LIRR commute to Brooklyn/Manhattan - Really as bad as I hear? (Oyster Bay: straightener)
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My family just purchased a home in Old Bethpage and are planning to move out that way. We are currently in Brooklyn now so subway access is convenient to get to work etc even though it still takes me a little over an hour.
I will be starting a new job in Brooklyn near williamsburg and I am a little hesitant on making this move to Old Bethpage. I don't have a car so I would need to commute in via LIRR and then transfer to subway. My question is, how bad is the LIRR? I hear people complain all the time about it not being on time, always cancellations, etc.
I need to be at work by 8am and cannot be late, etc. If you were in my shoes, what would u do? If the commute from Old Bethpage on LIRR and then transferring do-able/manageable?
how about parking at the stations? Is it plentiful? Can I park all day? Is it free or do we pay every day? is there a permit to purchase? I'm not even sure which LIRR station is closest to me and if there isn't one, i'd have to get a car just to get there, which would suck...
With the cost of the monthly pass of both LIRR and Metro card, more feasible to just get a car?
Find a place and rent with roommates closer to where i work?
My family just purchased a home in Old Bethpage and are planning to move out that way. We are currently in Brooklyn now so subway access is convenient to get to work etc even though it still takes me a little over an hour.
I will be starting a new job in Brooklyn near williamsburg and I am a little hesitant on making this move to Old Bethpage. I don't have a car so I would need to commute in via LIRR and then transfer to subway. My question is, how bad is the LIRR? I hear people complain all the time about it not being on time, always cancellations, etc.
I need to be at work by 8am and cannot be late, etc. If you were in my shoes, what would u do? If the commute from Old Bethpage on LIRR and then transferring do-able/manageable?
how about parking at the stations? Is it plentiful? Can I park all day? Is it free or do we pay every day? is there a permit to purchase? I'm not even sure which LIRR station is closest to me and if there isn't one, i'd have to get a car just to get there, which would suck...
With the cost of the monthly pass of both LIRR and Metro card, more feasible to just get a car?
Find a place and rent with roommates closer to where i work?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
I commuted from Plainivew to BK. Since you have to be at work by 8am, it won't be bad at all. There will be plenty of parking available. Bethpage is closer, I would go to Hicksville since there is more trains. You will need a $100 a year parking permit from Oyster Bay.
I had to commute from Great Neck to Brooklyn for a brief period time.
It was by car, and hell.
2.5-3hrs to go home at prime even rush. It was only once a week, but I was ready to quit my job if they made me continue it.
Fortunately it was temporary, but it was a life draining commute that I am I glad I never to have to do again.
I commuted from Plainivew to BK. Since you have to be at work by 8am, it won't be bad at all. There will be plenty of parking available. Bethpage is closer, I would go to Hicksville since there is more trains. You will need a $100 a year parking permit from Oyster Bay.
To bounce off your part...so you're saying the train isn't busy at this time? I thought 8am start time was pretty standard so i would be traveling during peak rush hours.
Looking at the time table, it looks like i would have to get on the train just before 7am and it takes about an hour to get in to the BK area. I would presume that by 7am the trains, parking locations would be packed full. What time would you say is busiest?
To bounce off your part...so you're saying the train isn't busy at this time? I thought 8am start time was pretty standard so i would be traveling during peak rush hours.
Looking at the time table, it looks like i would have to get on the train just before 7am and it takes about an hour to get in to the BK area. I would presume that by 7am the trains, parking locations would be packed full. What time would you say is busiest?
You will get a seat at that time without an issue from Hicksville. Parking at 7 is fine 730 is a different story. It's a little bit of trial and error as far as the crowds go on the train. Ones that originate in ronkonkoma are over crowded the ones that start in Huntington are better.
LIRR customers are very territorial. If you sit in their seat, they get annoyed and will make you move because they sit there every day. If you park in their parking spot, they get annoyed and have been known to give dirty looks at people. If you stand on their favorite place to stand on the platform while waiting for the train, you're accused of cutting the line. The regular commuters can be very territorial with you and will not readily accept you as one of them.
On the weekends, you have different types of crazy passengers, you have the ones that will plug in hair straighteners and keurigs into the train outlets. You have drunks who love to start fights and you have drunk women who are looking for a hookup and have asked male passengers on the train for one.
You also have the overpaid conductors who try to usurp power they don't have. Just go on facebook and watch LIRR conductors and other employees tell customers who aren't happy with the LIRR to go drive.
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