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 by Team City CoPilot

Got A Late Check-In? Here’s How To Make The Most Of Your First Day In New York City

A lot of our customers from West Coast fly the red-eye into New York City, arriving super early in the morning. In theory this is a win, because they get in a full day of sightseeing in on their first day, but what happens when you can’t check-in to your hotel or Airbnb before 3 pm?

You come to City CoPilot! Here’s our step-by-step guide to have an amazing New York City adventure after an early arrival or before a late check-in.

  1. Pre-book your transportation from the airport with City CoPilot. It’s the best price in town. Go here to reserve with our exclusive discount.
  2. Store your luggage at one of our three locations in NYC.
  3. Once your luggage is securely stored at City CoPilot, it’s time for fun! Here are our recommendations:
    • One World Observatory.  The 360-degree view of Manhattan is the best view in town. It takes less than 30 minutes to get to the Observatory from all City CoPilot locations:
      • From the Lower East Side, walk to the Essex Street subway station located at Essex and Delancey Streets. Take the J Train going towards Broad Street and get off at the Fulton Street Station. It’s less than a 10-minute walk from the station to the Observatory.
      • From Brooklyn: take the J Train at the Hewes Street station heading towards Manhattan and get off at the Fulton Street station.
      • From Times Square, head to the 50th Street subway station and catch the downtown E Train to World Trade Center, then get off at the Chambers Street station.
    • The Oculus. Once you’ve finished at the Observatory, you can take a quick walk to this architectural masterpiece. (No really, it looks like a huge spaceship inside.) There’s also a shopping mall and restaurants nearby.
    • Chinatown. By now, you’re probably going to be hungry so we recommend taking a short walk to historic Chinatown for lunch. The famous Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been around in some form since 1920. It’s been a bakery, kitchen, and now, it’s a dim sum and tea house. It’s still got a vintage vibe. We recommend the fried sesame balls with lotus paste!
    • Little Italy. You need dessert, right? We highly recommend indulging with a cannoli at Ferrara Bakery.
  4. Check-in time! Pick up your luggage at City CoPilot. We’re here for all your concierge needs.
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 by Team City CoPilot

The Best Luggage Storage Solution For New York’s Cruise Ships

Taking a cruise to Manhattan or Brooklyn? Store your luggage with City CoPilot!

Our Times Square location at 777 8th Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets is SUPER CLOSE to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal at Pier 88 or Pier 90. Simply drop off your bags inside and we will safely store them until you’re ready to pick up. And it’s SUPER EASY to get to and from JFK Airport!

Docking at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn? Try our Williamsburg luggage drop-off location located at 332 Hooper Street between South 4th and South 5th Streets. This location is a 2-minute walk from the J train, which is a direct route to JFK’s AirTrain.

All City CoPilot locations can store your luggage for multiple days! We also handle luggage forwarding.
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Getting to JFK Airport
 by Team City CoPilot

The Best Way To JFK From Times Square

Take it “E”asy…

We actually mean… taking the E train to JFK is super EASY from our midtown location.

Did you know City CoPilot’s Times Square location is the perfect spot to store your luggage in midtown before or after your flight to JFK airport. We are conveniently located a short 3 minute walk to the 50th Street E train station – the absolutely easiest way to get to JFK from midtown west.
Last day pro tip check list:
– drop your bags at City CoPilot Times Square
– Enjoy Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen here our some of favorite spots
– Grab your bags after a day of fun and head north on 8th avenue to the E train
– Take the E train to Sutphin Boulevard
– Transfer to the AirTrain and your there!
City CoPilot: Safe. Secure. Luggage Storage.
Getting to JFK Airport
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 by Team City CoPilot

How to Choose the Right Luggage Storage Service in NYC

Imagine this… You’ve been enjoying your stay in New York City, but the time has come to say goodbye. Your plane doesn’t take off for a few hours, but checkout at your hotel is right now. What on earth are you supposed to do while you wait until it’s time to head to the airport? You have a ton of luggage, after all! You could choose to head to the airport earlier than necessary and wait there with your bags. Or you could enjoy the remainder of your time in the city by seeing the last few sights on your list.

But how are you supposed to do that when you have all of this luggage in tow? That’s where a luggage storage service comes in handy! A luggage storage company provides a way for you to store your bags in one of their facilities. You’re then able to explore NYC without the extra heavy suitcases trailing behind you, weighing you down. When it’s time for you to make your way to the airport, all you have to do is pick up your bags and be on your way or, have them delivered to your location.

Now that you’re sold on luggage storage, you need to know how to pick the right one. It’s important to select a facility that’s trustworthy and reliable so you can feel confident your personal belongings are in good hands. Here are a few tips to help you choose the right luggage storage service in NYC… 

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 by Team City CoPilot

Not So Humble Brag: We’re The Best Luggage Storage, NYC

We have good reason to be confident about our luggage storage in NYC.

City CoPilot has served guests in downtown Manhattan since 2014, and just last month we opened a second location to serve tourists’ bag storage demand in midtown Manhattan. This means we now a sizable chunk of Manhattan, from Hell’s Kitchen all the down to Chinatown. (And we’re expanding to even more places soon! Stay tuned.)

Unlike some other places, we actually store luggage and suitcases securely and orderly, behind THE WALL (and not piled up within easy grabbing distance).

Here’s how we can back up our luggage storage swagger:

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So, um, yeah…

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 by Team City CoPilot

Hey Manhattan, There’s New Midtown Luggage Storage

Did you hear the news? City CoPilot opened a new location in the heart of Manhattan at 777 8th Avenue. The Times Square store provides the same safe, secure midtown luggage storage and key exchange as the Lower East Side store, except package acceptance).

We’re especially proud to open up in Hell’s Kitchen because we have something our other baggage storage competitors in midtown NYC don’t have: a WALL. You’ve met the one on Allen Street, now meet The Wall on 8th Avenue:

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It’s a simple concept, right? A WALL. A wall protects your precious cargo from thieves and the elements, unlike (cough cough) our competition in the area that stores bags and suitcases on shelves in full sight of street traffic, or worse, splayed out on the floor within grabbing distance.

With our new luggage storage space in the center of Manhattan, you buy peace of mind knowing our trusted CoPilot will tag your possessions until you’re ready to pick them up for a reasonable price, and that they’re resting comfortably and securely behind The Wall.

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 by Team City CoPilot

We’re Opening A New Storefront!

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HUGE NEWS: City CoPilot is expanding to Times Square! Above is a sneak peek of the new storefront located inside the Gray Line Visitor Center at 777 8th Avenue (in between 47th and 48th Streets) opening August 8th.

We can’t wait to serve Hell’s Kitchen and Midtown Manhattan the same trusted front desk services as our Lower East Side storefront: luggage storage, key exchange, cleans, airport transportation, and…

The new storefront is literally INSIDE the best sightseeing and Broadway ticket purchasing spot in the city, so NYC tourists who use City CoPilot Times Square can take care of everything they need for their trip in our convenient new location. We’re pretty psyched about it.

Stay tuned — we’re only going to keep growing!

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