A Manhattan chauffeur house that runs on a clock.
Manhattan Chauffeur Co. is an independent chauffeur and black car service. We are best known for the theater — timing a car to the curtain — but we drive the whole city: corporate travel, the airports, weddings and galas, and any night out.
Who we are
Professional chauffeurs, not a car you flag
Most car services treat every ride like a pin on a map: a fare, a driver, no memory of the last trip. We built the opposite — a chauffeur house that plans around the clock the trip actually runs on, whether that is a Broadway curtain, a 7 a.m. flight, or a board meeting. Since 2015 we have driven Manhattan's theaters, opera houses, dining rooms, gala ballrooms, offices, and airports, learning each venue's arrival rules and each airport's terminals and the one curb that actually works.
That focus shows in the details. We plan the car backwards from the showtime or the flight instead of guessing a pickup. We approach each venue from the avenue that lets the car pull in. And we hold for the final bow and the delayed landing, because the hardest part of a great evening — or a smooth trip — is the moment everyone wants a ride at once.
What stands behind the service
The craft of the trip
- Professional chauffeurs
- Uniformed, vetted, TLC-licensed chauffeurs who wait, know the houses and the terminals, and treat the return trip as part of the job, not an afterthought.
- Flat, all-in pricing
- Gratuity, tax, and tolls are in the quote. No surge, no meter — the number you are given is the number you pay.
- Venue & curbside know-how
- The approach avenue, the legal cross street, the plaza or terminal door, and where it changes on event nights — carried for every major Manhattan venue and all three airports.
- 24/7 availability
- We hold for the late curtain, the red-eye, and the delayed landing, so the car is staged before you need it.
- Coverage
- Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs — the Theater District, Lincoln Center, Midtown, the Upper East and West Sides, Downtown, and pickups across Brooklyn, Queens, and the New Jersey waterfront.
How to reach us
Talk to dispatch
The fastest way to book is online or by phone — a dispatcher can time the whole trip with you live. Reach 24/7 dispatch at (646) 849-3526 or by email at info@manhattanchauffeur.com. Timing a show first? The venue planner gives you a door time in a couple of minutes.
The box office · book online
Book with the house
Prefer to talk it through? (646) 849-3526 · 24/7 dispatch
Instant online reservations, or call (646) 849-3526 to have a dispatcher build your evening around the showtime. All-in pricing — gratuity, tax, and tolls included.