Directions to the Aquarium
Location
New York Aquarium is located on Surf Avenue & West 8th Street in Brooklyn, NY 11224.
BY CAR
From Manhattan:
Take the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (I-478) to the Brooklyn-Queens Expwy (I-278 West). Take Exit 22 to the Belt Pkwy East. Take to Exit 7 (Ocean Pkwy). Turn right onto Ocean Pkwy and continue to Surf Ave. to the New York Aquarium.
From Long Island & Queens:
Take the Belt Pkwy West to Exit 7B (Ocean Pkwy). Turn left onto Ocean Pkwy and continue to Surf Ave. to the New York Aquarium.
From Connecticut, Westchester County and the Bronx:
Take the Hutchinson River Pkwy (I-678) South, over Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, and continue south on I-678 (Whitestone Pkwy) to Van Wyck Expwy. Then take Belt Pkwy West to Exit 7B (Ocean Pkwy). Turn left onto Ocean Pkwy. and continue to Surf Ave. to the New York Aquarium.
From Staten Island:
Take the Staten Island Expwy (I-278) East across the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, to Belt Pkwy East to Exit 7S (Ocean Pkwy South). Take Ocean Pkwy to Surf Ave. to the New York Aquarium.
From New Jersey:
Take the New Jersey Turnpike to the Goethals Bridge (Exit 13) to the Staten Island Expwy (I-278). Follow the directions from Staten Island (above) .
BY SUBWAY
Take the F or Q train to the West 8th Street station in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
BY BUS
Take the B36 to Surf Ave. and West 8th Street. Or take the B68 to Neptune Ave. and West 8th St., then walk south along West 8th to Surf Ave. (Other bus routes in Brooklyn, as well as buses from other boroughs intersect with B36 and B68.) Call New York City Transit Authority for specific routes: 718-330-1234.
