How to get fromMidtown Manhattan to Stapletonby subway, ferry, bus, taxi or car

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There are 4 ways to get from Midtown Manhattan to Stapleton by subway, ferry, bus, taxi, or car

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Subway, ferry
best
1. Take the subway from 49th Street to Whitehall St-South Ferrysubway N / ...
2. Take the ferry from Whitehall Ferry Terminal to St. George Ferry Terminalferry Staten Island Ferry
1h 16m
$6
Bus
cheapest
1. Take the bus from 5Th Ave / W 48Th St to Forest Av/Victory Blvdbus Sim30
1h 25m
$2–7
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Midtown Manhattan to Stapletontaxi 16.2 mi
29 min
$75–90
Drive 16.2 mi
1. Drive from Midtown Manhattan to Stapletoncar 16.2 mi
29 min
$3–5

Midtown Manhattan to Stapleton by subway, ferry, and train

391Weekly Services

1h 16mAverage Duration

$6Cheapest Price

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Distance: 10.9 mi
Duration: 1h 16m

What companies run services between Midtown Manhattan, NY, USA and Stapleton, NY, USA?

MTA Bus Company operates a bus from 5Th Ave / W 48Th St to Forest Av/Victory Blvd every 2 hours. Tickets cost $2–7 and the journey takes 1h 25m.

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Stapleton, United States(opens in a new window)

There’s no city quite like the Big Apple. From the hustle of Wall Street to the bright lights of Times Square to Central Park's leafy outlook, New York City pulsates with energy. Touch the sky from the Empire State Building, rub shoulders with art buffs at the the Guggenheim or Museum of Modern Art, visit Lady Liberty on Ellis Island and walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. Spend the day lazing in Central Park, unleash your inner kid at Coney Island, sink your teeth into delectable pizza and bagels, or simply wander through some of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world – from NoHo and the Meatpacking District to Tribeca and Williamsburg.

Things to do in Stapleton

Statue of Liberty(Opens in a new window)

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

Barclays Center(Opens in a new window)

Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The arena is part of a $4.9 billion future business and residential complex now known as Pacific Park. The site is located at Atlantic Avenue, adjacent to the renamed Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center subway station on the, as well as directly above the LIRR's Atlantic Terminal.

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.

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.

Places to stay in Stapleton

Fort Pl B&B and Gallery(Opens in a new window)

7.0Pleasant

Best Western Gregory Hotel(Opens in a new window)

7.0Pleasant

Insignia Hotel Brooklyn, an Ascend Collection Hotel(Opens in a new window)

7.6Good

Wyndham Garden Brooklyn Sunset Park(Opens in a new window)

8.0Good

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