Best stops on I-278 in New York

All 63 exits ranked by what a road-tripper actually needs: real food choice, easy gas, 24-hour service, and the stops worth a detour. Winners below.

1. Exit 28A — Cadman Plaza West

Milepost 28 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 23 hotels · ♥ Center for Brooklyn History, Wavertree

2. Exit 28B — Brooklyn Bridge

Milepost 28 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 23 hotels · ♥ Museum at Eldridge Street, Lower East Side Tenement Museum

3. Exit 30 — Flushing Avenue

Milepost 30 · 29 places to eat · 17 gas stations · 13 hotels · ♥ Bed-Stuy Aquarium, Brooklyn Museum

4. Exit 32B — Metropolitan Avenue

Milepost 32 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 13 hotels · ♥ The Morgan Library & Museum, Empire State Building

5. Exit 40 — Broadway;Roosevelt Avenue

Milepost 40 · 29 places to eat · 14 gas stations · 11 hotels · ♥ Queens Zoo, Louis Armstrong House Museum

6. Exit 45 — 31st Street

Milepost 45 · 29 places to eat · 20 gas stations · 19 hotels · ♥ Museum of the Moving Image, The Noguchi Museum

7. Exit 46A — Randalls Island;Icahn Stadium

Milepost 46 · 29 places to eat · 13 gas stations · 13 hotels · ♥ The Jewish Museum, Guggenheim Museum

8. Exit 16 — Belt Parkway East;John F. Kennedy International Airport

Milepost 16 · 22 places to eat · 7 gas stations · 9 hotels · ♥ Harbor Defense Museum, Luna Park

9. Exit 33 — McGuinness Boulevard;Humboldt Street

Milepost 33 · 29 places to eat · 17 gas stations · 13 hotels · ♥ United Nations Headquarters, Grand Central Terminal

10. Exit 48 — East 138th Street

Milepost 48 · 26 places to eat · 11 gas stations · 12 hotels · ♥ The Yankees Museum, Morris-Jumel Mansion

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