It cleaned up a lot from 30 yrs ago but has gone down hill precipitously since 10 years ago. Garbage everywhere etc. The leadership changed. Need I say more?
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 10, 2021, at 9:20 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Probably $50. I took a cab once from Penn station to sheepshead bay in > Brooklyn, $90 and a long ride. > I would recommend you go a little farther uptown, 30th st or so which puts > you in walking distance of Times Square and Rockefeller Center to the north > and the Sept 11 memorial to the south. I used to stay in a Holiday Inn > express around there. It's a pretty good good hotel, don't gag too badly when > you see Manhattan prices, the most I ever paid was $700/night but that was a > week the UN was in town. If you do stay in that area go walk the Highline, I > bet the flowers are nice this time of year. > > LGA is run down, or it was a couple years ago when I last went there. It's > not a bad airport though. > To anybody who hasn't been in NYC in 30 years, this is not the city it was. > It's cleaned up a lot and is pretty safe by big city standards. Stick to the > touristy areas and nobody will bother you. > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 8:46 PM, Kaleb Striplin via > Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: For my weekend I’m thinking about > moving to the Hilton that is close to the WTC/ground zero area. Got to > thinking, how expensive and how would it take to take a cab/Uber from here to > the dealership in the Bay Ridge area? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 9, 2021, at 6:49 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: >> >> Which turned into the kid also wanting to go. So I had to pay for 2 tickets >> out of pocket. This also has turned into me staying until Monday so I can >> enjoy some sight seeing over the weekend. Since I had to buy tickets for the >> wife and kid I went the cheapest route possible, which in this case was LGA. >> >> I have a company paid hotel, Hampton Inn Brooklyn, up until Friday, and will >> book my own reservation Friday thru Monday. Might possibly relocate to a >> different hotel for the weekend? Recommended areas to look at? Perhap >> Manhattan closer to tourist crap? Or stay at same hotel? Any ferries that go >> across to them ride that Staten Island ferry? I’m sure the wife and kid >> will ride the subway around while I’m at work: or just sit at hotel. After >> I’m done working, we will do the subway thing. Probably just take a cab to >> and from airport so we don’t have to haul luggage around. If we do relocate >> hotels Friday, will probably have the wife haul the bags to the new place >> while I’m at work. >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
