Where on long Island is it better to drive then to take the railroad in? Especially now that you can get off at grand central or Penn.

Please see Google maps: there's lots of places in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and of course NJ, Westchester, Connecticut, Staten Island

This is particularly true off-hours. One friend from Nassau reports 20-30 mins drive off peak but mass transit would be crazy: long walk to a bus to LIRR to subway. 3 transfers and hours of BS. Perhaps with an electric scooter? But then what about crappy weather or hauling stuff?

Something isn't right. First your comment makes no sense, since I was talking about long Island, why bring up Connecticut and Staten island. 2nd no one calls queens and Brooklyn long Island.

The western most towns of Nassau are barely under a half hour drive into the city and they all have LIRR stops.

East meadow, Levittown, North Merrick, Brookville, Manhasset Hills, ...

Just look at Google maps, turn on transit to see the stations, then count all the towns that ain't walking distance...

I do actually know what I'm talking about, having spent way too many hours in the freezing wind/rain/snow on LIRR platforms, chiseling ice off the car in the parking lot, and questioning my life choices. Try an expensive 2+ hour with multiple transfers for a month.

If you can drive, you can drive to LIRR station and park.

And those particular towns hit close to home, they are no where near 30min drives ever to the city, it's not possible lol. And they take the train in.

The only people that drive in some of those places are people who go to the city once every 10 years and think it's still like the 90s.