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BUS & FERRY NETWORKS, FREE SUBWAY CONNECTIONS, AND MORE
In response to service interruptions caused by Amtrak emergency repair work at Penn Station, the MTA has developed a robust, multi-pronged mitigation planthat provides LIRR riders with a number of transportation options and alternatives that include:
- Maintaining LIRR’s Penn Station passenger capacity during peak hours by adding new rush-hour trains and lengthening the number of existing trains;
- A special LIRR Summer 2017 Service Schedule that will be in effect from Monday, July 10 through Friday, September 1
- The creation of a new bus and ferry network that’s free to LIRR monthly and weekly ticketholders; for frequency of bus service, click here
- Free morning subway transfers for all LIRR ticketholders; and
- Throughout the construction period, New York State DOT will provide up-to-the-minute traffic information and real-time updates on park & ride locations and parking availability at 511NY.org.
Subway Connection Options
LIRR customers who normally travel to Penn Station have many options to get to Manhattan, including seven ways to connect with the New York City Subway and one way to connect to the East River Ferry. The LIRR encourages you to think of commuting via any of these convenient transfer points.
- Atlantic Terminal
- Jamaica
- Hunterspoint Avenue
- Long Island City / East River Ferry
Details of Service at Subway Connections
Islanders and Nets fans know Atlantic Terminal as their home base for getting to games at Barclays Center, but you don’t have to be a sports fan to use this terminal. Atlantic Terminal is the historic origin of the Long Island Rail Road, and was serving as a Manhattan connection point long before Penn Station opened in 1910. The LIRR completely rebuilt this station’s main passenger concourse in 2010, opening up a two-story atrium filled with art and daylight. The station offers a direct connection to the 
subway lines right inside the station complex. It’s just three stops to Lower Manhattan on the 4 5 trains, four stops on the R or five stops on the 2 3 . Including the time to make the transfer to the subway, the travel time from Atlantic Terminal to West 34th Street via the is 33-37 minutes longer than staying aboard an LIRR train, but the trains bypass the Financial District and travel directly to Chinatown, the Village and Midtown via the Manhattan Bridge.
Jamaica offers a direct connection to the E subway, the Queens Boulevard Express Subway, which offers continuing service to east and west midtown. The E train departs every three minutes during rush hours, so there is very little waiting for a train. Including the time to make the transfer to the subway, the travel time from Jamaica to West 34th Street via the E is 21-24 minutes longer than staying aboard an LIRR train. Travel time to 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue is shorter than that. Customers looking to travel to Lower Manhattan can change at Jamaica to the J Z elevated line which runs local through Queens and Brooklyn. To find the subway from a westbound train, walk toward the rear of your platform, then follow the signage for a walk to the north side of the station. The subway is reachable via stairs from street level or from elevator via the AirTrain mezzanine.
Midtown Manhattan is just two stops away from Hunterspoint Avenue via the 7 subway, which stops at Grand Central, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, then Times Square before turning toward 34th Street-Hudson Yards. Reaching the 7 train from the LIRR platform is easy. Just go up the stairs to the street level and make a right, then walk 280 feet to the entrance to the 7 subway station.
The Long Island City station, located on Borden Avenue and 5th Street, is a 1,250-foot walk from the East River Ferry’s Hunters Point South dock. The ferry departs every 20 minutes during commuting hours and then makes a five-minute trip to East 34th Street or a 34-minute trip to Wall Street. For more information about the ferry, including fares and schedules, visit: https://www.ferry.nyc/