[jjbankhead]

sept 12th.

could use some help from those of you in that area.

i have been looking around and the cheapest place to stay is in jersey across the river form the bronx, about 180 a night but i dont know how to get to and from the staium.

i would rather avoid renting a car and dealing with traffic and parking. are there reliable transit services form the jersey side of the hudson (i think the hotel is on river road or river highway) to the park???

[1960strat]

If you are staying in Jersey City, hoboken or weehawken, there is a thing called the yankee clipper, which is a boat that leaves from hoboken and goes around manhattan and drops you at the stadium and brings you back. Best thing is they have a bar on the boat so you can load up while taking a nice boat ride around manhattan before the game. it is cool. Otherwise you can take the subways, less fun but does the trick.

[Crazy 9.5 Fingers]

Great call on Yankee Clipper ferry. Very hassle free, leaves from a few different spots, I think Hoboken, West 30's somewhere, and East side as well.

The last thing you want to do is rent a car and drive from NJ to the Boogie Down Bronx.

[jjbankhead]

the hotel is in edgewater which is north of hobokken

725 River Rd. , Edgewater, NJ, US, 07020 |

just across the hudson from the stadium. looks (from google maps) to be an industrial area.

[Hunkle]

Are you defintely staying in Jersey, or are you open to staying north of the Bronx?

[jjbankhead]

just tryting to save a few bucks on a room, all the hotels in NY seemed to be priced in the 300-400 range the room in egdewater was 188 a night

[DooDahDan]

There's nothing to do in Edgewater. I lived in Weehawken and then Guttenberg (the Galaxy - right off River Road - my apartment faced Manhattan) for years before moving back to NY 6 years ago. River Road is major road that runs up to Fort Lee from Weehawken. It went through a massive revitalization over the 10 years I lived there and is mostly strip malls and townhouse complexes. There isn't much to do/see - you will need to go down to Hoboken if you're looking for something to do on the Jersey side. Check Google Earth for a better picture.

[DooDahDan]

There's nothing to do in Edgewater. I lived in Weehawken and then Guttenberg (the Galaxy - right off River Road - my apartment faced Manhattan) for years before moving back to NY 6 years ago. River Road is major road that runs up to Fort Lee from Weehawken. It went through a massive revitalization over the 10 years I lived there and is mostly strip malls and townhouse complexes. There isn't much to do/see - you will need to go down to Hoboken if you're looking for something to do on the Jersey side. Check Google Earth for a better picture.

[NJRipple]

All good advice so far.
It is true that there is nothing to do in Edgewater but I would think that no matter where you are staying in Jersey you would prefer to be in the city and Edgwater provides quick access,

I've never been on the Yankee Clipper but some friends have and although it is a nice scenic ride it is really loooooong. It turns going to a game into literally an all day event.

It all depends on what you want to see and do and how much time you have.

[1960strat]

I live in hoboken. There are great bars and restaurants here in town but i do have to warn you. There is no deadhead scene whatsoever. The closest thing you get is a blues bar called scotland yard, which has cool live blues and blues jams on the weekends. However, it just got bought out and will likely turn into a shitty bar. The only other place for music is Maxwells, which is famous, but it is the alternative /indie crowd. All that being said, there are tons of young yuppie girls to look at....

[jjbankhead]

well it's going to be me, my 8 year old daughter, and 6 year old son, so we are mainly staying in edgewater because its cheaper. and had the closest access (by map) to the stadium. I am just trying to gauge real time travel time, such as how the traffic will be or if there is a subway train or ferry or something to that effect.


I am planning on getting to the park as early as it opens to see the park in its entirety and catch some BP before the game starts. it will probably be our only trip to yankee stadium so i am going to make the best of it.

[NJRipple]

With two kids and the objective of spending as much time at the stadium as possible I would avoid the yankee clipper as it takes way too much time.

If this is a day game I would rent a car and drive over to the stadium - from Edgewater it is only 7 miles - although it can be rough on the day of a yankee game, you are looking to get there early. I would leave about 45 minutes prior to the time you want to be there. This way you have plenty of time and no stress.

For a weekday night game you are probably better off with mass transit. I would take a cab to Hoboken, take a path train to 33rd St, catch the B or D subway one block up at 34th st. This will take you to the stadium. Total travel time is about 45 minutes.

Good luck - go yankees

[Jon S.]

Forgive me but I'm going to challenge one of your axioms: that you should save money on the cost of the hotel. Having just vacationed in Manhattan with the fulcrum point of it all being the Yanks-Sox on the 4th of July, it was worth every penny staying in Manhattan a 20 minute subway ride away from Yankee Stadium.

We stayed at the Affinia right across from Penn Station, we had a suite for 5 people with 2 large rooms, 2 full baths, and a full kitchenette for only $280 a night. Not cheap, but not super-expensive either.

Take it from this here ex-Brooklyn boy: ain't nothing like Manhattan.

[Billbbill]

Forgive me but I'm going to challenge one of your axioms: that you should save money on the cost of the hotel. Having just vacationed in Manhattan with the fulcrum point of it all being the Yanks-Sox on the 4th of July, it was worth every penny staying in Manhattan a 20 minute subway ride away from Yankee Stadium.

We stayed at the Affinia right across from Penn Station, we had a suite for 5 people with 2 large rooms, 2 full baths, and a full kitchenette for only $280 a night. Not cheap, but not super-expensive either.

Take it from this here ex-Brooklyn boy: ain't nothing like Manhattan.

Ditto - though jj's deal is just him and 2 little ones. That ain't exactly spreadin out the pain


You're right tho - if it's swingable (intended pun), it's the definite way to go.

[jjbankhead]

yeah so i never came back and updated on our trip..

we stayed in Jersey city on the suggestion of a friend who lives in brooklyn, his co worker lives there and said we'd have easy access to the path train and that would get us right to a nearby subway station.

he was right it was super easy to get from our hotel to the trains and back.

we got there friday the kids didnt sleep a wink and our game tickets were for friday night. the pictures of my kids on the subway looking like zombies was on our way to the game; it was when they finally started to crash. It was funny because i checked us into the hotel and warned them to take a nap and they stayed up bouncing off the walls and calling mom instead...

The game friday rained out and we went back saturday night for a doubleheader make up. The stadium experience was awesome and the fans were cordial; i expected some stereotypical new york hard asses talking crap while we strolled through the stadium with our giants gear on, but most people were just amazed we came form california for a game and were offering tips on stadium food or places to see.

staurday morning we went to the wall street/ business district and hoofed it to battery park area where we caught the statten island ferrry (another tip from my buddy) so we could see the statue of liberty. after the game we went to times square ( my camera disk was full at this point) had dinner at the ESPN zone and watched Timmy Lincecum pitch his fist complete game- a shut out!

sunday we woke up super late and took a train to the american museum of natural history, then went to central park and back to times square (my kids wanted to eat at this restaurant called Mars 2112 which is supposed to be some space themed restaurant geared towards kids) we got lost looking for the place and wound up eating at a pizza spot (i forgot the name but its a big chain in NY and they serve it at the stadium)

monday we checked out and drug all our luggage up town to find FAO Schwarz, the one in SF closed down and we had been telling the kids about it, so i had to keep my word. then we took the train all the way to brooklyn and had Pizza at grimaldis. BEST PIZZA EVER! then train back to JFK

a couple of things i figured out: kids dont have to pay to go onto the path or subway (i could have saved about 20$ had i known this on day one and two).
the E on a train means fewer stops faster travel.

NY subways are not that hard to navigate (by sunday i was helping people find their way)

when the rain lifts and the heat kicks up, central park smells like pee...

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