How do you combine Brooklyn and Manhattan?
Yes. Brooklyn and Manhattan combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 3 days in Brooklyn and 2 days in Manhattan, around 5 days in total.
How the two connect
Brooklyn and Manhattan are only about 15 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Brooklyn is John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), about 14 km away; for Manhattan it is LaGuardia Airport (LGA), about 8 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Brooklyn
- 3 days
- Manhattan
- 2 days
- Together
- 5 days · about 15 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Brooklyn
- Niagara Falls 2-Day Tour from NYC with Corning & Finger Lakes
- Washington D.C., Niagara Falls & Philadelphia 3-Day Tour from NYC
- Brooklyn Bridge & DUMBO Food Tour: Local Eats & Iconic Views
- Brooklyn Food Walking Tour: Local Eats & Family‑Run Shops
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.