Long Island Islip Macarthur Airport to Brooklyn, NY?

June 11, 2007 7:51 AM

What is the best way to get from Long Island Islip Macarthur Airport to Brooklyn, NY?
posted by brokekid to Travel & Transportation around Brooklyn, NY (7 answers total)

You could take a cab or shuttle from the airport to the Wrong Island Fail Road (I mean Long Island Rail Road), and take that to the LIRR Flatbush Ave terminal in Brooklyn.
posted by exogenous at 7:57 AM on June 11, 2007

You can take the LIRR, but you have to first take a shuttle from Islip to the LIRR Ronkonkoma station. It's not hard, but a bit of a pain and the shuttle is like $6. Instructions are here at #3.

As said, you can then hop off the LIRR in Brooklyn or ride it to Penn station and catch the subway, depending on where in Brooklyn you need to go.
posted by atomly at 8:11 AM on June 11, 2007

What's best? Fast? Cheap?

Where in Brooklyn? It makes a big difference. I don't think there's any approach that would be best for every point in Brooklyn.
posted by winston at 9:22 AM on June 11, 2007

If you have a car, you can take the LIE. What time of day will you be coming in.
posted by dr_dank at 10:27 AM on June 11, 2007

Response by poster: Heading to:

Gates Ave. & Downing
Brooklyn, NY 11238
posted by brokekid at 1:29 PM on June 11, 2007

That's a reasonable walk from the LIRR Flatbush Ave terminal, unless you have heavy luggage in which case it would be a pain.
posted by exogenous at 2:14 PM on June 11, 2007

You'd think a taxi from the airport to the LIRR Ronkonkoma station would be cheap considering the short distance but it's like $30.
posted by tomo at 8:42 PM on June 12, 2007