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2004 Belmont Stakes Fact Sheet

Parking, Directions, and Accessibility

From From a NYRA press release, for About.com

Belmont Backyard

The back yard behind the grandstand at Belmont.

Cindy Pierson Dulay
Jun 8 2005
PARKING: General parking is $5 and preferred parking is $15 ($10, plus $5 general parking). There is no valet parking on Belmont Stakes Day. No overnight RV parking. Parking fields open at 8:15 a.m. Before 6 p.m., limousines, taxis and other car services may drop off at Belmont building entrances. After 6 p.m., expect to walk to your vehicle parked on Belmont grounds. Also, expect to walk to your vehicle NOT parked on Belmont grounds. For your convenience, plan a pickup point NOT on Belmont grounds.

MASS TRANSIT: Because of the expected large crowd, fans are encouraged to make use of mass transit on Belmont Stakes Day. For information on trains, call the Long Island Rail Road at (718) 217-LIRR. Passengers can board the LIRR at Penn Station, Woodside or Jamaica. Residents of Brooklyn, Forest Hills and Kew Gardens can make connections at Jamaica Station. For the LIRR schedule: www.lirr.org

DIRECTIONS: By Charter Bus: Queens Midtown Tunnel to Long Island Expressway East, to Clearview Expressway South, to Springfield Blvd. South, to Hempstead Turnpike East. Enter at Gate #1. Park along roadway to Green Field as directed.
By Car From Manhattan: Queens Midtown Tunnel to Long Island Expressway, East to Cross Island Parkway, South to Exit 26D; From Brooklyn: Belt Parkway, East to Cross Island Parkway, North to Exit 26D, or Brooklyn - Queens Expressway to Long Island Expressway, East to Cross Island Parkway, South to Exit 26D
From Queens: Grand Central Parkway, East to Cross Island Parkway, South to Exit 26D or Belt Parkway, East to Cross Island Parkway, North to Exit 26D; From Staten Island: Verrazano Bridge to Belt Parkway, East to Cross Island Parkway, North to Exit 26D
From Long Island: Northern State Parkway or Long Island Expressway, West to Cross Island Parkway, South to Exit 26D or Southern State Parkway, West to Cross Island Parkway, North to Exit 26D.
From New Jersey: (North) George Washington Bridge to Cross Bronx Expressway to Throgs Neck Bridge to Cross Island Parkway, South to Exit 26D. (South) Any interstate bridge to Staten Island Expressway to Verrazano Bridge to Belt Parkway, East to Cross Island Parkway, North to Exit 26D.
From Connecticut & Westchester: Any route to Throgs Neck Bridge to Cross Island Parkway, South to Exit 26D.
By Subway: Take the F Train to 169th Street or 179th Street then take the N6 or the Q2 bus to Belmont or take the E Train to Jamaica Center (Parsons Blvd.) and then take the Q110 bus to Belmont
By Bus: N6 (MSBA Line) - Operates along Hempstead Tpke between Hempstead, West Hempstead, Franklin Square, Elmont, Hollis and Jamaica. Q110 (Jamaica Bus Company) - Service provided every 20 minutes, available at Parson Blvd. and Hillside Ave (E & F subway line stops). Q2 (NYC Transit) - Originates at Jamaica Bus Terminal (165th Street and 89th Ave).

HANDICAP INFORMATION: There are twelve (12) reserved disabled parking spaces in the Clubhouse lot. Another three (3) spaces are reserved (via cones) for disabled vans. The West End lot has fifty (50) disabled spaces. There are fifty (50) disabled spaces in the Preferred Lots.
Each bus stop in the Yellow, Green and Blue Fields have four (4) disabled spaces at their bus stops. (Belmont Stakes Day ONLY, we reserve fifty (50) additional handicap parking spaces near Gate #3). All parking spaces are available on a first-come first-serve basis after the parking gates open for our paying customers. All disabled spaces pay the appropriate parking fees.
Wheelchair locations are available on the Third Floor behind Section 'E' in the Clubhouse, behind Section 'O' in the Grandstand and in the Grandstand just past the Finish Line between the Winner's Circle and the horse tunnel from the Paddock. The wheel chair locations are complimentary and become available on a first-come first-serve basis after the admission gates open. No portable seating is allowed in the wheel chair areas.

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