How to get fromJournal Square to Brighton Beachby train, subway, bus, taxi or car

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There are 4 ways to get from Journal Square to Brighton Beach by train, subway, bus, taxi, or car

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Train, subway
best
1. Take the train from Journal Square to 33rd Streettrain Path
2. Take the subway from 34 St-Herald Sq to Brighton Beachsubway Q / ...
1h 14m
$6
Drive 14.6 mi
cheapest
1. Drive from Journal Square to Brighton Beachcar 14.6 mi
25 min
$3–4
Bus
1. Take the bus from State St / Battery Pl to Emmons Av / E 14 Stbus Bm3
2h 5m
$5–10
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Journal Square to Brighton Beachtaxi 14.6 mi
25 min
$65–85

Journal Square to Brighton Beach by foot, train, and subway

867Weekly Services

1h 14mAverage Duration

$6Cheapest Price

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Distance: 19.8 mi
Duration: 1h 14m

What companies run services between Journal Square, NJ, USA and Brighton Beach, NY, USA?

MTA Bus Company operates a bus from State St / Battery Pl to Emmons Av / E 14 St hourly. Tickets cost $2–7 and the journey takes 51 min.

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Brighton Beach, United States(opens in a new window)

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Things to do in Brighton Beach

Coney Island(Opens in a new window)

Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood, beach, and leisure/entertainment destination on the Coney Island Channel, which is part of the Lower Bay in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The site was formerly an outer barrier island but became partially connected to the rest of Long Island by land fill. The residential portion of the peninsula is a community of 60,000 people in its western part, with Sea Gate to its west, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach to its east, the Lower Bay to the south, and Gravesend to the north.

Barclays Center(Opens in a new window)

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Prospect Park(Opens in a new window)

Prospect Park is a 526-acre (213 hectare) public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and the second largest public park in Brooklyn. The park is situated between the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Ditmas Park and Windsor Terrace, as well as Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Prospect Park is run and operated by the Prospect Park Alliance and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. It is part of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway.

Brooklyn Bridge(Opens in a new window)

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges in the United States. Started in 1869 and completed fourteen (14) years later in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1595.5 ft and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed. It was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and formally so named by the city government in 1915. Since opening, it has become an icon of New York City and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972.

Places to stay in Brighton Beach

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8.2Very Good

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