# getting in and out of NYC for free

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-and-out-of-nyc-for-free/145546>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-and-out-of-nyc-for-free/145546 "2002-12-29T21:24:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-and-out-of-nyc-for-free/145546/41 "2003-10-01T12:21:44Z")

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OK, to sum up, you can get between the following areas for free as follows:

**Between Manhattan &The Bronx (Westchester/Connecticut)**:  
The Willis Avenue, 3rd Ave, Madison Ave (138th St), 145 St, Macams Dam, Alexander Hamilton (179th St), Washington (181st Street), Univesity Heights (207th St), & Broadway Bridges or Henry Hudson Bridge (northbound only)

**Between Mahattan & Brooklyn/Queens (Long Island)**:

Queensboro (59th St), Williamsburgh, Mahattan & Brooklyn Bridges

**Between Manhattan/NY East of Hudson & New Jersey/NY West of Hudson** :

_Westbound (toward NJ)_: Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel, George Washintgon Bridge, Tappan Zee Bridge, Bear Mountain Bridge, Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, Rip Van Winkle Bridge

_Eastbound (toward NY)_: No bridges below Albany. In Albany, either the Dunns Memorial Bridge or Route 90 Bridge.

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-and-out-of-nyc-for-free/145546/42 "2003-10-01T12:41:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Corbomite \*  
> \*\*I’ve used this way to get _into_ Manhattan from the north:  
> Sprain Brook Parkway (south),  
> Take the _exit that says_ Triborough Bridge but exit onto the Major Deegan Expressway before the bridge.  
> Go to Third Avenue Bridge–exit onto the FDR…  
> \*\*

Just as a minor aside, I take the SBP south to Rt.100 Central Ave (Yonkers) which dumps you right onto the Major Deegan south after a half mile or so. I think that’s more direct, plus you get to go right past Yankee Stadium. Of course, that’s NOT a plus right after a Yankee playoff game, which I learned last night :smack:

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-and-out-of-nyc-for-free/145546/43 "2003-10-01T18:16:08Z")

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I live in CT and used to drive into Manhattan a lot.

Just jump onto I-95, and get off the exit just before the GWB (I think it’s exit 1) - West Side Drive. I think this is 148th street, and just follow the WSD all the way down. I also think there’s an FDR drive exit, but I usually had to go to the west side so it was easier to get there by staying on I-95 than to try to cross mid-town.

Conversely, just follow the directions in reverse to get back home.

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