United States
To get from JFK to Penn Station Manhattan:
Cheapest way: Airtrain to Jamaica Station and E subway to Penn station
Quickest way: Airtrain to Jamaica and then Long Island Rail Road to Penn station
Least stressful but long way: bus from terminal door to Manhattan
Most expensive and hair-raising way: TAXI
If possible fly to Newark instead - bus from terminal door to Manhattan is stressfree and quick and Newark is much less likely to have an excruciatingly long wait to get through immigration (unlike JFK).
Airtrain info: www.panynj.gov/Airtrain/
LIRR and subway info: www.mta.info/index.html
bus info: www.nyairportservice.com/
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