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Hitchhiking is illegal in New York City as well as in the neighboring state of New Jersey; enforcement varies.
=== Heading North (I-87) ===
Advice: Don't get stuck in [[Albany (New York)|Albany]]. There is a fairly large service area (New Baltimore Travel Plaza) on the Thruway just before Albany, so getting off there is preferable(technically illegal to hitch on a rest area connected to the Thruway, but [[user:uncle_sam01|uncle_sam01]] asked around for about an hour and no one cared, even got offered a lunch once).
* [[User:gerbennap|Gerben]] took the subway out on line 2 to the last stop, and then walked to the commuter train at Mount Vernon East, direction Stamford, and got off at Rye (fare $3.50). A cheaper option is to ride the subway to Fordham Rd on the B/D, where if you have a Metrocard you can transfer for free from the subway to the Bee-Line #61 bus which runs to Rye and beyond. From Rye you can start hitching on the onramp of the I-287. [[User:gerbennap|Gerben]] used a sign saying 'Up North' and got picked up after 20 minutes and taken all the way to [[Albany (New York)|Albany]].
* [[User:lexande|Lexande]] was able to get a ride north from the ramps where Jerome Ave joins I-87 in the northern Bronx, a bit north of the last stop of the 4 train. You may wait longer ([[User:lexande|Lexande]] waited about 90 minutes) but this saves the expense and/or time of getting a commuter train or bus further out. There may be legal issues (since this is still within New York CIty) but at least this far out enforcement seems lax.
*[[User:uncle_sam01|uncle_sam01]] initially went to Jerome Avenue, however there's a Dunkin' Donuts and a gas station right off Jerome Ave on the I-87 and asking around was no problem. Got a ride to Poughkeepsie in about 60 minutes - most people weren't going on to the Thruway (I-87), but rather towards Connecticut or the Taconic State Parkway (pkwy) so don't waste time trying to get someone going onto the I-87(refused 2 rides previously because both were headed onto the Taconic before accepting a ride to it), but the pkwy seemed just as good. (April 2017)
=== Heading Northeast (I-95, toward [[New Haven]], [[Providence]], and [[Boston]]) ===
