Toads place should be good

Same age group and I’ve been looking up events as well. The only place for dancing I can seem to find is at Rumaj nightclub, but I have never been there and think it may be a younger crowd. I’ll update you if anything better comes up!

Oh man, is that why literally all 3 of these things happen to me every time I step outside?

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Not on new years exactly but on 12/30, Spring Heeled Jack (90's ska icons) play their first show in New Haven since like 2019 at The State House. Good lineup, ska shows are always a good time.

There are definitely events, I'd start by looking at the top NH bars on IG and seeing what events they're hosting.

Right around Yale walking in front of moving cars, whilst looking at your phone seems very popular, rain or shine!

Stay home! This way you won't get shot, beat or involved in a DUI in New Haven!

AND NO UPS OR FEDEX IN THE BOX!

Club life has been dead in New Haven for over 10 years ever since the big crackdown. Take a train to NYC there's tons of events going on.

just want to shout out berlinetta in downtown bridgeport -- it's my favorite brewery in the state and really convenient off of metro north.

they focus on european/czech beers and have a few darker, seasonally appropriate options, including a stout, a vienna, and a "dark czech lager" that is might be my new all-time favorite cold weather beer.

Rumaj is mostly 19 year olds getting wasted

low 200s as i recall, maybe 220 or so? I'm pretty sure their website actually has a price quote tool. Airport shuttles ran like 99 per person, and didn't pick you up at your house.

Just the name of the self serve kiosk!

I just flew out of EWR yesterday and I decided to drive down and use a parking-shuttle company. That said, it really depends on how long you're going to be away. When the cost of parking significantly exceeds a car service (accounting for to and from EWR), then I'd use that. Also, some things to me are just worth it to pay for and not having to deal with the stress/anxiety of public transport + hotel. Personally, all that back and forth is worth a couple of hundred dollars if that's the difference.

It's worth the stop! But I got the streets wrong, it's Grove and Hillhouse. Looks like 10-3 M-F and Sat in a different location. Insta here: https://www.instagram.com/jitterbuscoffee/?hl=en

How much did Luxy cost?

Try the Coach USA Newark express bus (from grand central station), 19 dollars one way or 33 round trip, but I’m not sure of times. There should be a schedule on their website

Metro north goes to grand central (various methods walk, cab, bus, subway) to Penn station (New Jersey transit) goes directly to newark stop (make sure it’s not the city stop, it’s the airport stop (ewr)) then air train to any terminal. Amtrak goes from New Haven through penn station to ewr. You have to take air train at the end no matter what, New Jersey transit or Amtrak.

If you have an Amtrak or New Jersey transit ticket air train is free, use the same ticket. If you don’t then you have to buy an air train ticket (it’s been a while since I did this route and it might have changed?)

At any point once your in New York on metro north there are a bunch of different options for getting to Newark. Bus, taxi, shuttle, car service, New Jersey transit. Some factors in what you choose are time of day, cost and connivence, is it snowing or not, is it rush hour or a weekend, all good things to consider. Usually there is never an Amtrak that is anywhere close to the time I need it, and metro north to New Jersey transit is my go to. If it’s nice out and I don’t have a ton of luggage I walk between grand central and penn station, if it’s snowing I take the subway and if I have a lot of luggage I take a cab. The only time this hasn’t worked for me it was a blizzard and I ended up being late to the airport but they had already canceled my flight because of the storm, they shut down the rail lines shortly after that and I spent the night at the airport (weekend before Thanksgiving 2018), took almost 30 hours to get to San Diego. I think about that when I start to miss traveling…

I did this recently, after weighing all the options i decided for us the best options were train in the night before, get a a cheap hotel near the airport then get a cab; or use a car service.

we ended up using LuxyRide and having them pick us up at like 330am. we sprung the extra money for an SUV to be more comfortable. Luxy ride had the best prices when we checked and we were happy with how it worked out.

The Shuttle vans weren't running at 330 am, but for 2 people the price with LuxyRide was pretty similar and we got a private car.

Car service, uber or drive your car service to EWR.

While I've used public transit in the past, it only takes one small failure in that chain of this train to the next to the next to create a problem with meeting your flight.

I drive or arrange transport via car service or "drive your car" service to the airport. In my town, there are a few retired folks who will drive you down to the airport in your car and pick you up on the way back. My guy is a retired firefighter (retired like 30 years) and does a great job.

Leros point to point limo service

Short answer is yes, it's absolutely too much hassle. Two things: last Metro North is 1 am or something, and then doesn't start back up for another few hours. If you budget about 3.5 hours, you may need to take a train the night before anyway to even make your flight. Second, depending on how early your flight is, even if you take Metro North to Grand Central and then walk from there to Penn (15 minutes), the AirTrain to EWR doesn't even run very early in the morning, which would mean you'd need to take an NJ transit train to Newark Penn and then an Uber or bus to EWR (10 minute Uber, 20 minute bus). Source: like an idiot, I booked a 7 AM flight out of EWR—had to leave at 10:30 PM the night before and didn't even get to the airport until about 4:30. It was a nightmare.

This is all good advice. I’ve never had luck with the s train late at night. If it were me i’d probably uber to penn station or just walk to the timesquare stations.

Yes true – if your luggage is stair-friendly, its not too bad, but if you need an elevator it can be difficult. And again, the entire trip is much easier if you already know where you're going. In both GCT and especially Penn, it's easy to follow a few poorly planned signs and get lost in a labyrinth of hallways if you don't already know your way around.

FWIW: From the main terminal in Grand Central, the S platform can be most easily accessed from the southwest hallway (to find south quickly, it's opposite from the train platforms). If you're coming in from the lower level, the S platform is inconveniently located on the opposite side of the station from the escalator that leads up to the market.

Penn OTOH is just a labyrinthine shitshow. I've somehow developed instincts on where to go myself, but the best advice is to just follow signs for NJTransit.