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Originally Posted by Sprawling_Homeowner
There are 3 159 lines...
- 159T (Turnpike Express)
- 159R (River Road Express)
- 159 (local).
Never take the local.
If you must get to work early, go for the 159T. 30 minutes to Port Authority.
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good advice here.
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You would then get the S shuttle from Times Square to Grand Central and take the green line (4/5/6) to 51st.
I'd estimate 20 minutes minimum from PA to 51st/Lex. It'll take 15 minutes to get to Grand Central. Figure the rest out on your own.
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there's no need to take the shuttle to grand central and then switch to the 4/5/6 train.
from the port authority bus terminal, the OP can hop on the E train, which stops at lexington & e. 53rd st. the ride is probably about 8 minutes, not including the time to get from the upper levels of the bus terminal to the subway on the lower level.
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Also, if you hang out in the city after work, keep in mind that the 159Rs/locals run less and less as you run later into the night. I think the last 159 leaves PA at midnight or 1AM. After that, no buses... and also remember that after midnight no Latino vans run from the 175th Street GW Terminal in Manhattan to Bridge Plaza in Fort Lee. If you have stayed that late in NYC, you will have no resort but to pay $ for a taxi to drive across the GW Bridge - they'll charge $25 to $40. Or more.
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actually, the 159 local bus does offer (infrequent) all-night service - after 1am, there are buses that depart the port authority bus terminal at 1:10am, 1:40am, 2:50am, 3:30am, 5am, and 6:10am before continuing with regular morning service:
http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0159.pdf
and while i'm not well-versed in the specific latino shuttle van schedules, i do believe that at least one of the vans operates all night long and may bring the OP reasonably close to fort lee. the van i'm thinking of departs from the south side of w. 42nd st between 8th and 9th aves in midtown (just outside of the port authority bus terminal) and runs along bergenline avenue through union city, west new york, guttenberg, and north bergen toward the hudson/bergen county line. i'm not 100% sure of this, but the van may even continue beyond the county line along anderson avenue into fairview and cliffside park.
at the very least, it's worth investigating (probably by speaking directly with the latino van drivers; i can't find any info about the vans online).
another option for getting home to fort lee late at night is to take the A train uptown to 175th street, which will bring you to the george washington bridge terminal. from there, you can walk across the george washington bridge (assuming no shuttle vans are available at that late hour and that you are unwilling to pay for a cab ride across the bridge). it's only a 20 minute walk from one end of the bridge to the other, and once you're on the fort lee side, it's about a 1 mile walk to the linwood park complex. you can also catch a cab once you arrive in fort lee, which will be far cheaper than taking a taxi from nyc. just make sure to call for the cab at least 15 minutes in advance; this requires having 1 or 2 fort lee-area cab agency numbers saved in your cell phone, which is advisable anyway.
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