Where is Penn station in NYC compared to Hilton Times Square

We'll be vacationing in New England and NYC and DC in August and I want to be smart about distances, taxi charges, etc.

We'll be taking the Amtrak in from New Haven, Connecticut and getting off at Penn station.

I spent a week in NYC about 10 years ago and stayed at the Grand Central Hyatt, next to Grand Central Station, so I have a little knowledge of the area.

But I don't know where Penn Station is and how much I should spend for a taxi from Penn to the Times Square Hilton.

Please feel free to answer here or pm me. Thanks for your help.

It's not far at all. A taxi would be quite cheap. Only a few bucks more than it would be taking the subway up to Port Authority.

Taxi wouldn't be expensive, though. Maybe 6 or 7 bucks, depending on traffic.

not long avenues, but 8 short streets.

You could walk it.

A taxi will cost you barely anything more than
the minimum starting fare.

I thought all the trains went into Grand Central.

Not that it matters a lot, since the distance to Times Square is about the same.

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Can you tell me how much of the train ride from New Haven to Penn station is above ground vs. underground?

Another dumb question. Is Penn Station underground with stairs required to be climbed to get off at street level? We saw a ball game at the stadium at the Bronx and we got off at ground level?

Again, thanks for your help. We will have four generations traveling with us. Different needs for different people.

Thanks.

escalators and elevators.

but if you want to get to street level, there is definitely escalators to get to street level. I've never taken an elevator but I'm sure they would have them to accommodate people with disabilities

Until you get into Manhattan, when it goes undergound. There's an occasional tunnel in Connecticut, Westchester and the Bronx, but generally it's all above gound, running close to the Connecticut shore on Long Island Sound in some places. Not very scenic however, since there is very little countryside.

About 99% of the train ride is above-ground. To get into Manhattan, the train goes underground, but that's the only part and it lasts about 5 minutes.

Penn Station is indeed underground, but there are escalators and elevators if that's an issue.

in the Northwest corner of the station that will take you right up to the street and the Taxi stand on 8th Avenue (going uptown) - that is your best bet, or you can take the E or A Train(blue line) one stop up to Port Authority at 42nd or the 1,2,3,9 (red line) one stop to heart of Times Sqaure.

if you come out the main entrance of Penn station which is on 33rd street and 8th ave (it's also the main entrance to the garden) there will be a taxi line right out in front. If you happen to come in at a busy time it might actually be quicker to walk a few blocks and hail a taxi that way or just walk to grand central. The taxi stands tend to get a bit backed up right there...just FYI

I guess with our luggage, we'll take a taxi and may look for an elevator to get us to ground level.

We at least know what to expect. Any more tips will be much appreciated.

so it shouldn't be too much trouble to flag down someone in uniform and ask for directions

I got out of work at 7 on a Friday night to head home to Philadelphia (an hour away by train), and was trying to get from 5th & 42nd to Penn Station. No cabs in sight, and a slight rain. A pedicab driver pulls up, and offers me a ride. He didn't speak ANY ENGLISH. I was desperate, and besides, how bad could it be? It is a fairly short distance, but my luggage was to heavy for me to walk (in the rain, which I've done before). So before I got in, I said "Penn Station, right? Madison Square Garden?"

"Train?"

"Yes Train, but NOT GRAND CENRAL -- I need to go to PENN STATION"

"Penn Station! Right!"

The guy took me to the freaking Port Authority bus station.

When he finally realized that I was behind him yelling (10-20 times, once I realized we were heading in the wrong direction) "PENN STATION!! PENN STATION!! NO BUS!! NO PORT AUTHORITY!!!" he pedaled through very heavy traffic and all the crowds at TImes Square and finally got to Madison Square Garden/Penn Station. Then he turns around and demands $15!!! I told him I had missed by train, and wasn't paying him anything. He wouldn't let me out of the pedicab, until I finally gave him $10 and said that was all he was getting. It was my own fault for not checking the rate first, and for getting a ride from someone who clearly had no idea where he was going.

So - no pedicabs, okay?