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'''New York City''' is the largest city in [[New York State]]. Generally, when travelers travellers say they are from or going toward "New York", they are referring to this city, which is actually made up of 5 five boroughs and 3 islands: Manhattan(an island), Brooklyn, Queens (both located on the western end of Long Island), Staten Island, and Long Island (which Brooklyn and Queens are a part of). The Bronx, the fifth borough, is connected with (on the North American mainland of [[New York State]]).

== [[Train hopping]] ==One does not simply walk out of New York City is a major hub for trains: freight trains, Amtrak, Metro-North, MTA, LIRR, NJ Transit, and PATH trains all pass in and out of this city. Although riding trains for free (train-hopping) is illegal, it is one of the most viable ways to get out of the city for free. In most passenger trains (NJ Transit, Amtrak, etc.), the only way to ride for free is to hide in a bathroom or display a "Seat Check" ticket found on the ground or from a previous ride. Generally speaking, if you are discovered to be riding without paying the proper fare, you will be asked to pay it. If you can not pay it, then you will be asked to exit the train at the next station. As long as you remain friendly and cooperative, there should not be a problem with legal issues, arrest, or fines.

Hopping freight trains == Hitchhiking ==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 common way rest area connected to ride long distances the Thruway, but [[user:uncle_sam01|uncle_sam01]] asked around for freeabout 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). It A cheaper option is extremely practical to do ride the subway to Fordham Rd on the B/D, where if you have phone or internet accessa 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, because there are numbers 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 websites that will give you the direction that each freight is headed and its estimated time of arrivalgetting 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, based however there's a Dunkin' Donuts and a gas station right off Jerome Ave on that freightthe I-87 and asking around was no problem. Got a ride to Poughkeepsie in about 60 minutes - most people weren's identification numbert 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]]) ===I-95 North runs along the Eastern coast of [[New York State]] and [[Connecticut]] at this point. Leaving New York City can be very complicated, especially getting past the Bronx, a borough full of "dangerous" low-income neighborhoods, especially in the southern half of the borough. ([http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ny/bronx/crime/ Crime rates] in the Bronx are 2-3 times higher than the NYC and US averages.)* [[User:Amylin|amylin]] recommends taking the #2 subway train out to the last stop, Wakefield-241st St and walking about a mile from there to the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1145104329767828159,40.903428,-73.850375%3B17266531610081419525,40.912360,-73.832180&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=241st+St+-+Wakefield+Station+%4040.903428,-73.850375&daddr=Advice40.912118,-73.832245&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=40.909977,-73.837309&sspn=0.014724,0.033431&ie=UTF8&z=15&om=1 Mount Vernon East Metro-North station], where you can take a local train a bit farther afield. To hitchhike to Providence, [[Rhode Island]] on a cold winter's day, she took the $5.50 train to [http: Don//maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=325+Heights+Rd,+Darien,+CT+06820&sll=41.224118,-72.559204&sspn=1.875734,4.279175&ie=UTF8&ll=41.069322,-73.492999&spn=0.007344,0.016716&z=16&om=1 Noroton Heights] in Darien, CT, usually with changing trains in Stamford, and officially started from there. She recommends this route for hitchhiking North, especially if you don't want to spend a lot of money getting out of the city or time waiting outside. In Noroton Heights [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=325+Heights+Rd,+Darien,+CT+06820&sll=41.224118,-72.559204&sspn=1.875734,4.279175&ie=UTF8&ll=41.069322,-73.492999&spn=0.007344,0.016716&z=16&om=1 there is an on-ramp about 1km from the train station]. There is a steady flow of cars who mostly have to stop before entering the on-ramp, and the area is suitable for low-key camping out. A local police patrol car passed her while she stood with her thumb out but did not harass her. (Whereas, if you take the Metro-North train from Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan, you'll pay more than double for the ticket, plus the $2.75 subway fare to get to the station. So, if you're already on the subway, you might as well get stuck in the most of your $2.75 (or free swipe, see below) and take it as far out as possible.) [[Albany (New York)User:Zenit|AlbanyZenit]]followed these instructions in July 2010 and highly recommends them as well. Also on the train his ticket was never checked. Got a ride within 5-10 minutes at night using this around May 2018.

* [[User:gerbennapStove|GerbenStove]] took recommends taking the "B" or "D" subway out to Fordham, and walking the six blocks south ("right") on line 2 Fordham Rd to Metro North. This requires less walking, and the last New Haven Line trains stop, and then walked here more frequently on their way north. Fares from Fordham to Noroton Heights are the commuter train at Mt.same as from Mount Vernon East, direction Stamford, and got off at Rye. There you can start hitching on the onramp of the I287. [[User:gerbennap|Gerben]] used a sign saying 'Up North' and got picked up after 20 minutes and taken all the way it is much easier/quicker to [[Albany (New York)|Albany]]access.

* Poster "Fruupp" <!-- on [http://www.digihitch.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t= Heading West/South7934 this digihitch thread] --West > suggests hitching along Bruckner Blvd near Brook Ave in the Bronx, reachable via the 6 subway train. (Interstate I78) ==The Interstate I78 This section of Bruckner Blvd is a road that more or less comes used heavily by cars trying to get from NYC and passes New Jersey and leads into direction Harrisburg.Since New Jersey might be a little bit tricky and hitchhiking is kind of outlawed there, it can be best Manhattan to take the northeast-bound Bruckner Expressway without paying a bus ridetoll.For 20.5 dollars you can get ) Drivers may be less likely to [[Allentown]] stop in [[Pennsylvania]]such urban surroundings, hence bypassing New Jersey.The bus leaves New York at the Port Authority bus terminal. In Allentown and you can walk or hitchhike (within the city) to should exercise caution as the entrance levels of the I78both crime and police presence in this neighborhood are relatively high, but this is at least one option that does not require a commuter train.

=== On Heading West (I-95, toward 80) ===If you are trying to get to [[New HavenPennsylvania]]or points West, your best bet is to take NJ Transit to [[ProvidenceMt. Olive]], and [[Boston]] ===I-95 North runs along the Eastern coast of [[New York State]] and [[ConnecticutJersey]] at this point($14. Leaving 75 from New York City can be very complicatedPenn Station, or $9 (plus $2.75 for PATH) if you take PATH to Newark, especially getting past walk to Broad St Station and catch NJT there). This will get you out of the Bronxsuburbs, and thus increase the likelihood of getting a borough full of decidedly "dangerous" lowlong-income neighborhoodsdistance ride. When From the Mt. Olive train station, you can walk to the [[User:Amylin|amylinon-ramp]] was researching on ways outof I-80. Be advised that hitchhiking is illegal just about everywhere in New Jersey, she found this quote including shoulders and on a website: "A hitchhiker killed in the Bronx will be referred to, by police-ramps, as a suicide victimso use caution."

So, [[User:Amylin|amylin]] recommends taking the #2 subway train out It may also be possible to the last stop, Wakefield- 241st St. and walking about get a mile ride from there to the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1145104329767828159,40.903428,-73.850375%3B17266531610081419525,40.912360,-73.832180&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=241st+St+-+Wakefield+Station+%4040.903428,-73.850375&daddr=40.912118,-73.832245&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=40.909977,-73.837309&sspn=0.014724,0.033431&ie=UTF8&z=15&om=1 Mount Vernon East Metro-North station], where you can take a local train a bit farther afield. To hitchhike to Providence, [[Rhode Island]] on a cold winter's day, she took westbound Lemoine Ave bus stop at the $4.75 train to [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=325+Heights+Rd,+Darien,+CT+06820&sll=41.224118,-72.559204&sspn=1.875734,4.279175&ie=UTF8&ll=41.069322,-73.492999&spn=0.007344,0.016716&z=16&om=1 Noroton Heights] in Darien, CT, usually with changing trains in Stamford, and officially started from there. She recommends this route for hitchhiking North, especially if you don't want to spend a lot end of money getting out of the city or time waiting outside. In Noroton Heights [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=325+Heights+Rd,+Darien,+CT+06820&sll=41.224118,-72.559204&sspn=1.875734,4.279175&ie=UTF8&ll=41.069322,-73.492999&spn=0.007344,0.016716&z=16&om=1 there is an on-ramp about 1km from the train station]. There is a steady flow of cars who mostly have to stop before entering the on-ramp, and the area is suitable for low-key camping out. A local police patrol car passed her while she stood with her thumb out but did not harass her. GWB (Whereas, if you take the Metro-North train from Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan, you'll pay almost double for the ticket, plus the $2,25 subway fare to get to opposite the station. So, if you're already on the subway, you might as well get the most of your $2,25 and take it as far out as possible.eastbound one described under "Northeast" above) [[User:Zenit|Zenit]] followed these instructions in July 2010 and highly recommends them as well. Also on the train his ticket was never checked.

=== Heading West /Southwest (I-78) ===If Interstate I-78 is a road that more or less comes from NYC, passes through New Jersey and leads towards Harrisburg.Since New Jersey might be a little bit tricky and hitchhiking is kind of outlawed there, it might be best to take a bus ride. For $25.80 you are trying to can get to [[PennsylvaniaAllentown]] or points West, your best bet is to take NJ Transit to in [[Mt. OlivePennsylvania]], [[hence bypassing New Jersey]]. This will get The bus leaves New York at the Port Authority bus terminal. In Allentown you out can walk or hitchhike (within the city) to the entrance of the suburbsI-78. (Of course, if you can book in advance then for that price you can get a Megabus all the way to Pittsburgh or beyond.) You can also take the Bieber Bus for about $27 to one of several towns (Hellertown, Wescosville) along the highway and thus increase avoid the likelihood of getting a long-distance ridewalk from the Allentown bus terminal to the highway. From the MtYou may need to buy your ticket online in advance. Olive train station, If you can walk do take the Bieber bus to Wescosville, don't bother with the [[onWescosville travel plaza if you're headed west -ramp]] i know it looks promising but all traffic out of I-80there is headed south to philadelphia. Be advised that hitchhiking is illegal just about everywhere in New Jersey, including shoulders and Ask at gas stations or thumb it on-the ramps, so use caution.

== JFK airport ==You don't ''have'' Another option is to take the 5 USa NJ Transit train to [[Annandale]] ($15 from Penn Station, $ Airtrain to get there or to get 11 from JFK to Newark) and hitch the cityon-ramp. Take a [[httpuser://wwwDr.jfk-airport.net/bus.html local busKeith|Keith]] was lucky enough to get a ride from terminal 4, you can pay 2,25 US$ for the ride or if you get an unlimited card (7 days are worth it if you're staying 4 or more days) you can use thatthere in just a half hour.

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