We recently cruised out of New York, and came in from Long Island.   Looked at many options to get there.  Park in the city? Best was $140 for the week.  Take a car service in? Well, now we were closer to $200 each way.   Have someone drive us in and drop us off? Well then you owe someone a big favor, and costs gas and tolls.  So we decided to try the train. 

We took the LIRR in from Ronkonkoma for under $30, and took an Uber from Penn Station to the cruise terminal.  If you sign up at this link - https://www.uber.com/invite/1d0mx your ride to the terminal should come out to under $5.00 after the discount. I think we got $20 off.  My wife and I both signed up. Both times we had a great driver in a new Suburban with plenty of room. 

Round trip from the LIRR station to the port came out to a whopping $60. Round trip!  Plus the parking at Ronkonkoma was free, so figuring in the gas to drive to the station, the tips for the drivers, Including grabbing lunch at a deli in Penn we were pretty close to half of the cheapest alternative! 

Think you have a better deal? Let me know!