UN Week Starts Today. Here’s How to Get From JFK, Newark, and MetLife Into Midtown Without Losing the Meeting

UN Week meets MetLife Sunday: private black car for JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, and East Rutherford. Photo: Raja Limousine Inc. | www.rajalimousine.com | 631–965–9106 · 877–311–3019

Sept. 20, 2026: Jets–Packers at MetLife, UN arrivals into NYC, Gridlock Alert days beginning Monday.

New York, New Jersey, Travel, United Nations, Airports

World leaders start landing in New York today. The Jets host the Packers at MetLife Stadium at 1 p.m. NYC has already named Monday through Friday Gridlock Alert days for the United Nations General Assembly.

If you are flying into JFK, LaGuardia, or Newark — or driving in from Long Island or New Jersey — this is not a normal Sunday.

Midtown East will take the hit. First Avenue near the UN closes. 42nd Street near First and Second rolls shut while sessions run. Motorcades move when they move. A midweek Google time will miss a hotel curb.

I wrote this for people who actually have a flight, a hotel, or a kickoff — not for people collecting “best limo” listicles.

What is happening in the next 48 hours

Sunday, Sept. 20

• UN arrival surge into the three major airports
• Jets vs. Packers, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, 1:00 p.m.
• Yom Kippur eve traffic on top of airport traffic

Monday–Friday, Sept. 21–25

• Official NYC Gridlock Alert days
• Rolling closures around the UN
• Midtown speeds historically the slowest of the year

Commercial flights still operate. The problem is the ground: terminals, tunnels, the FDR, and every hotel driveway on the East Side.

Which airport actually makes sense

JFK
Most international arrivals. Book the terminal, not “JFK to Manhattan.” JFK airport transportation

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LaGuardia
Shorter for many Queens and Long Island hotels. Terminal B and Marine Air Terminal are different curbs. LaGuardia car service

Newark
Some official and corporate itineraries use EWR on purpose. That is a New Jersey crossing with tolls. Newark Airport car service

ISP / Long Island
If the house is in Suffolk or Nassau and the meeting is later in the week, ISP can be the cleaner landing. MacArthur Airport car service

MetLife
Game traffic in East Rutherford does not care that UN motorcades are also moving. If you need the stadium and then an airport, say both addresses when you book.

What to put on the reservation

1. Airport or MetLife — plus the hotel or house number
2. Flight number or kickoff time
3. Passenger count and bags
4. A phone that will be answered at the curb

Prepaid card only. Cash does not work.

Raja Limousine is taking these trips now for New York, Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Book: https://book.mylimobiz.com/v4/rajalimo
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