If you fly for work — or fly home on your days off — that five minutes is the difference between an easy rotation and a miserable one. Here's how to get everywhere else from here: the trains, the hospitals, the shops, and what's worth doing when you're not working.
Newark Liberty is one of the three big New York-area airports, and it's the closest thing to us by a wide margin.
Newark is genuinely well connected — it's one of the reasons people base themselves here rather than paying Manhattan prices for a month-long stay.
The main hub. NJ Transit trains reach New York Penn Station in roughly twenty minutes. The PATH train also runs from here into Manhattan, and Amtrak stops here for longer trips. Hungry? Here is where to eat near the station →
The second rail station, serving the Montclair-Boonton and Morris & Essex lines — useful if you're working north or west of the city rather than in it.
Connects Newark Penn and Broad Street with points through the city, which makes getting between the two stations straightforward without a car.
NJ Transit buses run throughout Newark and to Port Authority in Manhattan. Tell us where you need to be regularly and we'll tell you which route people actually use.
The New Jersey Turnpike (I-95), I-78 and Route 21 are all close, which is what makes the airport and the rest of the state easy to reach.
Free street parking on the block. It's a quiet cul-de-sac, which makes it considerably easier than most of Newark. Arriving in something larger than a car? Tell us and we'll give you a straight answer.
There is a cheap way downtown and a simple way to midtown, and which one you want depends entirely on where you are going. Both without a car.
For the World Trade Center, Tribeca and SoHo. Four steps.
Each way, per person. About $1.90 for the bus and $3.25 for the PATH. Tap a contactless card or your phone for both.
Thirty minutes to an hour depending on the tunnel. The toll and the Manhattan congestion charge are already in the price the app quotes you. Between 7am and 9am expect surge pricing — that is when it can pass $100.
Fares change. These were correct in October 2026 — check the app before you travel, and tell us if something has moved so we can fix this page.
If you are headed for midtown, this is the easier trip and most guests end up preferring it. The 107 bus makes a few quick stops and then runs express to Manhattan — the trade-off is about a five-minute walk to the stop by the park, and then it puts you in midtown in 25 minutes or less. Our full 107 guide →
Which one should you take? Downtown, the Financial District or anywhere on the PATH — take Option 1. Midtown, Times Square, anywhere north of 34th Street — take the 107. It is an interstate route so the fare is higher than the local bus; the app will show you the current price.
The trade-off for the one-seat ride is a short walk. It's also the quickest tour of the neighbourhood you'll get, so here's what you'll pass.
This is the walk to the 39 stop, for Option 1. Three turns — left, right, left — and about four minutes. It is the only part of the journey you cannot easily look up, so here it is.
Left out of the door → right onto Bigelow → left onto Elizabeth → the stop.
Not to scale. We will walk you out and point you at it on your first morning if you would rather see it than read it.
Several of the region's major medical centres are in or near Newark, which is why a good share of our enquiries come from people on clinical assignments.
Staying a month means you'll need a supermarket, not a minibar. Food is further down the page.
Dunkin', corner shops and good local food are steps away — enough for the everyday. For a proper weekly shop, the full-size supermarkets are a short drive: Newark has ShopRite locations and a Whole Foods on Broad Street downtown. Ask us and we'll tell you exactly which one to use.
Pharmacies, laundromats, takeaway and coffee are all within a normal Newark neighbourhood distance. Tell us what you rely on and we'll point you at the nearest one.
And a tip most visitors don't know: clothing and shoes are tax-free in New Jersey. Do the big shop here, not in Manhattan.
About ten minutes from us by Uber, right by the airport. New Jersey's largest outlet mall, plus bowling, arcade games and karaoke at Round1 and a 20-screen AMC with IMAX. A whole rainy day sorted. 651 Kapkowski Rd, Elizabeth. simon.com →
The mall that speaks for itself: an indoor theme park, a water park, an indoor ski slope and an aquarium under one roof, with hundreds of shops around them. In East Rutherford, by MetLife Stadium. americandream.com →
SoHo, Union Square, Macy's on 34th Street and the flagships of Fifth Avenue. Our shopping guide walks you up Manhattan neighbourhood by neighbourhood, with how to get there from here.
Straight answer: what is within walking distance is mostly quick food — useful on a Tuesday night, not somewhere you would book a table. The proper eating is a short drive away, and it is very good.
All three at the same corner, across the street from each other. The deli makes sandwiches and is the one you will use most. The soup spot is right there in bad weather, and Dunkin' opens early — which matters if you are catching the first bus.
A short walk from the door, and the best sit-down meal within walking distance. Ask us what to order the first time.
This is the one locals would tell you about. He pulls up in front of the park every day, he is well known across Newark, and people drive in from all over the city for it. If you only eat one thing near the house, make it this.
White Castle, Burger King and Popeyes toward Peddie Street, plus Speedway for fuel and the late-night essentials. Open late, which is the whole point of them.
Newark's Portuguese and Brazilian district, centred on Ferry Street, and the reason people drive into Newark to eat rather than out of it. A short drive from the door. If you are here for a month and you never go, you have missed the best thing about staying in this city. Worth going hungry for.
Long stays are different from holidays — after week two you want somewhere to walk, not a checklist of attractions. The biggest one is a walk south of here, and it is worth the walk.
The nearest real park, south of here along Elizabeth Ave. A golf course, a running track, baseball games at the weekend and a playground for the kids — a proper park, not a green square. If you are here for a month, this is where the walk at the weekend happens.
It is also where the food truck sets up — and where the 107 bus to midtown Manhattan picks up.
Home to one of the largest collections of cherry blossom trees in the United States, and a genuinely good place to walk or run all year, not just in spring.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center — concerts, theatre and comedy, right in the city.
Hockey, basketball and the big touring shows. Walkable from Newark Penn if you're coming back by train.
The state's largest museum, and an easy afternoon when the weather turns.
Along the Passaic, with paths for walking and running — the kind of thing that matters when you're here for months rather than days.
Under twenty minutes to Penn Station or the World Trade Center. Close enough for an evening, far enough that you're not paying Manhattan prices.
The airport, a hospital, an office, a site — send us the address and your hours, and we'll give you the honest travel time before you book anything.