It's 8 street blocks and 4 avenue blocks. Technically 5 avenue blocks, since Broadway cuts diagonally between 7th and 6th Avenues, creating two half-sized avenue blocks.
it is a 15-20 minute walk
about 1 1/4 mile
MetroNorth from Poughkeepsie goes to Grand Central. Amtrak from Poughkeepsie goes to Penn STation. It's very easy to take MetroNOrth to Grand Central and then get the subway to Penn Station.
No, it leaves from Grand Central Terminal. The Scarsdale station is a Metro-North station, on the Harlem line. The terminus for Metro-North trains is Grand Central, not Penn Station.
Grand Central because you can get Metro-North trains, which run on a schedule and are cheaper than Amtrak. At Penn Station, you can get Amtrak, which runs less frequently, and is more expensive. Amtrak stops only at Penn Station and Metro-North only stops at Grand Central
Penn Station is closer. Penn Station is less than half a mile south of Times Square, while Grand Central is a little over a mile east of Times Square.
No, but it does stop at penn station and you can take the subway
The train from Baltimore goes into Penn Station. You can catch a shuttle from there to Grand Central.
They are roughly equidistant.
In road distance, they're about a mile (1.6 kilometers) apart. A little over half a mile (0.8 km) as the crow flies.
Nope. You have to use penn station
The LIRR from Penn Station, or the 7 from Grand Central are your best bets.
Grand Central Station & Terminal are located at East 42nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. Grand Central Station is the subway station, where you can catch the 4-5-6 (the dark green line, aka the Lexington Avenue Line) or the S shuttle train to Times Square. Grand Central Terminal is the railroad terminal, for trains that are not part of the New York City subway system (like MetroNorth commuter trains).
The only Number 6 train you may be referring to is the MTA Subway number 6. This train line does not go to NYC Penn Station, but does go to Grand Central Station. The best suggestion is to take the MTA "S" train (for Shuttle) that gives you a very fast trip from Penn Station to Grand Central. There you will find the number 6 train.