Travel from JFK to New Jersey

Please help... family of 5 flying into JFK and staying at Marriott Meadowlands 801 Rutherford Avenue, NJ. (I think it%26#39;s near Giants Stadium)

Would it be cheaper to take a taxi from JFK to hotel or best to hire car service considering distance and number of people?

Anyone know the approximate travel time from JFK to hotel?

It will be a Friday early afternoon and I realize it depends on traffic but an uneducated guess will do.

Thanks!

Travel from JFK to New Jersey

You%26#39;ll be hard pressed to find a NYC taxi that will be willing to take you out to NJ. They%26#39;re not required to.

Travel from JFK to New Jersey

JFK is about 35 miles away -- involving often-tedious passage along the access to and through/over either the Lincoln Tunnel [most direct] or the George Washington Bridge .

I think your best bet is to call the concierge at the hotel, which BTW is the Renaissance Meadowlands... were you to say Marriott Meadowlands, the would-be driver might think you mean the Marriott Courtyard Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The concierge should be able to give you especially particularized info/suggestions; it may be that a taxi or car service based in Rutherford will be cheaper than using a NYC outfit.

A car service would be the best bet but you would require a mini van for 5. It is about a 26 mile drive and the trip is going to take well over an hour and could take two hours and possibly longer depending on traffic. A factor is how early in the afternoon you will be traveling.

There are three major traffic obstacles. First you have to get through the Midtown Tunnel. Then you have to drive across Manhattan to the Lincoln Tunnel and that is going to take at least 20 minutes. Getting through the Lincoln Tunnel on a Friday afternoon could take 30 minutes or longer.

Prepare for a long slow trip unless you find a flight that will get you into JFK 10 PM or later (later the better) and the trip will take less than an hour.

The car service may cut through Staten Island but it will be expensive.

Here in central NJ, flyers for car service to Newark advertise rates of $50 and it is about 20 miles. So from JFK to Rutherford, it can easily be $150+ tolls + tip.

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