can passengers wait inside NY Penn Station between midnight and 6AM?

[Bob Dylan]

Wasn't the 'FDR' car kept at Grand Central Terminal, under the Waldorf? I am surprised it is questionable as it isn't so ancient history??

Bruce-SSR

You are correct Sir! GCT and the Waldorf it was! Brain fart, Oops!!!

 

[Silver Star rider]

Don't know about the station rules but there is a hotel across the street from Penn Station that you can walk to in 15 minutes, Hotel Pennsylvanian. Built by Pennsy but recently refurbished. Also one of the cheaper non-fleabag hotels in NYC. Phone number is still the same as the old song ... Pennsylvania 6-5000.

http://www.hotelpenn.com

I planed a trip from Orlando and booked myself on the Silver Star. I didn't think about getting into Penn after 7 pm at night. I live in the southern tip of Brooklyn, about an hour train ride away. Even if the Star was on time, the idea of riding the train by myself with valuable electronics that late at night bothered me enough to look into maybe stating overnight at HP, I found the price crazy. I was able to switch to the Meteor which gets in late morning or early afternoon the same price recently. Just allot happier

Bruce-SSR

 

[DennyM]

I planed a trip from Orlando and booked myself on the Silver Star. I didn't think about getting into Penn after 7 pm at night. I live in the southern tip of Brooklyn, about an hour train ride away. Even if the Star was on time, the idea of riding the train by myself with valuable electronics that late at night bothered me enough to look into maybe stating overnight at HP, I found the price crazy. I was able to switch to the Meteor which gets in late morning or early afternoon the same price recently. Just allot happier

Bruce-SSR

I visit NYC fairly frequent over the last 30 years. Never felt unsafe. I guess that's because most of my travels are confined to Manhattan and Queens. I never felt anything walking around the city... Until I drove through Brooklyn at midnight a couple of weeks ago. Wow.... it was like a war zone after dark. Not a soul on the street, but plenty of abandoned cars.(i.e. no license plates) The route that I took was from the Battery Tunnel to the Verrazano Bridge. (mostly under I-278) I kid you not... I panicked when I saw gunshots barely 50 feet from the front of my car. A guy was firing his handgun like it was in the movies. A couple(the victims) ran and screamed for help. In the darkness, I couldn't see their faces, but I kept seeing the flash from the handgun...

 

[amamba]

Wasn't the 'FDR' car kept at Grand Central Terminal, under the Waldorf? I am surprised it is questionable as it isn't so ancient history??

Bruce-SSR

You are correct Sir! GCT and the Waldorf it was! Brain fart, Oops!!!

The waldorf is several blocks north of GCT, though.

I planed a trip from Orlando and booked myself on the Silver Star. I didn't think about getting into Penn after 7 pm at night. I live in the southern tip of Brooklyn, about an hour train ride away. Even if the Star was on time, the idea of riding the train by myself with valuable electronics that late at night bothered me enough to look into maybe stating overnight at HP, I found the price crazy. I was able to switch to the Meteor which gets in late morning or early afternoon the same price recently. Just allot happier

Bruce-SSR

I visit NYC fairly frequent over the last 30 years. Never felt unsafe. I guess that's because most of my travels are confined to Manhattan and Queens. I never felt anything walking around the city... Until I drove through Brooklyn at midnight a couple of weeks ago. Wow.... it was like a war zone after dark. Not a soul on the street, but plenty of abandoned cars.(i.e. no license plates) The route that I took was from the Battery Tunnel to the Verrazano Bridge. (mostly under I-278) I kid you not... I panicked when I saw gunshots barely 50 feet from the front of my car. A guy was firing his handgun like it was in the movies. A couple(the victims) ran and screamed for help. In the darkness, I couldn't see their faces, but I kept seeing the flash from the handgun...

Meh, depends on what part of brooklyn you are in. Many parts of Brooklyn now (ie, Park Slope) are yuppie (or hipster?) playgrounds. They need stroller parking outside of half the restaurants there during brunch.

 

[Silver Star rider]

Sounds like you were driving on 3rd Ave. There are private homes between you and 4th ave. I don't think of that neighborhood as bad. I just don't like the idea of being locked inside a subway car with a backpack full of electronics by myself. Once off the train, I don't have a problem walking from the train station to my home, which I can measure in yards. I don't mind walking around my home any time of the night.

I live about 3 blocks from the Cyclone in Coney Island.

Bruce-SSR