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How do you get into Manhattan?

I am looking into living and working in New York City (preferably Manhattan) and I have heard that it is a lot cheaper to live in some of the other boroughs or New Jersey. I was just wondering how I would get into New York from places such as NJ and Brooklyn (e.g. if there is a subway or bus service) as I cannot drive and wouldn't fancy driving around New York anyway!

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1. If you're living and/or working in Manhattan, there's a very good chance that there will be a train station or bus stop close by. I am a Native New Yorker who never learned how to drive because I never found the need to. I was born and raised in Manhattan and then I moved to Queens for about 3 years. It was an easy commute from Queens to work everyday in Manhattan. About a year ago, I moved to Northern, NJ because the rent prices were unaffordable for me. The commute is still easy via the NJ Transit and Path trains. :) Good luck!
2. To get to Manhattan see the following links: From the other Borough's http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/index.html From Long Island http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/lirrmap.htm From Westchester and Conneticut http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm From New Jersey http://www.njtransit.com/hp/hp_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=HomePageTo http://www.panynj.gov/COMMUTINGTRAVEL/path/html/map.html
3. There are plenty of buses and trains and ferries to get you into Manhattan from the outer boroughs and/or New Jersey. Some areas will offer multiple options for your commute - i.e. a friend who lives in Riverdale can take the MetroNorth commuter train, the subway or the express bus to her office in midtown. Taking the subway will always be the cheapest option, as you can get an unlimited monthly MetroCard. The express buses and commuter trains will be more expensive, but in some areas (New Jersey or Long Island) are the only option.
4. From Brooklyn: Take a subway: I know that you can take the L, Take the G and transfer to Manhattan bound E You can also go on the 59st bridge or Williamsburg bridge From New Jersey: Take the Holland or Lincoln tunnel Take the path train ( that will bring you right outside of world trade center) Or take the George Washington Bridge
5. Here are some highlights that connects to Manhattan. Free Staten Island Ferry operated by NYCDOT operates from Staten Island via connecting NYCT's Staten Island Railway or Staten Island buses. All X1~X42, including Atlantic Express X23/X24 connets you to Lower, Midtown Manhattans from this Staten Island, borough of NYC. Brooklyn: Brooklyn subways as followed. A/C: Between Grand Av & High St stations are B/Q between DeKalb Av & Coney Island, along with F between York St & Coney Island. M/R between Court St & Coney Island-Bay Ridge area. N train between Pacific & Coney Island area. 2/3/4 and rush hour <5> between Borough Hall and Brooklyn College or New Lots Av premise. G between Greenpoint Av & Smith-9th Sts. LIRR. Brooklyn has many buses along with X buses goes directly to Manhattan with twists. BM5 is new provided replacement for BQM1. LIRR stations are Flatbush, East New York and Nostrand Av stations with twists. Queens Queens subways are as follows. 7 trains between Vernon Blvd & Flushing. E/F/R/V/Weekend G between 21st St-Queens Plaza/Forest Hills areas and Jamaica. There are many Queens Buses including M60 from Manhattan which goes to LGA and there are many Long Island Bus that steps into Queens for subway-ctiy bus connection or some city buses enters Nassau's Green Acres Mall with new twists. Q101R is new provided replacement for Q101R. Q89 is new provided replacement for Q9A. Q69 is new provided replacement for Q19A. Q64 is new provided replacement for Q65A. Q49 is new provided replacement for Q19B. Bronx: Many NYCT and MTA BUs provides local and express bus into Manhattan or subways to Manhattan. Westchester County, NY Bee-Line buses connects to NYC Subways and MNRR along with $5 Express on Route 4C, known as BxM4C is express service between White Plains & Midtown Manhattan. Rockland County, NY Transport of Rockland County connects to Metro-North Stations along with Tappan Zee Express which connects to White Plains or Tarrytown for MNRR or Bee-Line Bus to city Subway. Monsey Trails offers bus service to Manhattan from Rockland County area. Connecticut Shore Line East and Metro-North Railroad are connected at New Haven Station. Connecticut Transit offers Commuter Connection Bus, HART bus that connects to MTA Station. Long Island Served by Long island Railroad and Suffolk County Transit New Jersey There are many buses and trains connect to Manhattan, well as ferries. Buses: Many New Jersey Transit steps out to either Washington Heights, Port Authority, Lower Manhattan, along with Newark Airport Express and Red & Tan in Hudson County bus. Trains: Many trains goes to Hoboken Train Station, where weekend NY Waterway Ferry connects to their free ferry shuttle bus along 49th-50th, 44th-50th off-peak, 42nd-34th off-peak, 42nd peak, 34th peak, or Downtown Connection peak/off-peak or #126 bus to Port Authority. PATH train also connect to Manhattan. Some trains, along with expensive Amtrak connects to New York Penn Station. PATH meets Hudson-Bergen Lightrail and Newark Lightrail where PATH takes them across Hudson River into Big Apple. CoachUSA's Rockland Coach/Red & Tan provide service via NJ between NY Counties above NJ and NYC. Ferries: Expensive Seastreak from South Amboy serves East River on Manhattan side only up to East 34th St. New York Water Taxi has service from Jersey City Pier to Wall St, well as from Brooklyn, Queens as well. New York Water Taxi has peak ferry service AM from Haverstraw toward Yonkers and Lower Manhattan piers and PM back to Yonkers and Haverstraw. Also, New York Waterway operates Metro-North connection via Newburgh-Beacon Ferry or Haverstraw-Ossinning Ferry along with bus, Leprechaun Line's Newburg-Beacon-Stewart Airport link. New York Waterway has varies. Also, don't forget that Academy Bus also has commuter service along with Casino Bus Service. PATCO connects to RiverLine to Trenton for train to NYC, SEPTA R-7 connects to train to NYC as well.