Spending a brief layover strolling around the airport for many hours before the next flight usually feels tedious, but venturing outside is a risk. Fortunately, many of the leading international transfer hubs, like NY’s JFK Airport, are within arm’s reach of many fascinating ways to pass time. While travelers with shorter layover time may have to forget a quick pop into Manhattan there’s so many things to do around the Long Island borough of Queens where the airport is situated. Book our JFK airport car service in Long Island to see what Greater New York is all about.
Corona Park:
Nearly six miles from the JFK airport, Corona Park is the biggest park in Queens & home to the Mets is the jack-of-all-trades when it’s about offering ways to pass time. This park in Queens can keep you occupied in many ways: soccer, baseball, tennis & cricket areas, a zoo, a science museum and an art museum all rests inside the park’s boundaries. Besides those things, you can also witness the world’s largest globe – the Unisphere – a memento of the 1964 World’s Fair.
Explore the Queens Botanical Garden:
Nearly 8 miles north of JFK airport you will find the Queens Botanical Gardens, part of a display for the 1939 World’s Fair. The gardens feature 39 acres of roses, perennials, herbs, seasonal gardens and bee habitats. Many waking trails wind through the region, making for a refreshing way to soak in natural enclosing before or after time in the concrete jungle. This garden is particularly wonderful for travelers traveling with the entire family who’re looking for fresh air. Ensure to explore the bee garden & savor some of the local honey.
Bird-Watching in Jamaica Bay:
If you are after more isolated, nature-filled experience, then bird watching in Jamaica Bay should be on your list of things to do near on a JFK flight layover. Those who take the trip can see birds from more than 300 species that flock to this region, including the bald eagle. Take a hike led by a local guide or explore the region on horseback or bike.
Book your airport car service to JFK from Long Island with All Island Car & Limo Service and make you trip to the airport a stress-free one. When you hire us there is simply no stress of waiting for an airport ride, finding a parking spot, and getting to check in on time. For booking, call us on 631-306-6581.
