Coming to NYC from New Jersey: Take the PATH Train

The PATH Train from New Jersey Has Multiple Stops Both Along the Way and in Manhattan

As people arrive to the city that never sleeps they may be a little bit hesitant to move far from where they've started. It's one of the biggest problems of people in a strange place in general but it's particularly problematic if you're arriving by train. The different neighborhoods that are the train stops that make up the island of Manhattan are as wily and different as can be and unfortunately, most of them are littered with panhandlers and shysters who give the city an all around bad image.

If you're coming into New York City on the train you're coming in on one of four lines; PATH train (commuter line from New Jersey) Metro-North (commuter train from points North and East; Westchester, Connecticut, etc) LIRR (commuter train from points generally East; Long Island) or Amtrak (everywhere else; generally from points West or far North all over the country)

PATH Train: PATH train stations are found in a number of spots in Manhattan and all the PATH station spots in general are different. Three different lines of the PATH train all have the same stops in Manhattan. Two lines originate in Hoboken and come directly into the city and one line which originates at the Journal Square station and also stops off at Grove Street and Pavonia/Newport stations in New Jersey.

The first spot is the very busy Christopher Street Station in the West Village. The PATH then runs up The Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) and stops at 9th Street, also in the West Village, 14th Street (a go-between in the West Village and Chelsea) 23rd Street (Chelsea) and 33rd Street & 6th Avenue which is where Broadway and 6th Avenue converge and is right near Macy's in Herald Square, the Empire State Building, the Manhattan Mall, and is just nearby the Javits Convention Center as well as Penn Station.