Location
Under an hour to Manhattan, minutes from the highways: closer than you would think.
- About 1 hour
- To New York Penn Station, by train
- About 50 min
- To Midtown Manhattan, by car
- 64
- Weekday trains from Perth Amboy
- 81
- Walk Score
Getting there
Home
585 Sayre Avenue
0.9 mi
Perth Amboy Station
About 30 min
Newark Airport station
About 1 hour
New York Penn Station
Perth Amboy Station is just under a mile from the door on the North Jersey Coast Line. Direct trains reach New York Penn Station in about an hour, with peak expresses under 55 minutes, and stop at the Newark Airport rail station on the way. The station is being rebuilt under a funded $45.5 million NJ Transit project; the new high-level platforms and elevators are already in service.
By car
Minutes from the highways.
- Outerbridge Crossing
- 2.2 miles
- NJ Turnpike, Exit 10
- 4.5 miles
- Garden State Parkway
- 4.4 miles
- Newark Liberty Airport
- 15 miles
- Midtown Manhattan, outside rush hour
- About 50 minutes
- Route 9
- Route 35
- Route 440
- I-287
Route 35 passes the corner and feeds Route 440 in minutes. Midtown is about 29 miles by the Turnpike, roughly 50 minutes outside rush hour, and Staten Island is one bridge away across the Outerbridge Crossing. One parking space is included with every home, with EV charging on site.
By bus
Route 116 to Port Authority.
NJ Transit's 116 bus runs between Perth Amboy and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, boarding about a block from the building. Routes 48, 813, 815, and 817 connect downtown, the station, and the neighboring towns.
116
NJ Transit · Port Authority
Around the corner
Shop throughout the Downtown Central Business District, the nearby shopping center, and local grocery stores. Grab a bite on Front Street. Then slow things down with a walk along the Perth Amboy waterfront.
Where to eat
- Bonao
- The Barge
- The Armory
- Don Manuel
- Sciortino's Pizza
- Noches de Colombia
Front Street's seafood houses, the Armory and the Barge, sit 1.7 miles from the door.
Where to shop
- Downtown Central Business District
- The shopping center down the street
- ShopRite, 0.3 miles
- Woodbridge Center, 4 miles
- Menlo Park Mall, 4.8 miles
Groceries are a short walk up Convery Boulevard; the malls are about ten minutes up the highway.
What to do
- The Perth Amboy waterfront walk
- Harborside Marina, 1.7 miles
- Washington Park, 0.7 miles
- Downtown Smith Street, 0.8 miles
- Asbury Park by train, about 40 minutes
The rail line that runs to Manhattan also runs south to the Shore towns.
The Map
585 Sayre Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Raritan Bay Medical Center 0.2 miles · Perth Amboy Station 0.9 miles · Downtown 0.8 miles.
Open in Google Maps →Tour the building, then drive the route you would actually commute. The office is open Monday through Saturday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.