At Princeton +89 (sic).
Thanks to everyone who is participating in the Cornell Club of Greater Philadelphia's event/fundraiser. Biggest CCGP group ever.
We're gathering after the game at Triumph Brewing Company on 138 Nassau Street, a.k.a. Route 27 (nearest intersection is Washington Road?). You can easily walk from the rink -- it's about a mile away, just head north on Elm Drive (or Washington Road or University Place) until you hit Nassau. Please join us.
Normally, Triumph has a cover charge on a Friday night (thanks for the warning, Beeeej), but management has agreed to waive the cover for Cornell folks. When you enter, just say the magic words, "I'm with the Cornell Club," and they'll let you in with no cover. So please crash. In exchange, don't skimp on ordering food and drinks.
A band will start playing at about 10:30, but it should be harmless.
I'll be there with a few others
Probably +1
I hope to be there, and if I am will probably be +1.
Hillel, I gather that CCGP hasn't reserved Triumph or anything? 'cause in the last couple of years they've started having bands on weekend nights and charging a cover just to get in the door, before you even start ordering drinks or food. Just a heads-up.
Hoping to make it down (and hoping to be able to snag a standing-room ticket). Question for those who know rush-hour traffic in the NYC area better than I do: If I'm hoping to get in the car at, say, 4:30, and make it down to Princeton by game time, and I'm choosing among:
A) Leaving the car near my apartment in downtown Brooklyn and departing from there, driving either across Manhattan to the Holland Tunnel or down the BQE to the Verrazano and then across SI to the Goethals, or
B) Leaving the car somewhere down in Brooklyn closer to the Verrazano and taking the subway out there to avoid traffic on the BQE, or
C) Trying to find a place to park the car near the PATH in Hoboken or JC and driving down from there,
which of those would be the best way to be sure I get to the game on time?
By the way, I like how tickets to Princeton games are $9, except $12 for the Cornell game. Our demand justifies a 33% increase in ticket price. Go us. :-)
Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?
Take the train. Amtrak is a few minutes faster and a lot costlier than NJ Transit. Be sure to buy your ticket all the way into Princeton (you transfer to a shuttle train right to campus), not Princeton Junction. [EDIT] If you buy an NJT ticket, that means destination 172 not 164.
If you really wanted multi-modal transportation, you could go as far as Metro Park (Parkway mile ~130) just north of Route 1. Route 1 is a long, slow slog into Princeton.
[quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I am forced to take a train, but I'd have driven to avoid the very long ride back to Brooklyn. The team will make it to Yale Q before I get home.
I am coming +1 (or more).
[quote Beeeej]Hillel, I gather that CCGP hasn't reserved Triumph or anything? 'cause in the last couple of years they've started having bands on weekend nights and charging a cover just to get in the door, before you even start ordering drinks or food. Just a heads-up.[/quote]'
Thanks for the heads-up, Beeeej. We had a Princeton resident explore Triumph -- but that doesn't mean that the band/cover situation didn't slip through the cracks. I will check it out.
[quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.
[quote Hillel Hoffmann][quote Beeeej]...in the last couple of years [Triumph has] started having bands on weekend nights and charging a cover just to get in the door.[/quote]
Thanks for the heads-up, Beeeej.[/quote]
Problem solved. Beeej was right, they normally have a cover on Friday nights, but Triumph management has agreed to suspend the cover for our group. If you come after the game, just say the magic words, "I'm with the Cornell Club," and they'll let you in without paying a cover charge. Yes, there will be a band, but not until 10:30 and it should be harmless. So please join us, eLf folks. You can walk from the rink -- it's at 138 Nassau Street (a.k.a. Route 27), near the intersection with Washington Road.
You know I'll be there. I'll have a friend (also a CU alum) with me.
[quote ugarte]I am coming +1 (or more).[/quote]
Update. I'm probably bringing this guy (http://americanhockeyfan.blogspot.com) and his girlfriend with me also.
[quote Hillel Hoffmann]Triumph management has agreed to suspend the cover for our group. If you come after the game, just say the magic words, "I'm with the Cornell Club," and they'll let you in without paying a cover charge. Yes, there will be a band, but not until 10:30 and it should be harmless. So please join us, eLf folks. You can walk from the rink -- it's at 138 Nassau Street (a.k.a. Route 27), near the intersection with Washington Road.[/quote]
Excellent! Thanks, Hillel!
Six in our party - four Cornellians, two Princeton fans. They saw Princeton win last year and think the Tigers are on a roll.
I know from experience that Triumph can be a bit tricky to find at night so look for the Panera thats right next door, it'll be lit up much better than Triumph
[quote Josh '99][quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.[/quote]So does anyone want to actually answer my question, now that I've explained why I'm driving?
[quote Josh '99][quote Josh '99][quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.[/quote]So does anyone want to actually answer my question, now that I've explained why I'm driving?[/quote]
I have to be honest and tell you I don't understand the question. You're talking about parking in Brooklyn and then driving? Are you talking about putting the car somewhere in the morning before work so you can get it later?
[quote nyc94][quote Josh '99][quote Josh '99][quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.[/quote]So does anyone want to actually answer my question, now that I've explained why I'm driving?[/quote]
I have to be honest and tell you I don't understand the question. You're talking about parking in Brooklyn and then driving? Are you talking about putting the car somewhere in the morning before work so you can get it later?[/quote]
Seconded. I don't completely understand the options.
[quote billhoward]Be sure to buy your ticket all the way into Princeton (you transfer to a shuttle train right to campus), not Princeton Junction.[/quote]
Do you mean "the dinky"? :-D
[quote nyc94][quote Josh '99][quote Josh '99][quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.[/quote]So does anyone want to actually answer my question, now that I've explained why I'm driving?[/quote]
I have to be honest and tell you I don't understand the question. You're talking about parking in Brooklyn and then driving? Are you talking about putting the car somewhere in the morning before work so you can get it later?[/quote]I think he means the latter, and if he means the latter, I'd go with c. If it is convenient for you to leave the car in Jersey, I'd do it. City congestion and tunnel traffic are typically the bottlenecks in driving to Princeton.
[quote nyc94][quote Josh '99][quote Josh '99][quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.[/quote]So does anyone want to actually answer my question, now that I've explained why I'm driving?[/quote]
I have to be honest and tell you I don't understand the question. You're talking about parking in Brooklyn and then driving? Are you talking about putting the car somewhere in the morning before work so you can get it later?[/quote]I live in Brooklyn. The options are leaving the car near my apartment (close to the Manhattan Bridge), or parking it somewhere else in Brooklyn that's closer to the Verrazano and driving to Princeton that way, or parking it in NJ and driving from there.
(I'd ideally leave it wherever I'm going to leave it on Thursday night and go straight there from work on Friday afternoon.)
I'm one of Hillel's +89. I'm bringing a fellow Cornellian from the Balto-Wash area.
We were talking about Hillel's info that Princeton scattered our seats around the rink. My friend noted that it doesn't really matter that much since it's mostly a Cornell home game anyway. I will give credit to the P.U. fans last year - they made a pretty good racket when they beat us last year. Let's hope we're ending that streak at one.
LGR!
Karl
I'll be there.... unless there's snow in the forecast ::cuss::.. I do love that Wawa 100 yards from Baker Rink
[quote jtwcornell91][quote billhoward]Be sure to buy your ticket all the way into Princeton (you transfer to a shuttle train right to campus), not Princeton Junction.[/quote]
Do you mean "the dinky"? :-D[/quote]
Yes, the Dinky, as in a one-car self-powered, million dollar transfer train (plus cost of catenary wires) when a diesel-powered unit could have done the job for a lot less. But this of course is Princeton, not just any old burg wanting a shuttle from the main line to its downtown.
[quote ugarte][quote nyc94][quote Josh '99][quote Josh '99][quote KeithK]Why drive from NYC area Princeton when you can take the train?[/quote]I'd normally take the train, but I'm not heading straight back to NYC after the game.[/quote]So does anyone want to actually answer my question, now that I've explained why I'm driving?[/quote]
I have to be honest and tell you I don't understand the question. You're talking about parking in Brooklyn and then driving? Are you talking about putting the car somewhere in the morning before work so you can get it later?[/quote]I think he means the latter, and if he means the latter, I'd go with c. If it is convenient for you to leave the car in Jersey, I'd do it. City congestion and tunnel traffic are typically the bottlenecks in driving to Princeton.[/quote]
Having made the trip many times, Route 1 can be as big a bottleneck on a Friday night. Saturday is a different story.
[quote Rich S]Having made the trip many times, Route 1 can be as big a bottleneck on a Friday night. Saturday is a different story.[/quote]Are you talking about Route 1 near NYC (which I'd definitely avoid) or Route 1 heading into Princeton (which is tougher to plan around)?
[quote Josh '99][quote Rich S]Having made the trip many times, Route 1 can be as big a bottleneck on a Friday night. Saturday is a different story.[/quote]Are you talking about Route 1 near NYC (which I'd definitely avoid) or Route 1 heading into Princeton (which is tougher to plan around)?[/quote]I think he might only be saying to leave early enough to deal with the traffic on Rte. 1 into Princeton, not to try and avoid it.
[quote ugarte][quote Josh '99][quote Rich S]Having made the trip many times, Route 1 can be as big a bottleneck on a Friday night. Saturday is a different story.[/quote]Are you talking about Route 1 near NYC (which I'd definitely avoid) or Route 1 heading into Princeton (which is tougher to plan around)?[/quote]I think he might only be saying to leave early enough to deal with the traffic on Rte. 1 into Princeton, not to try and avoid it.[/quote]
Well, what he's actually saying is that Route 1 has made the trip many times, but I was trying not to be Grammar Pedant this week. :-D
[quote Josh '99][quote Rich S]Having made the trip many times, Route 1 can be as big a bottleneck on a Friday night. Saturday is a different story.[/quote]Are you talking about Route 1 near NYC (which I'd definitely avoid) or Route 1 heading into Princeton (which is tougher to plan around)?[/quote]
He's talking about Route 1 through Princeton.
All else equal, the fastest way to get there is to take the NJ Turnpike to Exit 9 and suffer through 1/2 mile of Route 18 until you get to Route 1 South. Then you take 1 south for 15-20 miles into Princeton, and head to the rink via Washington Road (turn left onto Faculty Road or whatever it's called at that point) or Alexander Road (further south, and then you cut back north on Faculty road). Route 1 at rush hour can be pretty unpleasant. That 15-20 miles will likely take you an hour or more on a Friday night at game time, but if you're insanely lucky it might take you 35-40 minutes (note - if you leave Triumph at, say, midnight, and you need to drive north on Route 1, don't speed too much. It saves you almost no time, since you can make nearly all of the lights by going 60-65, but you get stopped fairly often at 70+ - that and the police are all over Route 1 on the weekends looking for speeders).
I agree with what others have said - going from Jersey is likely your best bet. Leave plenty of time for Route 1, and note that it'll be stop and go through New Brunswick, not too bad into South Brunswick and south to Forrestal Village (or whatever it's called now), and then awful as you approach Princeton. There are other ways around it, but at that hour on a Friday they're not much better. Get in the far right lane as you approach Harrison Street. Good luck!
first road game as an alum, woo!
i'll be there +1