If you fly for work — or fly home on your days off — that five minutes is the difference between an easy rotation and a miserable one. Here's how to get everywhere else from here: the trains, the hospitals, the shops, and what's worth doing when you're not working.
Newark Liberty is one of the three big New York-area airports, and it's the closest thing to us by a wide margin.
Newark is genuinely well connected — it's one of the reasons people base themselves here rather than paying Manhattan prices for a month-long stay.
The main hub. NJ Transit trains reach New York Penn Station in roughly twenty minutes. The PATH train also runs from here into Manhattan, and Amtrak stops here for longer trips.
The second rail station, serving the Montclair-Boonton and Morris & Essex lines — useful if you're working north or west of the city rather than in it.
Connects Newark Penn and Broad Street with points through the city, which makes getting between the two stations straightforward without a car.
NJ Transit buses run throughout Newark and to Port Authority in Manhattan. Tell us where you need to be regularly and we'll tell you which route people actually use.
The New Jersey Turnpike (I-95), I-78 and Route 21 are all close, which is what makes the airport and the rest of the state easy to reach.
Bringing a car? Ask us before you arrive and we'll give you a straight answer about where it goes — it's the question we'd want answered first.
Several of the region's major medical centres are in or near Newark, which is why a good share of our enquiries come from people on clinical assignments.
Staying a month means you'll need a supermarket, not a minibar.
Newark has full-size supermarkets including ShopRite locations and a Whole Foods on Broad Street downtown, plus smaller neighbourhood markets. Ask us which we'd send you to for a proper weekly shop versus a quick top-up.
Newark's Portuguese and Brazilian district, centred on Ferry Street, and the reason people drive into Newark to eat. Worth going hungry for.
Pharmacies, laundromats, takeaway and coffee are all within a normal Newark neighbourhood distance. Tell us what you rely on and we'll point you at the nearest one.
Long stays are different from holidays — after week two you want somewhere to walk, not a checklist of attractions.
Home to one of the largest collections of cherry blossom trees in the United States, and a genuinely good place to walk or run all year, not just in spring.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center — concerts, theatre and comedy, right in the city.
Hockey, basketball and the big touring shows. Walkable from Newark Penn if you're coming back by train.
The state's largest museum, and an easy afternoon when the weather turns.
Along the Passaic, with paths for walking and running — the kind of thing that matters when you're here for months rather than days.
Roughly twenty minutes by train from Newark Penn. Close enough for an evening, far enough that you're not paying Manhattan rent.
The airport, a hospital, an office, a site — send us the address and your hours, and we'll give you the honest travel time before you book anything.