There are 5 ways to get from Babylon to Long Island City by train, car, taxi, or subway
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Train
best- Take the train from Babylon to Hunterspoint Avenuetrain Montauk Branch
1h$10–23Drive 37 mi
cheapest- Drive from Babylon to Long Island Citycar 37 mi
50 min$7–10Taxi
- Take the taxi from Babylon to Long Island Citytaxi 37 mi
50 min$140–180Train via Woodside
- Take the train from Babylon to Woodsidetrain Babylon Branch
1h 6m$13–24Train, subway
- Take the train from Babylon to Jamaicatrain Babylon Branch / ...
- Take the subway from Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport to Court Sq-23 Stsubway E
1h 10m$12–20
Babylon to Long Island City by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Babylon to Long Island City is to drive which costs $6 - $10 and takes 50 min.
The fastest way to get from Babylon to Long Island City is to drive which takes 50 min and costs $6 - $10.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Babylon and arriving at Hunterspoint Avenue. Services depart twice daily, and operate Monday to Friday. The journey takes approximately 1h.
The distance between Babylon and Long Island City is 36 miles. The road distance is 37.2 miles.
The best way to get from Babylon to Long Island City without a car is to train which takes 1h and costs $10 - $23.
The train from Babylon to Hunterspoint Avenue takes 1h including transfers and departs twice daily.
Babylon to Long Island City train services, operated by Long Island Rail Road, depart from Babylon station.
Babylon to Long Island City train services, operated by Long Island Rail Road, arrive at Hunterspoint Avenue station.
Yes, the driving distance between Babylon to Long Island City is 37 miles. It takes approximately 50 min to drive from Babylon to Long Island City.
There are 2832+ hotels available in Long Island City.
What companies run services between Babylon, NY, USA and Long Island City, NY, USA?
Long Island Rail Road operates a train from Babylon to Hunterspoint Avenue twice daily. Tickets cost $10–23 and the journey takes 1h.
- Phone
- +1-718-217-5477
- Website
- Long Island Rail Road
Train from Babylon to Hunterspoint Avenue
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Long Island Rail Road
- Schedules at
- Long Island Rail Road Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–15
- Peak
- $16–23
Train from Babylon to Woodside
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- Long Island Rail Road
- Schedules at
- Long Island Rail Road Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–14
- Peak
- $15–21
Train from Babylon to Jamaica
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–18
- Website
- Long Island Rail Road
- Schedules at
- Long Island Rail Road Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $8–12
- Peak
- $12–18
- Phone
- 877-690-5116
- Website
- MTA Homepage
Subway from Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport to Court Sq-23 St
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- MTA Schedules
- Website
- MTA Homepage
- Website
- MTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- $140–180
Lindy's Taxi
- Phone
- +1 631-234-1300
- Website
- lindystaxi.com
Seaford Taxi and Airport Service
- Phone
- +1 516 661-1010
- Website
- seafordtaxi.li
Bethpage Taxi
- Phone
- +1 516-652-2353
- Website
- bethpagetaxi.li
Long Island Taxi
- Phone
- +1 516-418-2120
- Website
- longislandtaxi.li
LI Yellow Cab Corp
- Phone
- +1 516-931-1111
Ted's Taxi
- Phone
- +1 631-324-2003
Tejedor Taxi
- Phone
- +1 631-830-7012
- Website
- tejedortaxi.com
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