Try to visit in the spring or fall. By car Route 495 transects Midtown Manhattan from New Jersey through the Lincoln Tunnel and from the east through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. By plane To Newark International in New Jersey, or La Guardia or John F. Kennedy International in Queens. Call 800 AIR RIDE for a list of public and private transport services, including shuttle buses and subway.
Congestion makes travel time slow and escalates taxi rates.
Buses are reliable but slow, and the subways relatively safe and air-conditioned, but often crowded, unkempt, and noisy.