Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 8,576
Likes: 3,509
From: South shore, L.I., NY
Bikes: Trek Emonda SL7, Cannondale Topstone, Miyata City Liner, Specialized Chisel, Specialized Epic Evo
You know anybody in Brooklyn you can stay with ?
It's a sound idea, but as you discovered, details, details.
Maybe later LIRR and then NJ Path to somewhere convenient south of Newark ?
FWIW, the SW Nassau to middle of Brooklyn is my 25 mile one way commute. I think the distance to lower Manhatten is about 35-40 (via Coney Island and around the south end of Brooklyn via the shore path),
so at least 2-1/2 hrs, which makes for a really early start, depending on where on LI you start.
SB