Internship this summer.
My daughter will be arriving at Newark airport What is the best way for her to get to East 55th Street.
She also has to use the water taxis over to NJ, how often do they run?
Any local grocerys around 55th and 2nd Street?
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The best way - and most expensive is cab - about $60.

(Since she will be in NYC for the summer I assume she has a good amount of luggage. There are a lot of less expensive options - but all involve dealing with the luggage yourself at some point - train station or bus station or subway. If you go to the airport web site you'll find all the transport options listed.)

Where in Jersey does she need to get to?

(And by the way - E55th is really inconvenient for getting to the Manhattan side of the water taxis - although not a bad neighborhood.)

Someone who lives in the area will have to tell you where the nearest market is - but I'm sure there are lots of delis/bodegas.

She will be working at Goldman Sachs in NJ and was told to ride the subway, catch a ferry at Pier 11 to NJ

Well if you look at the map on the attached you will see that there are many different ferry lines leaving from Pier 11 - some to New Jersey and some to Queens.

http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTrave...tml/index.html

She'll have to take the subway all the way downtown to get near the Pier. And she really does need many more details on which ferry, which town etc. And how close the company is to the ferry pier in NJ.

Wow, that's a tough commute, E. 55th to the NJ Goldman building. I'm guessing an hour or more during rush hours.

If she has a lot of luggage, she should take a taxi or reserve a car service. www.dial7.com is popular and easy -- you call when you get your bags and the car arrives a few minutes later.

One of the best grocery stores in Manhattan is the Bridge Street Market under the 59th Street Bridge at First Avenue. The area is ripe with restaurants, grocery stores, delis, bars, etc.

There are the NY Waterways ferries that leave from W 39th Street. Maybe those are the ferries they told her to take?

P.S. Water taxis and ferries are not the same. There are several ferry lines with regular routes/schedules. The water taxis operate more like regular taxis.

Oh and for restaurant suggestions (you didn't ask, but she might want them) in her neighborhood, I like Pesce Pasta across from the Bridge Market at about 59 and 1st and Rosa Mexicano at 61 and 1st.

Thank you all for your imput. She was told to go to Pier 11 from Manhattan to Paulus Hook NJ by water taxi and I did find the website, with the schedules. She has all the directions. I was a bit concerned about her commute each day, being an hour each way.
Thanks for the grocery and restaurant tips too.
we are excited to go visit over the 4th. Our first time in NYC too. This website is a great resource.

Although not as nice as the one in the Bridgemarket, there is a Food Emporium (owned by A&P) supermarket on Second Avenue and 51st Street. Also, two Korean delis on the block between 55th and 56th on Second Avenue; the more northerly one has some good prices on fruits and vegetables. There is a D'Agostino on First and 53rd Street. There is a row of fabulous food shops along First Avenue between 51st and 52nd Streets: Simchick Meats, Pisacane Fish and Ideal Cheese. With a good wine store directly across the street.

Thank you will pass on the information to my daughter.

She won't have any problems finding "creature comforts" in that area of Manhattan, but her commute to NJ is going to be a bit of a bear. She is close to the Lex Ave Subway line which she will probably catch at Bloomingdale's 57th and Lex.

Hope she has a great summer.

I'm sure your daughter is going to have a great time living in NYC. I wouldn't worry too much about the length of the commute. I had an internship once in NYC and it took me an hour to get to work and I both lived and worked in Manhattan. I didn't work long hours - strictly 9 to 5 - and I wasn't rushing home to pick up kids or cook dinner, so it wasn't a huge issue.

I would, however, like to give you a heads up on the cost of the ferry. It isn't cheap. I don't know the exact route she will be taking, but it could cost around $5 each way for the ferry - so a monthly pass is definitely adviseable. Just letting you know that you should consider this cost when budgeting what the summer will cost your daughter.

Azure Deli & Grocery at 51st & 3rd -- great little place with an extensive fresh salad and food bar, as well as some gourmet items.

Don't worry mom -- she'll have the time of her life!

Methinks she won't be working 9 to 5 at Goldman.

I just asked my friend that works at GS in JC and she says the best way to get there would be subway to Wall Street, get on the ferry, 10 min to the Paulus Hook, Colgate stop, then about 10 min walk to GS (2 buildings in JC).

I agree with the poster above, 9-5 is probably not going to happen at Goldman, especially if she wants to make a good impression.

Interns shouldn't expect 9 to 5 anywhere if they want to make a good impression. She needs to be very candid with her supervisor on the first day as to what the expectations are. And never, ever leave the office for the day without asking the supervisor if s/he needs anything else done.

(I know that to students the idea of someone else controlling all their time can be a surprise - but if she's serious about this type of career she needs to understand the calls it makes on your time.)

(Our juniors VERY rarely worked less than 10 hour days - and the one who consistently left at 5:30, wanted to go out to lunch every day, and said she had too many projects on her plate was soon encouraged to seek an alternate career path - one with many fewer demnds on one's time - and in a couple of years about 1/3 the pay.)

Don't worry about her ability to handle the commute -- she will.

Good luck to your daughter. And lucky you, having such a great place to visit over the 4th!

Hi Jserv,

This might be interesting for your daughter if she wants to network with other interns in NYC:

http://www.iHipo.com is a combination of Social Network and Jobsite, targeted at qualified international jobs and internships for young professionals and students.

Regards,
Patrick

Many hundreds of thousands of people who work in NYC have an hour commute into the city. Many people commute for more than an hour. She is in good company albeit with a reverse commute.

Also, if she works past 8 pm, most firms have a policy that she can take a car service home and charge it to the firm. This is probably one of the first things she will find out about, if not directly at orientation then via other interns and staff. She probably will only have the hour commute in the morning. It is summer and the weather is good. She is young. It is safe. This is not any issue IMO.