Avoiding toll booth. (New York, Mamaroneck, York: home, school, cost)

[boboji]

Hello New Yorkers,
Is there any way I can drive to queens from new rochelle without paying for a toll booth. I'm looking for a way to avoid the toll booth b/c I will be driving my son to school in queens, come back home, go pick him up and come back home again.
thank

[Viralmd]

We just had a thread addressing this question: http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-o-paying.html

The consensus is that it really isn't worth the time or extra gas. If you can afford a car, you can afford a toll.

[analyticalkeys]

My friend makes the commute from Mamaroneck to Queens everyday, and it's really not that bad on the gas, so I'm sure you could spare the extra cash for the toll.

[009]

That's one hell of a trip to take to avoid the toll. You would have to travel on the New England Thruway/Bruckner Expressway -> the Deegan -> E.135th St. -> 3rd Av. Bridge -> E.128th St/2nd Av. -> 2nd Av. for E.125th St., which turns into the FDR -> FDR to E.63rd back to 2nd Av. -> take the entrance past E.60th for the Queensboro Bridge then to your destination inside the borough. Heading back you would have to take the Willis Av. Bridge instead of the 3rd Av and hit Bruckner Blvd until the entrance to the expressway. Not worth it.

[DesiArnez6]

I disagree with everyone, I did this commute almost everyday from Queens to Washington Heights for almost a year, THEN I had to start communting a few months to the bronx instead.


It was totally worth it IF and ONLY if I had the time. IT took longer, but I absolutely saved money. While I used a bit more in gas, the Tolls actually cost me more than the extra gas that I used, so I definitely saved. So It all comes down to what you value most on that day..... Time, or Money


If its Time, take the Tolls
If its money, Take the Queensboro Bridge. IT sure saved me a heck of a lot of money... even with the traffic.