Comments on: What is the nearest airport around Manhattan 40 Irving Place (Washington Irving High School)?

By: StephenWeinstein

StephenWeinstein — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:34:59 +0000

Neither JFK nor LaGuardia is 6 hours from Manhattan if you take a bus, subway, or taxi. It might take 6 hours if you walk or take a bicycle.

There are several airports in the area that have only private planes, and no scheduled commercial flights.

The nearest commercial airport to lower Manhattan is, strangely, the Newark, New Jersey airport.

Any commercial airport other than Newark, JFK, or LaGuardia will be much farther than those three.
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By: LJ

LJ — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:54:59 +0000

There are 3 major airports that serve the NYC area - Newark Liberty, Laguardia, and JFK.

While Laguardia is marginally closer, the truth is, none of the airports is a REALLY easy ride into Manhattan. It also depends upon the traffic, because there are times of day when it’s just a breeze to get into Manhattan, and others when it will take forever to get to Manhattan! There is the airtrain from JFK to the subway, which is a little more predictable, because it doesn’t depend on traffic. But the truth is, get whatever flight is cheapest and easiest to book. I prefer to fly into Laguardia, but it’s really 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.

Oh, and Washington Irving High is pretty easy to get to by subway. You can take anything that stops at Union Square. (There are a number of lines that stop at Union Square.) Check out the website Hopstop.com where you can get good directions by subway to anywhere in NYC.
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By: Passion

Passion — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:25:59 +0000

LGA is the closest. Good luck!
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By: Native New Yorker

Native New Yorker — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:48:59 +0000

My friend, I agree with jbot2000, LGA is the closest airport to Washington Irving. The trip from the airport to the high schools take about 45 to 60 minutes.

Good luck
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By: David

David — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:18:59 +0000

Contact the school you are interviewing with, they will be able to tell you. Ignore the advice on Newark being in a different state. It is a different state , but just across the river. According to Google maps. the closet airports are Laguardia, Newark and JFK in that order.
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By: jbot2000

jbot2000 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:55:59 +0000

LaGuardia is 20 min from there. JFK and Newark are a little farther.
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By: ♫♥Misѕ Aмєяι¢α™ ♥80s MTV

♫♥Misѕ Aмєяι¢α™ ♥80s MTV — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:26:59 +0000

LaGuardia is the closest. Newark is in New Jersey an entirely different state. That would be stupid to go all the way to NJ when you can just come to NY straight, even if it’s 6 hrs away
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By: sea monkey

sea monkey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:06:59 +0000

no, it does not take more than 6 hours to get to the school from either of those two. nearest is newark.
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