Take the Garden State north from Atlantic City, exiting at Exit 131A. The sign will be marked Metropark . Follow the signs a very short distance to the New Jersey Transit (NJT) train station. Park in their large garage, which is quite safe and charges about $5 per day. Walk across from the garage into the station and purchase NJT tickets to Penn Station in Manhattan. Trains run frequently throughout the day. The trip takes about 40 minutes. When you arrive at Penn Station, you re at 34th Street and 7th Avenue, in easy walking distance to Times Square. The return trip is just the opposite of the above. I ve done this, and it s worked out nicely. There are other options, but this one avoids almost all of the road traffic in the New York City area.
unfortunately, due to the the way NJT operates, the only station south of trenton with any direct service to Penn Station is Atlantic City via the weekend only Atlantic City Express Service (ACES) any oter day requires taking the regular Atlantic city Line train to 30th street- Philadelphia, then ether Amtrak (one train, more expensvie but faster) or SEPTA R7 to Trenton and NJT Northeast Corridor to NYP (two trains, slower but cheaper)
If you head north on the Parkway, you have a couple of options.If you head north on the Parkway, you can get off at Exit 98 for Belmar where there is a station.The easiest would be to go up to Exit 131 and follow the signs to Metropark . There is a large station there.
You would have to take a bus. NJTRANSIT.com. It think it is 319 line. But the transit web page will help you. The train is weekend only and very expensive, from reports that I read.
Well, the train that goes to and from AC is called the Atlantic City Express Service (ACES). However, ACES only operates on the weekend. If you traveling during the week, you will need to take the NJ Transit bus route 319 from AC to NYC.If you perferred to drive, may I recommend several trains station with large parking facilities where you can park you car for the day and take the train into the City.Metropark Station in the Township of Iselin, you can park there for $9 a day. The garages right next door to the train station, so you can take the Northeast Corridor Line from there to Penn Station.Secaucus Junction also has a large parking facility. You can park there for about $5 a day and take the train into the City, or to Hoboken for connection to the PATH Train.I hope this information is very helpful.Good luck
www.njtransit.com has a complete map of the NJ train system.If you are looking to drive close to NYC, park and take the train the rest of the way, there are 2 good stations for this... Metropark, which is right off the Garden State Parkway at exit 131 (about 30-40 mins from NYC, trains run about every 20-30 minutes), and Secaucus Junction, which is right off the New Jersey Turnpike at exit 15X (5 mins from NYC, trains every 5-10 mins).Both have parking, but Metropark is cheaper at $5 per day, every day. Secaucus has $5 parking only on weekends and evenings.Good luck!