Aug 29 2022

Air Train to JFK


93-02 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11435

Don’t say that New York doesn’t have an airport express train. We certainly do: $8 fare for a total of 8.1 miles. It feels more like the tram between terminals in an airport than a viable transportation to an airport with a schedule and guaranteed time.

Where it is?

  • Jamaica.

Where is Jamaica?

  • May well be in the Caribbeans.

What trains or subway lines go to Jamaica Station?

  • LIRR Port Washington and Long Beach lines; and subway E, J and Z lines.

How effective it is? 

We live without it. Most people don’t know it. We have been living well without it. A piece of nothing.

Today, I tried it, so I can blog here, legitimately. My journey to JFK cost $22.25:

  • $9.25 LIRR Great Neck to Woodside
  • $5 LIRR Woodside to Jamaica
  • $8 AirTrain (pay at entry)

Journey back home cost $10.75

  • $8 AirTrain (pay at exit)
  • $2.75 subway E to Jackson Height to Flushing
  • $0 N20G bus from Flushing to Great Neck

Any one would like to try the route to JFK? NOT ME. Neither Penn Station nor Grand Central have direct trains go to Jamaica Station in Queens. So, it is a piece of nothing.