New York Penn Station (Manhattan)

About New York Penn Station (Manhattan)

New York Penn Station sits beneath Madison Square Garden between West 31st and West 33rd Streets, served by entrances on Seventh Avenue, Eighth Avenue, and 34th Street. It is the busiest passenger rail station in the Western Hemisphere, handling more than 600,000 daily passengers across Amtrak Northeast Corridor services, LIRR commuter trains, and NJ Transit. Amtrak long-distance services from Boston, Washington, and Chicago all terminate or pass through here.

For transfers, Penn Station is both an arrival point for rail passengers continuing to airports or cruise piers, and a Midtown pickup hub for hotels in the Garment District, Chelsea, and Herald Square.

Getting from Penn Station to New York

Penn Station is in central Midtown, walking distance from Times Square (1 km) and Herald Square (200 m). Drive times within Manhattan are short - 5–10 minutes to Times Square, 10 minutes to Grand Central, 15–25 minutes to the Financial District depending on traffic.

To the airports, drivers head west to the Lincoln Tunnel for Newark, east through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel for LaGuardia and JFK. Newark to Penn typically runs 30–50 minutes, LaGuardia 25–40 minutes, JFK 45–65 minutes outside rush.

Platforms and pickup points

Penn Station spans 21 tracks across three levels, shared between Amtrak, LIRR, and NJ Transit. The Eighth Avenue entrance (under the new Moynihan Train Hall extension across Eighth Avenue) is the designated pickup zone for pre-booked private transfers. Drivers wait kerbside with a name sign between West 31st and West 33rd Streets.

Common transfer routes from Penn Station

• Penn Station to JFK, LaGuardia, or Newark Liberty
• Penn Station to Times Square, Theatre District, or Hudson Yards
• Penn Station to Lower Manhattan and the Financial District
• Penn Station to Manhattan Cruise Terminal at Pier 88/90
• Penn Station to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook
• Penn Station to the Upper East Side and Upper West Side
• Penn Station to Grand Central for onward Metro-North services
• Penn Station to New Jersey destinations (Hoboken, Jersey City)

Booking your Penn Station transfer

Reservations confirm in real time. Payment runs through Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, iDEAL, Wero, or PayPal. The fare is fixed and includes the driver, vehicle, tolls, and 60 minutes of free wait. Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before pickup.