New York I love you (Red Hook: construction, bus, train)

[Desco]

But you're bringing me down.


New York I Love You

Somehow today while trying to drive to Ikea I wound up going through the BBT...twice (not in a row). I don't think I've ever been so out of it in my driving career.

[rlrl]

which IKEA, the one in Elizabeth NJ?

[Desco]

No Brooklyn. I've never been there, and it was raining, and there was some construction that meant my navigation couldn't give me the exact directions without redirecting....it was a confluence of bad scenarios.

[rlrl]

the BBT puts you around the Gowanus Expy. But I don't know brooklyn well at all. what nabe is it in?

[dixiecupdrinking]

The tunnel dumps you out pretty much within eyesight of Ikea... doesn't mean I could get there in a car, either!

[VJP]

I grew up in queens and moved over 8 years ago but my bro says tha ikea is in red hook and he took the train there.....totally of no help ! Goodluck!

[rlrl]

use mapquest and just enter the ikea address as the destination and some street near the bbt(like south street and fulton street) in manhattan as the starting point

[Desco]

Just to be clear, I did eventually get there, it's just that twice, once while initially trying to get there from Staten Island, and again, while trying to get home, I wound up going in completely the wrong way.

[rlrl]

did you take the VZ bridge to I 278 north?

[Fred314X]

I can see where the subway wouldn't have been much help, as it doesn't go there! Next time, try catching the B61 bus in downtown Brooklyn. That'll get you to Ikea. (It's in Red Hook).