{"id":803150,"date":"2026-05-17T15:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/803150\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T15:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:49:18","slug":"getting-in-and-out-of-nyc-with-the-lirr-on-strike-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/803150\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting in and out of NYC with the LIRR on strike: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the LIRR strike<\/a> enters its second day Sunday, the 300,000 commuters who use the service each day will have to rely on a pastiche of bus routes to get in and out of New York City.<\/p>\n

That said, the alternatives admittedly won\u2019t come close to being able to handle the daily volume of North America\u2019s busiest commuter rail system. As a result, Gov. Hochul and the MTA are strongly encouraging anyone who can work from home and avoid non-essential travel during the strike to do so.<\/p>\n

For those who do plan to commute, here\u2019s how to make the trip.<\/p>\n

The MTA is providing free shuttle bus service<\/a> to connect six spots on Long Island to the subway system in Queens during peak travel hours \u2014 to Queens from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., and to Long Island from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.<\/p>\n

\"MapMap of LIRR strike shuttle bus service. (MTA)<\/p>\n

Three of those spots will offer peak-hour service and reverse-peak direction service:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bay Shore (LIRR) to Howard Beach-JFK Airport A\u200b train<\/p>\n

\u2014 Huntington (LIRR) to Jamaica-179 St F train at Hillside Ave. and 179 St.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ronkonkoma (LIRR) to Jamaica-179 St F train at Hillside Ave. and 179 St.<\/p>\n

The other three will offer peak service only:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Hempstead Lake State Park, near Lakeview (LIRR), to Howard Beach-JFK Airport A train\u200b<\/p>\n

\u2014 Hicksville (LIRR) to Howard Beach-JFK Airport A\u200b train<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mineola (LIRR) to Howard Beach-JFK Airport A\u200b train<\/p>\n

Commuters from Nassau County can also use the NICE Bus to connect to spots in Queens during peak and reverse-peak hours. Those spots include:<\/p>\n

\u2014 the 179 St E and F train stop \u2014 n6, n6x, n22, n22x, n24, n26<\/p>\n

\u2014 the Far Rockaway-Mott Ave. A trian stop \u2014 n31, n31x\/m, n32, n33<\/p>\n

\u2014 the Flushing-Main St. 7 train stop \u2014 n20g, n20x<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jamaica Bus Terminal, a short walk from the 169 St F train \u2014 n1, n6, n6x, n22, n22x, n24, n26<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jamaica Ctr-Parsons\/Archer E J and Z train \u2014 n4, n4x<\/p>\n

Commuters can get more info at the NICE Bus website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The MTA is suggesting five subway stations as passenger drop-off points, the Far Rockaway-Mott Ave. A\u200b train stop, the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike E and F\u200b train stop, the Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd. A\u200b train stop, the Sheepshead Bay B and Q\u200b stop, and the Woodhaven Blvd. J train stop.<\/p>\n

Shuttle buses \u200bwill take commuters from Bay Shore, Hempstead Lake State Park, Hicksville and Mineola to the Howard Beach-JFK Airport A\u200b station, as well as\u00a0 from Huntington and Ronkonkoma to the Jamaica Center-Parsons\/Archer E J and Z\u200b train station.<\/p>\n

Baseball fans from Long Island may have a rough go of getting to Citi Field for the Mets-Yankees Subway Series game Sunday. The Mets are offering additional Citi Field Direct Shuttle Service buses<\/a> at the Roosevelt Field and the Walt Whitman Shops, as well as a new route, during the strike only, at the Manhasset LIRR station serving the Port Washington Line area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the LIRR strike enters its second day Sunday, the 300,000 commuters who use the service each day…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":803151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1370,728,405,403,5294,5296,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,522,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-803150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-county","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-transportation","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116590712079342761","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}