Long Island MacArthur Airport
Islip, central Suffolk
The island's own airport, and much the shortest airport run if you are east of Hicksville. Give us the flight number and the pickup follows the aircraft, exactly as it does at the other three.
Long Island · Nassau and Suffolk
Nassau to the forks, priced a mile at a time.
From the Queens line to the North and South Forks, a chauffeur who knows which road a van is allowed on. The fare is quoted for the route and fixed before you confirm, and an airport pickup follows the flight rather than the clock.
WestEast
- Nassau and Suffolk, end to end
- One quote for the route
- Vans and buses kept off the parkways
- JFK, LGA, EWR and Islip
At a glance
The short version, before the detail.
- Coverage
- Nassau and Suffolk Counties, from the Queens line through Garden City, Hicksville and Huntington, out past Ronkonkoma to the North and South Forks.
- Ways to book
- Point to point, by the hour, and airport transfers to JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and Long Island MacArthur at Islip.
- Hourly minimum
- Four hours, up to sixteen in one booking, with the chauffeur waiting between stops.
- Wait time
- 15 minutes at a kerbside pickup. 60 minutes on an airport arrival, from the moment you land.
- Availability
- Every day, including holidays. Book at least 24 hours ahead where you can.
- If plans change
- Full refund 24 hours or more before pickup. Half back between 12 and 24 hours. Nothing inside 12.
- What sets the fare
- Distance. Every journey here is quoted on its route, so the number climbs steadily the further east the address sits.
- Vehicle limits
- Sprinter vans and buses cannot use the parkways. They run the Long Island Expressway or Sunrise Highway instead, which can change both the route and the time.
The mileage ladder
Six rungs east, and what each adds to the fare
There is no zone map on Long Island and no separate deal for Nassau or Suffolk. Every journey is quoted on its route, and the mile count keeps climbing the further east an address sits. This is what that looks like, rung by rung.
The Queens line
Floral Park, Elmont, Valley Stream
The city ends and the island starts. The quote barely moves at this distance, and JFK is close enough to make an early flight an ordinary morning.
17% of the islandWestern Nassau
Great Neck, Garden City, Mineola
The Northern State and the Southern State are the two ways through, and the Jamaica interchange is behind you rather than ahead. Miles are still a small share of the fare here.
33% of the islandEastern Nassau
Hicksville, Bethpage, Massapequa
Hicksville is the main railhead out here, and this is where the Meadowbrook and Wantagh parkways drop south towards Jones Beach. Miles are now a real part of the number, and a beach Saturday costs time rather than money.
50% of the islandWestern Suffolk
Huntington, Melville, Babylon
Over the Nassau-Suffolk county line. Huntington station is up on the north shore and the Bay Shore ferry to Fire Island is down on the south, and for anything larger than an SUV the Expressway is the spine that links them.
67% of the islandCentral Suffolk
Ronkonkoma, Stony Brook, Patchogue
Long Island MacArthur at Islip, the Ronkonkoma railhead, Stony Brook University and the Sayville and Patchogue ferries. A Newark run from here is most of a morning, and the miles are now the larger half of the fare.
83% of the islandOut to the forks
Riverhead, the North Fork, the South Fork
Past Riverhead the island splits in two. This is the longest drive on the page, the miles are most of what you pay, and the same run on a summer Friday takes longer than it does on a Tuesday.
100% of the island
No rung is a price band. They are a way of picturing the distance, because on Long Island the distance is what you are paying for.
Low bridges, and what they decide
The parkways and what they will not carry
Long Island's parkways were built with low stone overpasses and are closed to commercial vehicles. That one rule decides which vehicle we send you and which road it takes, and it is worth knowing before you choose.
RoadWhat it means for the vehicle
The Northern State Parkway
The north side, Queens to Suffolk
The quick way along the north of Nassau in a sedan or an SUV. Closed to commercial vehicles, so a Sprinter van or a bus never sees it.
The Southern State Parkway
The south side, Queens to Suffolk
The same rule on the southern side of the island, and the same low stone arches the whole way. In a car it is often the sensible road east; in anything commercial it is not an option at all.
The Meadowbrook State Parkway
North to south, Nassau to Jones Beach
The direct run down to Jones Beach. A sedan or an SUV takes it. A van goes round by Sunrise Highway and arrives a little later, which is a difference we plan for rather than discover.
The Wantagh State Parkway
North to south, Nassau to the beach
The other road down to the barrier beach, under the same restriction. For a group we route the beach run on Sunrise Highway from the start rather than turning a van round at a sign.
The Long Island Expressway
Interstate 495, the spine of the island
Open to every vehicle we run, which is why a van or a bus goes this way by default. It also carries most of the island's traffic, so we build the extra time into the pickup instead of hoping for a clear run.
Sunrise Highway
Route 27, the southern spine
The commercial alternative to the Southern State, and the road out towards the South Fork. Slower than a parkway in a car, and the one a Sprinter is actually allowed on.
Jericho Turnpike
Route 25, through the middle
A high street rather than a through road, with a signal at every junction. Useful for a short hop between towns, slow for anything crossing a county.
If your booking needs a Sprinter van or a bus, say so when you book. We route it on roads it is allowed to use from the start, rather than turning it round at a low bridge.
Places we are asked for, and what they do to a car
Not what is inside them. Where a car can stop, which road reaches them, and what the hour does to the drive.
Jones Beach
Wantagh, on the barrier beach
Reached on the Meadowbrook or the Wantagh in a car, and on Sunrise Highway in a van. The parking fields are a walk from the water, so name the field and the chauffeur waits at it.
The Fire Island ferries
Bay Shore, Sayville and Patchogue
Three separate terminals serving three sets of communities, and the wrong one is an hour of driving. Name the terminal and the sailing when you book, not just the island.
Port Jefferson and the ferry
North shore, Suffolk County
The Bridgeport ferry runs from the harbour and the village streets around it are narrow and busy. A pickup a street back from the dock beats one at the ramp, every time.
Hicksville station
Nassau, on the main line
A busy Nassau railhead with a rank that empties the moment a train arrives. Tell us which exit you will use and the chauffeur is standing at it rather than circling the block.
Ronkonkoma station
Suffolk, beside the Expressway
A main-line station out in Suffolk, and the closest one to Long Island MacArthur. A common handover point for a group arriving by train and carrying on by car.
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, north shore
A campus with several entrances and long internal roads. Give us the building rather than the university and the car stops where you actually are.
Hofstra University
Hempstead, Nassau County
Long campus roads and more than one gate, with Uniondale next door. A named gate is worth more than a postal address here, especially when something is on.
Huntington station
Huntington, north shore
A busy north-shore station with the village a drive away rather than at the platform. Say whether you mean the station or the village and the car goes to the right one.
Four airports, and the one on the island
Give us the flight number and the pickup follows the aircraft. Every arrival includes 60 minutes of wait time from the moment you land. The ranges below move a long way depending how far east you start.
CodeAirportTypical drive
JFK
John F. Kennedy International
Much closer from Nassau than from eastern Suffolk. An airport transfer here is quoted for the route, like every island journey.
35-90 min
LGA
LaGuardia
Nearly always a longer run than JFK from the same address, because it sits further round the city. Any toll is passed through at cost.
45-100 min
EWR
Newark Liberty International
All the way across the city and into New Jersey, tolled on the crossing. From anywhere east of the county line this is an early start, not a brisk one.
70-140 min
ISP
Long Island MacArthur
At Islip, on the island itself. Twenty minutes if you are already in central Suffolk and over an hour from the Queens line, so where you start decides it.
20-70 min
Drive times are typical, not guaranteed. Traffic, weather and roadworks all move them, which is why we watch the flight instead of the clock.
Ways to book on Long Island
Three formats cover everything we do here, and every one is quoted before you confirm.
Point to point
One address to another: a house to a station, an office to a restaurant, a hotel to a ferry terminal.
One fixed quote for the route, confirmed before you book.
By the hour
A day with several stops across two counties, or an evening where re-booking a car each time costs more than keeping one.
Blocks of four to sixteen hours, with the car staying and waiting included.
Airport transfer
JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty or Long Island MacArthur, with the flight watched and 60 minutes of wait time on arrival.
Quoted per vehicle for the airport and the address, with the flight watched.
Charged on top
- Tolls
- Parking
- Gratuity, at your discretion
- Sales tax at checkout
- Overtime
- Stops added on the day
What we control, and what we do not
A car service that promises to beat traffic is a car service that will be late and surprised about it.
We control the vehicle we send
If the booking needs a van or a bus, we know before the day which roads it may use and we plan the route on those. Nobody finds out at a low bridge.
We control what the journey costs
The quote is worked out before you confirm and does not move afterwards. No surge on a summer Friday, and no separate deal for Suffolk.
We do not control the Expressway
Nobody does. What we can do is quote a range instead of a number, start earlier when the hour deserves it, and say plainly when a time is tighter than we would like.
We do not control the ferries
Bridgeport out of Port Jefferson, and Fire Island out of Bay Shore, Sayville and Patchogue, all run to their own timetables. Give us the sailing and we build the drive backwards from it.
The car for a long run east
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West of here, and further east
All service areasThe island is one page of five. The city is at one end of it and the Hamptons are at the other.
- BrooklynBrownstone Brooklyn to the Red Hook cruise terminal, with the bridges, the BQE and both airports part of the daily round.
- The BronxRiverdale to Throgs Neck, the Stadium and the Botanical Garden, with every bridge and parkway known by heart.
- QueensThe borough both airports sit in, from Astoria to the Rockaways, with JFK and LaGuardia closer than from anywhere else.
- ManhattanThe whole island, above and below 60th Street, from the piers to the parks, every day of the year.
- Staten IslandSt George to Tottenville, by the Verrazzano or the Goethals, whichever the traffic favours on the day.
- WestchesterThe river towns, the Sound Shore and the corporate corridor, with Metro-North and HPN both close.
If plans change
- 24+ hours before pickupFull refund
- 12-24 hours before50% refund
- Under 12 hoursNo refund
- No-showCharged in full
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