New York Penn Station
Rail Station
Chelsea, New York
The experts at The New Yorker and The Corcoran Group recommend this place
"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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You can get Amtrack, LIRR, and NJ Transit. Lots of food options. Pretty clean.
John Gardiner IVJune 6, 2017Beautiful station, but difficult to navigate. Allow for extra time to find your platform.- simplify and pursueJuly 22, 2023The simplifyandpursue offer more than just stationery product reviews. At Simplifyandpursue.com, you will discover a world of stationery that boasts stunning Read more
If you are in a rush, use Cover on your phone to pay for your meals and skip waiting for the check when dining in NYC. Make that train!
Avoid bottlenecks by boarding off West wing gates (8th ave) for NJ transit trains, instead of East gates. Especially if your train is departing off track #7 or 8. That gate is an engineering failure.
They need to brighten this station, it's a little dark. Stay close to the departure boards because they don't announce the tracks clearly.
Lani MorenoJanuary 24, 2013The chai tea with cream is the best at Chickpea. Great food, friendly service.
NJ Transit commuter tip: rushing for your train? Departure Vision on your smart phone to see your track number. You have an extra minute to still make the train when they take it off the board.
The destruction of the beautiful former Penn Station brought about the movement to preserve historic buildings. Unfortunately to learn that lesson we have perhaps the worst station in the world.
Jan SichermannFebruary 12, 2012The new york times declared it to be the largest and handsomest train station in the world when it opened in 1910.
If you see a long and frustrated queue waiting for service, just ignore it and burn up to the front for assistance. After all, you're better than everyone else and the rules don't apply to you!
Always keep an extra NJT ticket to Newark Penn in your wallet if you will be in a hurry later. This $5 ticket doesn't expire - saves the $5 on board surcharge so you can buy whatever on the train.
Ryan, the bartender at Friday's is my all time favorite! Sit @ the window in front to keep your eye on which Amtrak track your train leaves
Team CocoOctober 26, 2011"Penn Station is home to Amtrak, NYC transit buses, NYC subway lines, the Bolt Bus and of course, Uncle Ricky’s piggy back rides." - Conan O'Brien
The regional to Boston is almost always tracks 11/12 East (sometimes 9/10). Wait near there, be first in line!
Try Penn Sushi near Amtrak for surprisingly tasty sushi and authentic Japanese snacks- Very efficient (most of the time) in spite of how crowded it gets.
Dave CutlipApril 27, 2016It's actually pretty quiet lots of places to eat while waiting for your train !
Vincent ChesneyJuly 24, 2021Call me what you will, but business class train service beats driving long distances in my book.
You can get a lot of places from here.. But your time waiting is not very nice.. Especially when compared to Grand Central Station.
On a rainy, summer day, the leaky IRT platform is a great place for a quick shower.
I commuted for 2.5 year here from NJ....liberated to only be here to visit family. Move to NYC, get your life back! ;)
Home of Krispy Kreme NYC! Grab a classic glazed donut while you wait for your train!
If your shoelaces are untied as you go up the escalator you will get sucked into the dungeon below the station and you'll be forced to turn a large wheel that powers all the ticket machines
It's a train station. Not much more to add. But it is well kept and usually easy to navigate.
Be mindful of which taxi line you wait in. Looping around the block in tourist traffic is the nightmare you dreamed about as a kid.
You can pay for your NJ Transit ticket with Apple Pay or Google Wallet!
Be sure to judiciously tip the Amtrak Red Caps. The amount of shit they have to put up with is extraordinary.
Sarah HanleyMarch 23, 2012Best place to people watch because everyone is in a rush. Good entertainment if you are waiting for your train.
Score some packaged kosher Fresko meals at Jamba Juice- LIRR level (Star-K, $5-10)
ℳ𝒶𝓎♍December 20, 2018It's not where you get subs. Knowing how nasty this place is, who would eat something from here?! Comparing it to Grand Central is an insult to Grand Central. It gets congested, the place stinks
Monica VargasNovember 16, 2012Great place for zombie apocalypse to begin. Or maybe it already has. Seriously, look at the picture.
Remember that scene in Men In Black where all the aliens deplane their UFOs into the same room? This is kind of like that, but at rush hour, infinitely worse.
The greatest city in the world has the worst transit hub in US. No seating for general waiting, amongst other problems.
If you hate crowds don't ever come here. There are mobs here day or night, rain or shine, regular days & holidays!!!
Papaya has draft beer for 2.75 can't beat that!! Drink it up and whatever u don't drink bring on the train..FYI don't ever share a cigg with a bum smoke as far away from Penn as possible
To whom ever thought it was a good idea to raze the original Pennsylvania Station (below) and replace it with the "New" Penn Station (above) in the 60's... Rot in Hell...
SNOCRUSeptember 18, 2012If you ever want to feel the hustle and bustle(aka anxiety) of NYC take a walk through Penn Station or better yet catch a train here.
- Pizza Hut executives were inspired to invent cheesey crust pizza when they saw a rat eating rotten cheese and stale bread on track 18
- The tools used to build this station were stolen by William Penn from a Home Depot in Pennsylvania, but its name actually comes from his pet goldfish named "penny"
Go to the entrance of Kmart for one of the cheapest soda machines in all of NYC. The only bright spot in this hell hole.
Delicatessen is legit. Get a freshly made sandwich instead of the other horrible food here.
Jeff WestonJuly 28, 2012If you are traveling with an infant, they'll tell you the departure gate and allow you to board before the mad dash.
Ashley GilesDecember 5, 2019So many steps. Why there aren’t elevators to street level when so many people here have a lot of luggage, I don’t know. Wouldn’t happen in London.
Stand near the large departure board to see what track your train is departing from. Be prepared to swarm the escalator at that terminal when it's announced.- Built using the "Mall in a questionable neighborhood" style that was so popular in the 60s.
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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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- 24 Hours
(212) 630-6401
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