They are about the same distance away in road miles. One might be a few miles closer than the other, but I don't see why that would matter to anyone. It doesn't make sense to choose one airport over the other because the cab ride will be 10 minutes shorter.
LaGuardia is closer. Both JFK and LaGuardia are in Queens. Newark is in New Jersey.
I think LaGuardia by a little.
This is a bit of a tricky question. JFK is much further south than LaGuardia, making it much closer to downtown Manhattan, north/south-wise. But JFK is also much further east than LaGuardia, making LaGuardia technically closer as the crow flies (meaning, if you were to draw an imaginary, direct line between the two). Basically, if you were to draw a straight line west (northwest, actually) from LaGuardia to Manhattan, the line would hit upper Manhattan (at around 116th Street or so). If you were to draw a straight line (north)west from JFK to Manhattan, the line would hit lower (downtown) Manhattan, a little bit south of 14th Street. But since JFK is much further east, the drive in miles from LaGuardia to downtown Manhattan is still a bit shorter than the drive in miles from JFK to downtown Manhattan.
Newark, LaGuardia & JFK
LaGuardia is much closer and, there is a bus that runs directly from the airport past Columbia ... it only costs a couple of bucks.
LaGuardia
It really doesn't matter. All three of the major airports serving New York City (JFK, LaGuardia, Newark) are roughly the same distance from Manhattan. LaGuardia is the closest to Manhattan (it's roughly four miles closer than JFK, and roughly ten miles closer than Newark), but it seems awfully strange for a person to specifically choose to fly into LaGuardia just so the taxi ride to and from their hotel will be 10 or 15 minutes shorter.
NYC is served by three commercial airports: LaGuardia, JFK (Kennedy) , and Newark NJ.
Assuming you're traveling to Manhattan, any of the three major airports will work (LaGuardia, Newark or JFK). However, if you are planning to use public transportation, you should choose Newark or JFK, because LaGuardia does not have a rail station. Newark Liberty International Airport is served by NJ Transit and Amtrak trains. JFK is connected by AirTrain to the subway and to the Long Island Rail Road station in Jamaica, Queens. (The trip time from Newark is usually slightly shorter.)
The three major New York area airports are:John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK/KJFK) in BrooklynLaGuardia Airport (LGA/KLGA) in Queens, andNewark Liberty International Airport in Newark, NJ.Also in close vicinity to the New York City metropolitan area are:Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP/KISP) near Islip, Long Island, andWestchester County Airport (HPN/KHPN) near White Plains, Westchester County.
Depends what part of Brooklyn. JFK is closer to the southern end laguardia is closer to like Williamsburg and that general area
It doesn't matter. All three of the major airports in the New York City area -- LaGuardia, JFK and Newark -- are roughly equidistant from Manhattan. LaGuardia is the closest by maybe five miles.