New York Penn Station
Rail Station
Chelsea, New York
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"Ridding Amtrak love it!!"(111 Tips)
"The best bagels in the morning are at zaro's near NJ transit"(63 Tips)
"Acela to DC or Boston is awesome."(25 Tips)
"Very efficient (most of the time) in spite of how crowded it gets."(29 Tips)
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Everyone complains about Penn but once you learn where everything is it works pretty well. No great food options except for multiple Dunkin Donuts.
You must visit The Irish Exit pub. They are a new addition this year by the team who brought us The Dead Rabbit in FiDi. 🍀 🇮🇪
Melissa FecherSeptember 13, 2013Europan Cafe on the lower level still makes breakfast sandwiches with REAL eggs cooked to order. no microwaves. might be the only place in Penn that does.
If traveling via Amtrak, leave the waiting area 20 minutes before your scheduled departure and wait with the crowds in view of the large board. There will be a mad dash to the gate when announced!
Jamie SikesSeptember 29, 20148th Street entrance gets your right where you need to be. If you need souvenirs, go to the store in the middle the middle with the green sign that says New York.
Theodore KimSeptember 23, 2014The easiest way to navigate this crazy, boiling place is to remember the following: The 1,2,3 trains are close to 7th Avenue; the lettered trains (A,C,E) are on 8th.
Chelsea GarberMarch 10, 2013If your here early and the weather is fine sit outside across the street on the post office steps. You won't be able to board your train until ten minutes before departure anyway.
if you're real sweet they'll throw wine in a coffee cup so you can chill as you walk through herald sq
Walk fast and determined -- otherwise you'll be bound around like a pool ball!
There was once a study done to figure out the dirtiest places in NYC... Ended up the rubber handrails on the escalators in Penn are the dirtiest objects in all of NYC! Porous and touched by millions!
If you take long trips, get a free cup of water from Starbucks. You’ll want it eventually!
Your phone has a silent or vibrate function, you should prob use it on the train. It's not bad enough having to hear your texts come through, but I especially like it when I get to hear you type.
A depressing dungeon that should be an example of all the ways not to design a train station!
If you're on an escalator and want to stand and cruise down, please stay to the rightmost side so others can pass you on the left, please. Much appreciated.
Really not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It gets the job done even if the whole place does smell a little weird...but that's a classic part of the New York experience!
Richard RomanoAugust 8, 2013Penn Station was designed with utter contempt for humanity. Look at photos of the original Penn Station and you'll want to take a sledgehammer to this atrocity.
Don't be a social moron and talk on your cell longer than 10 mins. Be considerate of the shared space as you're not the only one on the train!
If you’re traveling on LIRR. Get to your track at the Moynihan Station. It’s much cheerier and spacious. Love the new station!
The paper your ticket is printed on is made from a mash of half eaten soft pretzels left between the seats on the train
Eric McErlainNovember 9, 2012Be sure to give yourself some extra time if you want to catch an earlier AMTRAK. All tickets are reserved, so you'll need to see the ticket counter to change trains.
Keep to the right side of the escalators so that people in a rush can walk past you. Escalators are stairs, too.
I love this place! I love all the food joints and all the stores that are down here. Its absolutely amazing. We need more places like it.
Very busy place, they call trains at the last minute so expect a mad rush.- dancingqueen fAMedevoLv3xionSeptember 12, 2011Irish Pub across the street is great way to kill time waiting for bus/train; always find most interesting local ppl-watching fm corner of bar, and you dont get harrassed while charging your ph.
“We used to enter the city like gods, now we scurry in like rats" - Vincent Scully on Penn Station. Arriving here isn't an especially majestic experience, but it's better than the port authority.- This place defines dump. I can’t recall ever being happy to enter this place but always happy to leave. Poor air circulation, mentally unstable homeless and crumbling structures are a few drawbacks.
James LaurentiDecember 24, 2011Taking the NJ Transit? Don't wait for your train in the main lobby area. Go to the lower level. Great way to avoid the crowd and get on the train and settled sooner.
Taste D-Lite as self-serve -- my first time seeing that. At the Planet Smoothie across from LIRR ticketing & waiting area. Mix 'em up from among 6-8 flavors and toppings.
Penn Sushi - the only family owned operation in Penn and an oasis in this hydrogenated dungeon.
Make sure you leave a couple steps space between you and the person in front of you on the escalator. Sometimes people struggle with their luggage and you want to give them room.
If you take NJT NEC or NJCL local trains past Newark Penn and you miss the train, express trains within 3 minutes generally arrive at Newark first. You can still catch your train there.
ℳ𝒶𝓎♍December 20, 2018One of the busiest stations in the city though it's one of the worst. It's hard to love it in here mainly because of the chaos hence the high level of grossness. Bathrooms here are epically disgusting
If you're taking Amtrak head downstairs from the big board and wait there for your track to be called. From there you can go straight to the track and avoid the elevator line upstairs.- John GarangAugust 12, 2023I'm koko. I'm excited to share my love of birthday wishes with the world! If you're looking for a personalized and heartfelt birthday wish, I would be honored to help. Please feel free to contact me. Read more
- Use NJ Transit's Departure Vision website to know what track your train is on before getting to Penn. If running late, you might still catch the train even if the track is taken off the monitors.
Dale Poserow-CowanAugust 9, 2012Make sure if your traveling and not commuting you get here early so theres no worry about moving fast and you can just take your time. Sit down, grab a bagel and coffee and people watch.
Dannie AshleyJanuary 2, 2014Eat at Chickpea for fresh Mediterranean wraps, located near Amtrak. Try to finish said wrap before boarding train, you stinky no-no, you.
Worst train station ever. Always the same experience- tracks announced only a few minutes before departure, people tramping on each other like animals, no cell service, can’t meet up friends... awful.
J.TJuly 1, 2014Chickpea restaurant in the station is definitely a good and healthy spot for on the go food! Stay away from Fridays!
There are some decent food options here. Zaro's for bagels, Tracks for extraordinary oysters, decent sushi and falafel as well.
Huge, dirty, bland, and depressing. For what it is and how utterly enormous it is it’s amazing, but it’s in need of an overhaul.
Rose Pizza in the LIRR corridor between 7th and 8th Ave is great and open late. Get the red Sicilian slices!
If you are getting dropped off by car and are taking Amtrak, enter via 8th Ave and 31st St. It's the closest door to the platforms.
Call me crazy but I think the veggie rolls from penn sushi are the perfect train snack. Much better than Acela snack car offerings.
On Belmont Stakes Day, the ticket window line moves much faster than the ticket machine lines.
Multiple Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons, & Krispy Kreme locations. If you love donuts or claustrophobic/crowded train stations, you've found your spot!
AhmadJune 29, 2021TAKE A YELLOW CAB OR RIDE SHARE. Seriously, don't get hustled by drivers in regular cars or vans offering rides in the Taxi areas.
Jim PenfoldJuly 7, 2019One of the two largest transit hubs in the Tri-state area (Grand Central is the other). Amtrak, NJ Transit, LIRR, MTA A, C, E, 1, 2, 3. Is an extremely busy place, slow down and follow the signs.
There are only two taco bells that I know of in manhattan and one is here. I always have to get my TBell fix when here. It's located on the LIRR level.- Acela to DC or Boston is awesome. Great way to see the country.
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New York Penn Station
1 Penn Plz (btwn W 31st & W 33rd St)
New York, NY 10001
United States
New York, NY 10001
United States
Penn Station is the major intercity train station and a major commuter rail hub in New York City. Serving 300,000 passengers a day at a rate of up to a thousand every 90 seconds, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in the United States and by far the busiest train station in North America.
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(212) 630-6401
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"McDonalds in Penn is typically one of the fastests around. Beats all other Fast food times."
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"Amazing structure that opened late 2020/early 2021. Phenomenal space to walk through."
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