Parking and Transportation

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Posted by winston on June 27, 2010 at 1:14am

Have information for attendees about where to park (for drivers), or how to get to DrupalCampNYC8 using various public transport? Post it here as a comment.

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Parking!

Posted by winston on June 27, 2010 at 1:21am
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Street parking is possible in the surrounding blocks, but VERY difficult to find.

The closest garage is right across the street at the Marriot Hotel. The only trick is the entrance to the garage is on Adams street rather than Jay street. Easiest way to make sure you get there is plug this address into your GPS...

333 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY

That will take you to the Marriot front door where the garage entrance should be fairly obvious.

When you go in to park, go towards the back of the garage and take that elevator up to the floor just under the mezzanine (I don't recall of the top of my head if it is floor 1 or 2, but it is just below the mezzanine. That exits on Jay Street and right across the street is NYU-Poly.

Pricing is typical NYC gauging, but you can't beat the convenience.

Driving

Posted by winston on June 27, 2010 at 1:28am
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NYU-Poly has a directions page. It has driving directions from a number of areas. That said, where it says there is parking at the Marriot on Jay street I think that is inaccurate. Yes, there is parking at the Marriot, but you have to go around to the Marriot entrance on Adams street which is a bit tricky from Jay street. If you know you will be parking at the Marriot, use the instructions I posted above and plot your directions to that address instead.

Here is the official NYU-Poly page:

http://www.poly.edu/node/463

Public Transportation

Posted by winston on June 27, 2010 at 1:30am
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Please consult the NYU-Poly official directions page which lists the various subways that have stops in that area...

http://www.poly.edu/node/463

Looking for advice

Posted by tedbow on July 19, 2010 at 3:01pm
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I am driving in from Ithaca, NY about 4 hours away and looking for advice. I just moved to Ithaca so I have not made the trip yet.

I am trying to decide between:

  1. Driving to the Beacon station on the Metro-North commuter train line. Parking there and then taking train into the city. Parking is only about $5 a day and is free on Saturday and Sunday.
  2. Driving all the way into Brooklyn and parking in a garage for the 3 days. I don't really plan on driving in the city so I feel this would be a pain. I don't know how much parking would be.
  3. Take a bus.

Anybody have any advice on any of these?

Anybody from the Ithaca area want to catch a ride?

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Bus to NY

Posted by tom_o_t on July 19, 2010 at 3:25pm
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Personally I'd recommend the bus. I've taken the bus for the Ithica->NYC trip before, it's not too painful, four hours perhaps? If I remember right the bus takes you to Port Authority, so all the subway lines are pretty accessible from there.

Beacon's a pretty nice town to stop in en-route if you're driving - great art gallery and lots of antique shops.

Parking in Brooklyn in the area around NYU Poly is pretty expensive, so I'd not recommend this.

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Seconded. I've found the bus

Posted by fureigh on July 19, 2010 at 3:36pm
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Seconded. I've found the bus trip to be relatively relaxing, and especially once you factor in the parking and traffic time and expense, it's a good deal.

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Significant Ithaca employer offers some rideshare suggestions...

Posted by quid.oblitus on July 20, 2010 at 11:30am
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You've probably tried these...

From this page:

AlterNetRides - a Cornell rideshare service;
Craigslist - Ithaca rideshare classifieds;
iCarpool -an international carpool network;
Uloop - an all-Cornell community;
ZimRide - a Cornell rideshare community.

Also, the Shortline Bus has wireless on at least some buses. Whether adequate is another question, but at $107.00 RT (off peak times only) it could be very good. Where's Bolt or Megabus when you need them?

I'd highly recommend the bus

Posted by mrynearson on July 19, 2010 at 4:22pm
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As mentioned relaxing and indeed driving and parking in NYC is a pain. I'm upstate in the catskills now and really enjoy taking the bus if possible. Not sure about Metro North but a lot of buses have wi fi now. Course you can always tether from your Android phone ( but not iPhone ;0)