Transport (taxi) from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Chelsea...

Grateful if you could offer my wife and me some assistance.

We will arrive in New York on Saturday 29th April on Queen Mary 2 and dock at Brooklyn Cruise terminal (rather than Manhattan) at 06:30. Upon disembarkation we will be independent travellers and have to make our own arrangements.

The Chelsea Lodge hotel (Manhattan) has been booked, but could I please ask your advise upon the best way to get there from Brooklyn.

** Will there be yellow cabs at the cruise terminal?

** Can anyone recommend a cab/limo company?

** Does public transport exist in that area?

Our other problem is not knowing what time we (as independent travellers) actually disembarkation 脙垄 again for anyone脙垄s experience.

Thanks

Transport (taxi) from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Chelsea...

I would think that there would be yellow cabs there.

If you feel better reserving a car a couple of companies here in the city are Carmel and Tri-state.

Transport (taxi) from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Chelsea...

The Brooklyn cruise terminal is relatively new so I don%26#39;t know much about what goes on there. I would imagine there%26#39;d be taxis, but I wouldn%26#39;t take a chance. I would order a car service from Carmel (carmellimo.com) who don%26#39;t charge much more than a taxi. You might go to the forum at cruisecritic.com, specifically for cruises. If the ship has docked in Brooklyn before, there might be some folks with experience there.

Are you aware the Chelsea Lodge is a very basic hotel with tiny rooms? There are several hotels with the word Chelsea in the name. Is it in fact the Chelsea Lodge? There is a Hampton Inn Chelsea Manhattan that%26#39;s much nicer.

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Fat Bear-

We are also planning staying at the Chelsea Lodge. How was it..what are your thoughts?

Thanks for the input!

Val

Chelsea Lodge is okay. It is very clean, has lots of character and the staff are helpful. The down side is that the rooms are very small rooms and most rooms share a toilet. There is also no sound proofing and other residents entering and leaving their room will disturb you.

The area is good (close to subways/shops/restaurants etc), safe and people very friendly.

Chelsea Lodge also do suites, we would opt to stay there in future (please see their website).

To feed back on the cab situation. After waiting in a disorganised queue for 20/25 minutes we got a yellow cab. There was also an option to book (expensive) private transport on board the QM2.

Emailing NY cab firms from the UK is a waste of time; I sent 5/6 Emails and only got a single response.

Thanks

Chelsea Lodge is okay. It is very clean, has lots of character and the staff are helpful. The down side is that the rooms are very small rooms and most rooms share a toilet. There is also no sound proofing and other residents entering and leaving their room will disturb you.

The area is good (close to subways/shops/restaurants etc), safe and people very friendly.

Chelsea Lodge also do suites, we would opt to stay there in future (please see their website).

To feed back on the cab situation. After waiting in a disorganised queue for 20/25 minutes we got a yellow cab. There was also an option to book (expensive) private transport on board the QM2.

Emailing NY cab firms from the UK is a waste of time; I sent 5/6 Emails and only got a single response.

Thanks