:
 how much is the bus to take you back to Wisconsin?
I'm living in Wisconsin (http://www.kirkhiner.com/elsewhere-thoughts.shtml), but only in my mind.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: thirsty moore on April 21, 2005, 10:03:00 am
A knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork...
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: amnesiac on April 21, 2005, 03:59:00 pm
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Originally posted by Bags:
  Buddha, are you necessarily looking for the cheapest transport?  
Yeah, cheapest would be ideal. I know Dino Jr. is playing here a few days before, so I might not need to make the trip. Does anyone know if Broken Social Scene is opening the 9:30 show?
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: jdeweesus on April 21, 2005, 05:13:00 pm
Whenever I go to NYC, I drive to Hamilton, NJ & take NJ Transit train in to the city.  It's like $16 roundtrip, plus the tolls & gas money.  I have found it to be the best & cheapest way in & out of Manhattan.  I absolutely hate taking the bus, amtrak is a rip-off and airports are a hassle.
Title: Re: Best way to New York?
Post by: SalParadise on April 21, 2005, 05:18:00 pm
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Originally posted by econo:
  A knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork...
that's the way we spell new york.
 
 nice..