How much is a car service from NYC to Montauk?

NYC to Montauk: $695 sedan / $895 SUV flat. First Class Sedan $995, First Class SUV $995. Tolls and gratuity included.

How long is the drive from NYC to Montauk?

120 miles, 2.5-3.5 hours off-peak via LIE → Sunrise Highway → Montauk Highway. Summer Fridays: 4-5 hours.

Where in Montauk does Noble drop off?

All Montauk: Gurney’s, Montauk Yacht Club, Surf Lodge, Montauk Manor, Sole East, Ditch Plains, village center, Montauk Point Lighthouse, private homes. Door-to-door.

When should I book a summer Montauk transfer?

Summer weekends: 48-72 hours ahead. Summer Friday afternoons: 1-2 weeks. July 4th week: 3+ weeks. Off-season: 24 hours.

Can I bring surfboards and beach gear?

Yes. Surfboards and beach gear fit a Business SUV with seats folded; sedans take 3 bags. Note gear at booking.

Does Noble run JFK or LGA directly to Montauk?

Yes. JFK/LGA direct to Montauk, quoted on request, with flight tracking, meet and greet, and 60-minute complimentary wait.

Is the Montauk to NYC return the same rate?

Yes, $695/$895 flat both directions. Summer Sunday evening returns run 3.5-4.5 hours; Monday 6 AM is about an hour faster.

Is a car service better than the LIRR or Jitney to Montauk?

LIRR is ~3.5 hours to Montauk station plus a local cab; Noble is door-to-door on your schedule. Groups and gear favor the car; solo light travelers can take the train.

NYC → Montauk

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Noble Black Car Service is a 5-star rated NYC and Tri-State black car service operating since 2015, providing flat-rate NYC to Montauk transfers from $695 in a Business Sedan and $895 in a Business SUV. Montauk sits at the far eastern tip of Long Island, about 120 miles from Midtown — 2.5-3.5 hours off-peak via the Long Island Expressway (I-495), Sunrise Highway (NY-27), and Montauk Highway. Gurney's, the Montauk Yacht Club, the Surf Lodge area, Sole East, Ditch Plains, Montauk Point. Door-to-door — no Jitney shared rides. Book 48-72 hours ahead for summer weekends. Updated July 2026.

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Sedan

$695

flat each way

SUV

$895

flat each way

Drive

2.5-3.5

hours off-peak

Far-East LI · Since 2015

Quick Facts

Sedan / SUV$695 / $895

First Class Sedan$995

First Class SUV$995

Summer Friday4-5 hours

DestinationsGurney's · Surf Lodge

Door-to-door · no Jitney

NYC to Montauk Fares by Vehicle

Every NYC to Montauk transfer is a flat fare quoted before pickup: $695 in a Business Sedan, $895 in a Business SUV, $995 in either First Class vehicle. Tolls, fuel, and standard gratuity are already inside the number, and the rate holds whether the Long Island Expressway is empty at dawn or crawling on a July Friday. Full rate context for every route lives on the pricing page.

Vehicle	Models	Passengers	NYC → Montauk	Best for
Business Sedan	Lincoln MKZ, Chrysler 300	1-3	$695	Couples, solo weekenders, light luggage
First Class Sedan	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1-3	$995	Working the drive, VIP arrivals
Business SUV	Chevrolet Suburban, Lincoln Navigator	4-6	$895	Families, surfboards, beach gear
First Class SUV	Cadillac Escalade ESV	4-6	$995	Group weekends in comfort
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van	Mercedes-Benz Sprinter	10-14	Quote on request	Share houses, wedding parties

Business Sedan — $695 flat, 1-3 passengers, 3 bags. Right-sized for a couple with weekend luggage; not the car for surfboards.
Business SUV — $895 flat, 4-6 passengers, 6 bags. The Montauk default: boards, coolers, and beach cargo fit with the third row folded.
First Class Sedan (Mercedes-Benz S-Class) — $995 flat. Three quiet working hours each way; the drive becomes office time.
First Class SUV (Cadillac Escalade ESV) — $995 flat. Groups of 4-6 who want the long ride in the most comfortable cabin in the fleet.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van — quoted per trip for 10-14 passengers. Share houses and wedding parties book it out first every summer — it is the wrong vehicle for two people, so take the sedan and save.

Planning several stops out east — a house, a dinner reservation, a Ditch Plains drop — rather than one straight run? An hourly charter with an as-directed chauffeur can beat two point-to-point fares. For East Hampton, Sag Harbor, or Southampton instead of Montauk proper, the NYC to Hamptons flat is $595 sedan / $795 SUV.

The Route: LIE, Sunrise Highway, Montauk Highway

There is essentially one road to Montauk, and everyone on the East End is on it. The trip runs the Queens-Midtown Tunnel to the Long Island Expressway (I-495), leaves the LIE at Exit 70 in Manorville, drops south on County Road 111 to Sunrise Highway (NY-27), and rides Route 27 — which becomes Montauk Highway — through Southampton, Water Mill, Bridgehampton, Wainscott, East Hampton, and Amagansett before the Napeague stretch delivers you into Montauk.

Leg	Named road	What to know
Manhattan → East River crossing	Queens-Midtown Tunnel (or RFK Triborough from the Upper East Side)	The first 5 miles are the slowest per mile of the trip
Queens → Manorville	Long Island Expressway (I-495) east to Exit 70	About 60 highway miles; summer Friday crawl starts near Exit 49
Manorville → the villages	County Road 111 → Sunrise Highway (NY-27) east	Sunrise merges into Montauk Highway at Southampton
Southampton → Amagansett	Montauk Highway (NY-27) through Water Mill, Bridgehampton, Wainscott, East Hampton	Village stoplights are the summer chokepoints
Amagansett → Montauk	The Napeague stretch, then NY-27 or Old Montauk Highway	Old Montauk Highway split serves Gurney’s and Hither Hills

The two chronic slow points are specific: the LIE eastbound between Exits 49 and 70 on summer Fridays, and the single-lane stoplight sequence where Montauk Highway threads the villages — the East Hampton light alone can back traffic up for 20 minutes in season. Past Amagansett the road opens onto the Napeague isthmus with the ocean on one side and Napeague Bay on the other; chauffeurs take the Old Montauk Highway split for Gurney's and Hither Hills, or stay on 27 for the village, the harbor, and everywhere else on Long Island.

Because the fare is flat, a detour costs you nothing — when Route 27 seizes at Water Mill, Noble Black Car Service chauffeurs cut the back roads (Scuttle Hole Road around Bridgehampton is the classic move) without the meter anxiety of a taxi or the surge math of a rideshare.

When Should You Leave for Montauk?

Departure hour matters more on this route than on any other Noble Black Car Service runs: the same 120 miles takes 2.5 hours at dawn and 5 hours on a July Friday afternoon. The table is built from real seasonal patterns on the LIE and Route 27.

Departure window	Typical drive	Notes
Weekday 5:00-7:00 AM	2.5 hours	Fastest window on the calendar — empty LIE, empty 27
Weekday 9:30 AM-3:30 PM	2.5-3 hours	Reliable off-peak run most of the year
Weekday 4:00-7:00 PM	3.5-4 hours	LIE eastbound rush from Queens through Exit 49
Friday 12:00-7:00 PM (Memorial Day-Labor Day)	4-5 hours	Peak of the season — book 1-2 weeks ahead
Saturday before 8:00 AM (summer)	2.5-3 hours	The smart summer window — beat the beach traffic
Sunday 3:00-9:00 PM return (summer)	3.5-4.5 hours	Westbound Montauk Highway and LIE both load up
Off-season weekends (Oct-Apr)	2.5-3 hours	No village congestion; winter rates are easiest to book

Summer weekends: book 48-72 hours ahead as a floor. Friday-afternoon cars between Memorial Day and Labor Day sell out 1-2 weeks in advance, and Sprinter Vans go first.
The honest advice: leave Thursday night or before 8 AM Saturday. A 6 AM Saturday pickup arrives at Gurney's before the breakfast rush; a 3 PM Friday pickup arrives after dark.
July 4th week and peak weekends: 3+ weeks of notice. This is the single heaviest week of the East End year.
Returns: Sunday 3-9 PM westbound is the mirror image of Friday. A Monday 6 AM return runs about an hour faster and still beats most of the morning rush into Manhattan.

Pickups in NYC, Drop-offs in Montauk

On the city end, chauffeurs stage ahead of schedule at any address in the five boroughs — Midtown offices before a Friday escape, Upper East Side and Tribeca residences, Brooklyn brownstones. Luggage is loaded for you, and the car that arrives is the late-model vehicle class you booked, not whatever is nearby. Coverage details for every neighborhood are on the Manhattan black car service page.

On the Montauk end, door-to-door means the actual door: Gurney's on Old Montauk Highway, the Montauk Yacht Club out on Star Island, the Surf Lodge on Edgemere Street, Montauk Manor above the village, Sole East on Second House Road, Ditch Plains for the surf crowd, Main Street in the village center, the docks on Montauk Harbor, and Montauk Point Lighthouse at the very end of Route 27. Arriving by air instead? JFK and LGA pickups run direct to Montauk without doubling back through Manhattan — quoted on request with flight tracking included — and Long Island MacArthur (ISP) is the closest commercial airport to the East End.

Wedding weekend out east? Sprinter Van guest shuttles between Montauk hotels and East End venues are a standing summer booking — see wedding transportation. As of 2026, Noble Black Car Service has completed 10,000+ rides across NYC and the tri-state area, and the Montauk run is the longest regular route in the long-distance lineup.

How to Book the Montauk Run

1Reserve at nobleblackcarservice.com/book or call (888) 503-4449 with pickup address, date, time, and your Montauk destination.
2Choose the vehicle: Business Sedan ($695), Business SUV ($895), First Class Sedan or First Class SUV ($995), or a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van on quote — the full lineup is on the fleet page. Mention boards or bulky gear.
3Receive instant confirmation; your chauffeur's name and cell number arrive before pickup.
4Book the Sunday or Monday return on the same reservation and the westbound car is guaranteed — no scrambling for a ride out of Montauk on a summer Sunday.

One honest limitation: Noble Black Car Service is a reservation operation, not an on-demand app — and in August, Montauk-bound inventory is finite. If the exact vehicle you want is gone for a Friday 4 PM, dispatch will tell you straight and offer the nearest workable window.

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NYC to Montauk FAQs

The most-asked questions about NYC → Montauk

Noble Black Car Service charges $695 in a Business Sedan and $895 in a Business SUV, flat, from anywhere in NYC to anywhere in Montauk. First Class Sedan (Mercedes-Benz S-Class) is $995 and First Class SUV (Cadillac Escalade ESV) is $995. Every rate includes tolls, fuel, and standard gratuity — the number on the confirmation is the number on the receipt, summer Friday or February morning.

Montauk is about 120 miles from Midtown Manhattan: 2.5-3.5 hours off-peak via the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, Long Island Expressway (I-495), Sunrise Highway (NY-27), and Montauk Highway. Summer Friday afternoons stretch to 4-5 hours once the LIE and the village stoplights on Route 27 load up. Early weekday and pre-8 AM Saturday departures run closest to 2.5 hours.

Anywhere door-to-door: Gurney’s Montauk Resort on Old Montauk Highway, the Montauk Yacht Club on Star Island, the Surf Lodge on Edgemere Street, Montauk Manor, Sole East on Second House Road, Ditch Plains, the village center on Main Street, Montauk Point Lighthouse at the eastern tip, and private homes throughout Hither Hills, Culloden, and the harbor area. No Jitney stops, no shared rides.

Book 48-72 hours ahead for ordinary summer weekends. For Friday-afternoon departures between Memorial Day and Labor Day, book 1-2 weeks ahead — that window sells out first, and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van inventory clears before sedans. For July 4th week and season-peak weekends, 3+ weeks ahead is realistic. Off-season, 24 hours of notice is plenty.

Yes — tell dispatch at booking. Surfboards, beach cargo, and coolers headed for Ditch Plains ride best in a Business SUV (Chevrolet Suburban or Lincoln Navigator) with the third row folded; a Business Sedan handles 3 standard bags but not boards. Groups hauling a full share-house load should ask about the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van.

Yes — John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA) pickups go straight out the Belt Parkway or Grand Central Parkway to the LIE without doubling back through Manhattan, which saves 45-60 minutes versus two separate trips. Airport-to-Montauk transfers are quoted on request and include real-time flight tracking, baggage-claim meet and greet, and 60 minutes of complimentary wait.

Yes — $695 sedan / $895 SUV westbound, same inclusions. Sunday evening is the heaviest return window of the summer: 3.5-4.5 hours between 3 PM and 9 PM. Book the return leg on the same reservation, and consider a Monday 6 AM pickup instead — it runs a full hour faster and gets most riders to a Midtown desk by 9 AM.

The LIRR Montauk Branch takes roughly 3.5 hours from Penn Station and leaves you at the Montauk station needing a local cab; scheduled coaches stop along Route 27 on their own timetable. Noble is door-to-door on your schedule — a 5 AM Saturday pickup, four passengers, and a cargo area of beach gear is exactly the trip trains and coaches handle worst. Solo off-season with one bag? The train is honestly decent value.