Long Island Bus

Customer Information

  • Timepoints indicate bus departure time. Please arrive five minutes before scheduled departure time.
  • Exact fare is required. MetroCard and/or coins are accepted. (No dollar bills please!)
  • Senior citizens, disabled persons and Medicare card holders pay half-fare upon presentation of proper identification.
  • Personal care attendants traveling with eligible disabled customers ride at no charge.
  • All Jones Beach trips are air conditioned and wheelchair accessible.
  • Children under 44" tall ride free. Limit three children and only when accompanied by an adult.

LIRR Island Getaways

  • In less than an hour from Manhattan, you can be at Jones Beach sunbathing or swimming in the cool ocean surf. The LIRR Jones Beach Package includes round-trip rail fare to Freeport plus round-trip Long Island Bus connections to the beach.
  • Weekends, May 29-September 12 plus Memorial Day, May 31. Weekdays, June 28 - September 6.
  • From New York and Brooklyn–$16.50. From Jamaica–$13.50.
  • For train schedule information, call (516) 822-LIRR or (718) 217-LIRR.

Queens Customers
From Queens

  • Board the N4 Freeport at Parsons Blvd./Archer Avenue or eastbound along the route, and transfer to the N88 in Freeport, or
  • Board the N22 Hicksville or N24 Roosevelt Field eastbound along the routes, transfer to the N40/N41 Freeport in Mineola, and transfer to the N88 at Freeport, or
  • Board the N6 Hempstead eastbound along the route, transfer to the N40/N41 Freeport in Hempstead, and transfer to the N88 at Freeport.