Getting around Manhattan
Manhattan is 13.4 miles long, from Inwood to the Battery, and about 2.3 miles wide at its widest. A pickup in Washington Heights and one in Battery Park City are the length of the island apart. Above 14th Street, the grid makes addresses easy. Numbered streets run east to west, and avenues run north to south. With the cross street, your chauffeur finds a building faster than with its number.
Below 14th Street the grid stops. In the West Village, SoHo, TriBeCa and the Financial District, the streets have names and run at angles. Greenwich Street and Greenwich Avenue are two different streets, and West 4th Street crosses West 10th, 11th and 12th. Give us the nearest corner with your address.
Getting to the airports from Manhattan
Every airport trip from Manhattan crosses a river, and the route depends on where you start. From Midtown, JFK is about 15 miles by the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, the Long Island Expressway (LIE) and the Van Wyck Expressway. From Lower Manhattan, the usual route is the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and the Belt Parkway. LaGuardia is the closest airport, about 9 miles away, over the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge or the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge and then the Grand Central Parkway. Newark Liberty is to the west, through the Lincoln or Holland Tunnel and down the New Jersey Turnpike. Teterboro, the airport for private and corporate jets in Bergen County, is by the Lincoln Tunnel and Route 3, or over the George Washington Bridge.
Busy parts of Manhattan
The offices of Midtown are on Park, Madison and Lexington Avenues between 42nd and 59th Street. Grand Central Terminal is at 42nd and Park, and Moynihan Train Hall covers the block from Eighth to Ninth Avenue between 31st and 33rd. The Javits Center is on Eleventh Avenue north of 34th. After a show, crowds leave the theater blocks between 41st and 54th Street fast. Carnegie Hall is at 57th and Seventh, and Lincoln Center is on Columbus Avenue at 65th.
Uptown, Museum Mile runs up Fifth Avenue from the Metropolitan Museum at 82nd Street to 105th, with hotels a block or two away along Central Park. Downtown, Wall Street and Broad Street are narrow and often closed to cars, and Brookfield Place and the South Street Seaport have their own drop-off points. At the cruise piers on Twelfth Avenue between 46th and 54th Street, traffic follows the ship's schedule. Our cruise terminal guide covers sailing day.
Four Manhattan neighborhoods have their own pages. The SoHo page covers the Broadway and Prince Street blocks and the restaurants below Houston Street. The Financial District page covers Wall Street and pickups before the markets open. The Upper East Side runs from Fifth Avenue to the East River between 59th and 96th Street. The Upper West Side means Lincoln Center, Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.
Airport routes from Manhattan
Here are the usual routes from Manhattan to each airport. For pickups at the terminals, see JFK terminal pickups and LaGuardia terminal pickups.
- Manhattan to JFK ratesMidtown Tunnel, LIE and Van Wyck
- Manhattan to LaGuardia ratesQueensboro or RFK Bridge, then the Grand Central Parkway
- Manhattan to Newark Liberty ratesLincoln or Holland Tunnel, then the New Jersey Turnpike
- Manhattan to Teterboro ratesLincoln Tunnel and Route 3
Airport rides from Manhattan have a flat rate, set when you book. See all rates.
How a Manhattan pickup works
- Give us the street number, the two nearest cross streets and the entrance you'll use. Park Avenue between 40th and 46th Street runs on a viaduct around Grand Central, with a street-level road underneath. Tell us which level you're on.
- Book online at least 1 hour before pickup. For a pickup within the next hour, email or WhatsApp us.
- We track your flight and move the pickup if it lands early or late. You get 45 minutes of free waiting after a domestic landing, 60 minutes after an international landing, and 15 minutes at any other pickup.
- Add meet and greet if you want your chauffeur waiting inside the terminal with a name sign to help with your bags. There is an extra charge, plus any airport parking. Without it, your chauffeur meets you at the curb or the car service pickup area. Once you have your bags, they call or message you with the exact spot.
By the hour
Manhattan by the hour
With three or more stops in a day, booking by the hour usually costs less than separate one-way rides, and the same car stays with you between stops. You can book any class by the hour, with a 3-hour minimum. See hourly rates. Our guide to planning an hourly day in Manhattan shows when it saves you money.
- CapacityUp to 5 passengers, 3 large and 3 small bags
- On boardFree Wi-Fi and charging ports in the executive fleet
- Child seatsInfant, toddler and booster seats, free on request.
Questions
Questions about Manhattan pickups
What address detail helps most in Manhattan?
The street number, the two nearest cross streets and the entrance. Two places are easy to mix up. Park Avenue between 40th and 46th Street has a viaduct around Grand Central and a road at street level, and you reach the two curbs in different ways. South of 14th Street, some names repeat. Greenwich Street and Greenwich Avenue are the best-known pair.
Can the car meet a train at Grand Central or Moynihan Train Hall?
Yes. Grand Central Terminal is at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, where the viaduct and the street-level road are separate curbs. Tell us which exit you'll use. Moynihan Train Hall covers the block from Eighth to Ninth Avenue, with entrances on 31st Street and on Eighth Avenue. Tell us the entrance there too. If your train is late, call +1 (646) 775-0556 as early as you can. Waiting charges can apply unless you tell us about the delay at least 2 hours before the pickup time.
Can the car meet a ship at the Manhattan cruise piers?
Yes. The Manhattan Cruise Terminal uses Piers 88 and 90 on Twelfth Avenue between 46th and 54th Street, and traffic there follows the ship's schedule. Give us the ship's name and your boarding time when you book. A Business SUV takes 3 large and 3 small bags. For a family with a lot of suitcases, the 12-seat Sprinter takes 10 large and 2 small bags.
Which parts of Manhattan do you cover?
All of it. We cover Inwood and Washington Heights, Harlem and Morningside Heights, the Upper West and Upper East Sides and Midtown. Downtown, we cover Chelsea, the Flatiron, Greenwich Village, SoHo, TriBeCa, the Financial District and Battery Park City.
Four of them have their own pages: SoHo, Financial District, Upper East Side and Upper West Side.
Nearby areas
Areas next to Manhattan
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Financial District
About 4 miles south of Midtown down the FDR Drive or the West Side Highway.
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Upper East Side
Fifth Avenue to the East River, 59th Street to 96th, with Museum Mile along its western edge.
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Long Island City
Directly across the East River from Midtown by the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge or the Queens-Midtown Tunnel.
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Book a car in Manhattan
We answer calls and messages 24 hours a day, every day. Book online at least 1 hour before pickup.