Chauffeur service in Brooklyn

Getting in and out of Brooklyn

Brooklyn is on the western tip of Long Island. Every trip out of the borough crosses water, unless it goes to Queens. Three bridges and one tunnel go to Manhattan. The Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges start in Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO, and the Williamsburg Bridge starts at the north end. The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel goes under the harbor from Red Hook and the Gowanus. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is the only road to Staten Island. To Queens, the Pulaski and Kosciuszko Bridges cross Newtown Creek in the north. Farther south the border is on land, crossed by the Jackie Robinson Parkway and by avenues like Myrtle, Atlantic and Jamaica.

Greenpoint to Sea Gate is almost 15 miles by road. Tell us the neighborhood as well as the street, because Brooklyn repeats street names. Around Gowanus and Carroll Gardens there is a Third Avenue, a Third Street and a Third Place within a mile of each other.

The BQE and the other main roads

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) runs the length of the borough, from the Kosciuszko Bridge through the Gowanus Expressway to the Verrazzano. It carries most of the through traffic, and the narrow part below Brooklyn Heights gets very slow in the afternoon. The Belt Parkway follows the southern shore, and the Prospect Expressway goes from Church Avenue up to the Gowanus. Parkways don't allow commercial vehicles and have height limits. Our Sprinters take the expressways instead of the Belt.

Atlantic Avenue crosses the borough east to west. Flatbush Avenue goes from the Manhattan Bridge all the way to Marine Park. Eastern Parkway and Ocean Parkway are wide, with many traffic lights. In DUMBO, Water Street and Washington Street are cobblestone under the bridges and slow to drive. If you ask, your chauffeur will wait on a smoother corner nearby.

Getting to the airports from Brooklyn

From south and central Brooklyn, we take the Belt Parkway east to the JFK Expressway, or Atlantic Avenue out to Conduit Boulevard. From Williamsburg and Greenpoint, the usual route is the BQE to the Long Island Expressway and then the Van Wyck, or the Jackie Robinson Parkway across Queens. LaGuardia is north through Queens, by the BQE and the Grand Central Parkway.

To Newark Liberty, we go southwest over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, along the Staten Island Expressway and across the Goethals Bridge to the New Jersey Turnpike. When the bridge is busy, we take the Carey Tunnel and then the Holland Tunnel. Teterboro starts either way, then goes north into Bergen County.

Venues and offices in Brooklyn

Barclays Center is where Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues meet, on top of a major subway and train hub. On event nights, the blocks around it are very slow. The Brooklyn Academy of Music is a few streets east on Lafayette Avenue, and Kings Theatre is farther out on Flatbush Avenue. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is in Red Hook, off Van Brunt Street and Bowne Street, and traffic there follows the ship's schedule. Our cruise terminal guide covers sailing day at Red Hook and at the Manhattan piers.

The main office areas are Downtown Brooklyn around Court Street, Livingston Street and MetroTech, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Industry City in Sunset Park. For evenings and weekends, there are the restaurants of Williamsburg and Carroll Gardens, the event spaces on Kent Avenue, and the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Eastern Parkway. In summer, add the Coney Island boardwalk and Brighton Beach.

South and north Brooklyn

South of Prospect Park are large residential neighborhoods. Windsor Terrace and Kensington are next to the park, Borough Park and Midwood are in the middle, and Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay are toward the water. Canarsie, Mill Basin and Marine Park are on the southeast shore by the Belt Parkway. Green-Wood Cemetery is between Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace. Kings Highway, Nostrand Avenue, Utica Avenue and Linden Boulevard are the long local roads through the area.

North Brooklyn is dense, with short blocks and busy sidewalks. Brooklyn Bridge Park runs under both bridges from Atlantic Avenue to the Manhattan Bridge, with the Brooklyn Heights Promenade above it. Atlantic Terminal and Borough Hall are a few streets apart. In Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Clinton Hill, the brownstone blocks have narrow curbs and alternate side parking. There is almost no room for a car to wait. Give us a corner there as well as the house number.

Airport routes from Brooklyn

Here are the usual routes from Brooklyn to each airport. For pickups at the two Queens airports, see JFK arrivals and LaGuardia arrivals. For cars, hourly bookings and Red Hook cruise pickups, see black car service in Brooklyn.

• Brooklyn to JFK ratesBelt Parkway east to the JFK Expressway, or Atlantic Avenue out to Conduit Boulevard
• Williamsburg to LaGuardia ratesBQE north over the Kosciuszko Bridge, then the Grand Central Parkway into East Elmhurst
• Brooklyn to Newark Liberty ratesVerrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Staten Island Expressway and the Goethals
• Brooklyn to Teterboro ratesCarey and Holland tunnels, then north

Airport rides from Brooklyn have a flat rate, set when you book. See all rates.

Other trips from Brooklyn

• Brooklyn to Midtown ManhattanWilliamsburg Bridge to Delancey Street, or the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and the FDR Drive north.
• Red Hook cruise terminal to Wall StreetHamilton Avenue to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, then the Battery Park Underpass and West Street.
• Bay Ridge to Staten IslandGowanus Expressway to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the Staten Island Expressway.

Questions

Questions about Brooklyn pickups