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TCI Travel Information #1

Car Rentals

The North Shore-LIJ Health System has extended its employee discount on car rentals to patients of the Chiari Institute through the Enterprise Corporate Class Business Rental Program. To receive special rates, you can do one of three things

  • book on the Internet at www.enterprise.com
  • call 1-800-Rent-A-Car
  • contact an Enterprise branch directly

Be sure to provide Corporate Class ID # CL2333 to receive your discount. The web site will also ask you for your company's name - enter NOR.

Taxi Service from JFK or LaGuardia Airport

The price should be $50 to $70. 

Just in case the driver has difficulty getting to Great Neck, you may want to bring a copy of our directions with you.

Preferred Area Hotels (in order of proximity to North Shore University Hospital)

The Andrew Hotel
75 North Station Plaza, Great Neck, NY
1.2 miles from the Chiari Institute
(516) 482-2900
Approximate rate: $175* per night (Flat rate for North Shore-LIJ Health System)
* Includes deluxe continental breakfast
www.andrewhotel.com

The Inn at Great Neck
30 Cuttermill Road, Great Neck, NY
1.3 miles from the Chiari Institute
(516) 773-2000
Approximate rate: $169 per night (Flat rate for North Shore-LIJ Health System)
www.innatgreatneck.com

Roslyn Claremont Hotel
1221 Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn, NY
3.5 miles from the Chiari Institute
(516) 625-2700
Approximate rate: $ 189* (Ask for North Shore-LIJ Health System Preferred Rate)
* Includes continental breakfast
www.roslynclaremonthotel.com

Glen Cove Mansion
200 Dosoris Lane
Glen Cove, NY
(516) 671-6400
10.5 miles from the Chiari Institute
Approximate rate: $300 per night
www.glencovemansion.com

Less Expensive Hotels

Red Roof Inn (Corporate VP+ ID number is CP521829.)
Reserve your room by going to www.redrooflongisland.com)
699 Dibblee Drive, Westbury, NY 11590
located about 10 miles from the Chiari Institute (car recommended)
(516) 794-2555
Approximate special rate for North Shore-LIJ Health System: $94.99 + tax per night; $99.99+ tax per night (king-size bed and work area)

Floral Park Motor Lodge
30 Jericho Turnpike, Floral Park, NY
6.9 miles from the Chiari Institute
(516) 775-7777
$85 + tax per night for queen-size bed only; $98.00 for two double beds.  Breakfast included.

Directions

From Queens and All Points West
Take the Long Island Expressway (LIE) East to Exit 33, Community Drive/Lakeville Road, and make a left turn. Continue on Lakeville Road to Northern Boulevard (about four lights) and make a right turn. Take Northern Boulevard to the second light. At that light, to your left will be a blue glass building. This is 865 Northern Boulevard. Make a left turn into the driveway to enter the underground parking facility. The Chiari Institute is in suite 302.

Alternate Route
Take the Grand Central Parkway East to Exit 26N (North), New Hyde Park Road. At the second light make a left turn onto the service road of the Long Island Expressway (LIE). You can only make a left turn at this light. At the next traffic light, make a right turn onto Community Drive. Continue on Community Drive to the fifth light, which is Northern Boulevard. Make a left turn onto Northern Boulevard, Come up the hill, and at the next traffic light there is a blue glass building Make a right turn into the parking area. The Chiari Institute is in suite 302

From Long Island and All Points East
Take the Long Island Expressway (LIE) West to Exit 33, Community Drive/Lakeville Road. Exit onto the service road and get into the two far right lanes. Make a right at that traffic light. Continue on Community Drive to Northern Boulevard. At the fifth light, make a left turn onto Northern Boulevard. At the next light, make a right turn into the driveway of the blue glass building, which is 865 Northern Boulevard. Parking is available below the building. The Chiari Institute is in suite 302.

Alternate Route
Take the Northern State Parkway to the Grand Central Parkway to Exit 26 N (North), New Hyde Park Road. At the second light make a left turn onto the service road of the Long Island Expressway You can only make a left turn at this light. At the next traffic light make a right turn onto Community Drive. Continue on Community Drive to Northern Boulevard. At the fifth light, make a left turn onto Northern Boulevard. At the next light, make a right turn into the driveway of the blue glass building, which is 865 Northern Boulevard. Parking is available below the building. The Chiari Institute is in suite 302.

Directions to and Around North Shore University Hospital

By Car

From New York
Take the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) to Exit 33 (Lakeville Road Community Drive). From the west, go to the second traffic light and make a left turn onto Community Drive. From the east make a right onto Community Drive. The hospital entrance is approximately 1/2 mile down on  theright side. Use entrance number 3. You can park in the visitors’ parking garage. The entrance is on the right-hand side. The daily cost for parking is $6. The hospital main entrance (Monti Lobby) is directly across from the main garage entrance.

The airport closest to the hospital is LaGuardia.

From New Jersey
Take the George Washington Bridge to the Cross Bronx Expressway. Follow signs to the Throgs Neck Bridge. Cross the bridge and exit onto the Cross Island Parkway. Take the Cross Island Parkway to the Long Island Expressway and follow directions above from Queens.

By Bus

MSBA bus routes N25, and during rush hour, N26, provide service to the hospital. For information and schedules on MSBA buses, call (516) 222.1000. Cow-Bay Transportation operates a bus system linking the hospital with Port Washington, Roslyn, Great Neck, Little Neck, and the surrounding communities. For schedule information on this free service, contact Cow-Bay at (516) 883-3201.

By Railroad

The hospital is a short cab ride away from Long Island Rail Road stations in Manhasset and Great Neck. Call (516) 822-5477 or visit www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/ for complete schedule and rate information.

In the Hospital

Outpatient Registration (Registration for X-Rays and Lab Work)
Enter main hospital entrance (directly across from parking garage). This will be the Monti Lobby. Pass the security desk. Go to the end of the hall, make a right. Outpatient registration is the first door on the left.

Pre-Surgical Testing (PST)
(516) 562-3722
Enter main hospital entrance (directly across from parking garage). This will be the Monti Lobby. Pass the security desk. Go to the end of the hall and make a left. Walk past two sets of elevators and halfway down the mirrored hallway. ThePST entrance will be on your left.

Same-Day Admission (SDA)
Enter main hospital entrance (directly across from parking garage). This will be the Monti Lobby. Pass the security desk. Go to the end of the hall and make a left. Walk to the Monti elevators and take them to the second floor. Follow signs to SDA.

Radiology (X-Rays & CT Scans)
(516) 562-4825
Enter main hospital entrance (directly across from parking garage). This will be the Monti Lobby. Pass the security desk. Go to the end of the hall and make a left. Walk past two sets of elevators and through the mirrored hallway. Make a left at the next information desk. The entrance to radiology is on the left. The registration desk is halfway down the radiology hallway on the left side.

MRI
(516) 562-3191
Enter main hospital entrance (directly across from parking garage). This will be the Monti Lobby. Pass the security desk. Go to the end of the hall and make a left. Walk past two sets of elevators and halfway down the mirrored hallway. Make a right. Follow signs for MRI Reception (it will be after the Rust Auditorium and Medical Library).

PET Scans (Boas-Marks Research Center)
This building is located in the Community Health Center at 400 Community Drive. Take Community Drive toward the Long Island Expressway. Take entrance #5 and park in the parking lot. Enter the building, make the first right at the top of the steps. Look for Neuropsychology.

(516) 562-1055
The Biomedical Research building is next to the main parking garage. When exiting the Monti Lobby toward the garage, make a right (heading toward Community Drive). The building is on your left, before Community Drive. Check in at the security desk.

Center for Neuropsychological Services (Neuropsychology Testing)
(516) 562-3054

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TCI Travel Information #2

Travel Help for TCI
Written by Teresa from North Carolina

For all of you who are interested in Floral Park Motor Lodge, I've stayed two times. I found it to be inexpensive and clean. However, if you have bad nerve pain in legs, hips, and back, I would recommend that you try and bring some kind of padding. The beds are firm. They also have cable TV.

Right next to the motel, you will find a pharmacy (I think it is an Eckerds or CVS). Up the street about 2-3 blocks to the left (if you are standing with your back to the motel) there is a restaurant on the right side of Jericho Turnpike. I'm not sure of the name, but I think it had "Crown" or "Royal" in it's name. Breakfast and lunch is cheap. Dinner can range from cheap to a little pricey. It is open very early, and late. I actually ate dinner at around 10:30 - 11:00 pm. I found it to have very good breakfast, lunch, and dinner selections. They also have great bakery choices at the front counter which you can buy and take back to the motel. Directly to the right of the motel there is a KFC fast food joint. In the motel, there is a lot of menus for restaurants that deliver. I ordered Italian one night and Chinese another.

If you keep walking around the corner where the KFC is, and go up about two or three blocks behind the motel, you will find the Long Island train station. You can buy a round-trip ticket into New York City at the vending machine kiosk. I did that one time and really enjoyed myself.

The first time I stayed at the motel, I had Classic Shuttle pick me up from LaGuardia and take me to the motel. To get to and from appointments, I used Friendly Cab. I used Friendly Cab to also get me back to LaGuardia airport. I did not know when I would be finished with my TCI appointment and I had a flight out that evening. If you go to TCI one day and fly out the next, you can schedule C lassic Shuttle 24 hours in advance to get you back to the airport. Both Classic Shuttle and Friendly Cab I found them to be the least expensive.

Classic Shuttle:
631-567-5100
800-666-4949
Classic Shuttle

Friendly Cab Service:
516-466-0066

It will be cheaper to use Classic Shuttle to and from the airport then it is to have Friendly Cab take you to and from the airport. If you choose to use Classic Shuttle, make your reservation 24 hours in advance from when you fly. When you arrive at LaGuardia and your friendly airline captain is "ACTUALLY" parking at the gate, call Classic Shuttle's 1-800 # and let them know you have arrived. Otherwise, you will be waiting up to an hour for them.

Also, I found it inexpensive to use Friendly Cab if you are within a five or six mile radius to TCI, North Shore Hospital, and the MRI facility. The Floral Park Motor Lodge is further than that so I paid a little more for my taxi service the first time, but I still found it to be relatively inexpensive considering the distance from motel. Besides, if you take Friendly Cab from the motel to your first appointment of the day, it will be a little more expensive because of distance, but from appointment to appointment, it will be cheap ($5.00 to 6.00 - not including tip). At the end of your appointments, you will have your trip back to the motel which will be more expensive. However, when you add it all up for Classic Shuttle and Friendly Cab, it will be close to the same amount that you could rent a car. The car may be cheaper.

The second time I stayed there, I rented a car online through Enterprise and picked it up at the offsite rental facility. Yes, I drove from LaGuardia to Long Island with no problems. Just follow directions from the Enterprise pamphlet. You can Mapquest it too. It was easy for me, but big cities don't bother me traffic wise. Anyway, Enterprise has a shuttle that will pick you up at the airport. When you rent your car online you can type in your flight information so they know when you arrive. The Enterprise shuttle is constantly going back and forth, but when you arrive you should call the Enterprise number they provide you with and they will pick you up at whichever airline you flew in on. Please check online rates versus the rate Enterprise gives you because you are a TCI patient. I found the online rates are cheaper.

If you are on a tight budget there is the bus system. I found out that there are buses that will take you from the light at the corner where KFC is, straight across Long Island to the other side where TCI, North Shore, and MRI facility is. You might be able to look up the Long Island Transit system online. Then look up bus schedules and maps and figure out which buses will take you where you need to go. I know there is one bus that takes you across Long Island from KFC, and another that goes up and down Northern Boulevard where TCI and MRI facility is. The hospital is on Community Drive which is off of Northern Boulevard.

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