Metropark area to downtown NYC (Newark: live, cost, bus)

[apon1234]

I live within 2 miles of Metropark, trains station and considering a job around 20 Broadway downtown NYC.

I would like people's thoughts on my choices, assume I am out the door 7am.

1. Drive 15 min to Academy bus at Cheesquake and take bus that stops in front of building.
2. Drive/park at Metropark, take train to Newark, then path to WTC and walk 15 minutes to building.

My main driving factors is time and stress, stops. Cost is not too important.

On paper, #2 is shortest, but I would have to time the trains to match the times lost lost when driving to Cheesquake.

Thanks all

[captne76]

Cheesequake,,,oh yeah that's right we named a rest area after our present governor

[Rare727]

I would think the train at Metropark would absolutely be the faster option. The Cheesequake bus takes ~1 hr 15 min and that's *without* the extra 15 minutes of driving. NJ Transit to PATH to WTC would probably take ~45-50 minutes, and the PATH runs very frequently at rush hour so the train connection shouldn't be much of an issue.