01/28/2026
🚌 Travel to Healthcare with Ease – The Flutter Express 🦋
The Flutter Express offers comfortable, stress-free, and affordable roundtrip transportation from Albany, East Greenbush, & Catskill/Hudson, NY to New York City and Albany & East Greenbush, NY to Boston every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We welcome riders of all ages, along with their family members, companions, and supportive friends.
💳 Partially Subsidized Ticket Options
Healthcare Seeker: $79 flat rate
Companion/Caregiver/Family: $85 flat rate
Tickets are available on our website, made possible by Flutter Club, inc.
💳 Fully Sponsored Ticket Options
We partner with many local nonprofits, including Flutter Club Inc, Wicklund Warriors, NYOH Community Cancer Foundation, Glens Falls Hospital CR Wood Cancer Center, to provide fully sponsored rides – check our Resources & Collaborators page to see if you qualify. https://www.theflutterexpress.com/collaborators
🗽 New York City Service
Pickups:
6:00 a.m. – East Greenbush (Defreestville CDTA Park & Ride)
6:30 a.m. – Albany (Crossgates Mall CDTA Station)
7:15 a.m. – Catskill (Commuter Lot off of NYS Thruway Exit 21)
Drop-offs: Manhattan Upper East Side
East 70th Street – near NYP Weill Cornell Medicine & Hospital for Special Surgery
East 68th Street – near Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (main hospital) & MSK Kids
Free shuttle to all Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NYC locations & American Cancer Society Hope Lodge
Other NYC healthcare destinations: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, The New York Proton Center, NYU Langone, The Mount Sinai Hospital, and more. Let us know in the Special Needs section and call us to coordinate potential direct drop-offs.
🌟 Boston Service
Pickups:
6:30 a.m. – Albany (Crossgates Mall CDTA Station)
7:00 a.m. – East Greenbush (Defreestville CDTA Park & Ride)
Drop-offs: Brookline Ave & Jimmy Fund Way, Longwood Medical Area
Stops near Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Joslin Diabetes Center, plus Boston Children’s Hospital
Other Boston healthcare destinations: Massachusetts General Hospital, Shriners Children's, and more. Indicate in Special Needs and call us for potential direct drop-off.
🎁 What’s Included
One bottle of water each way
One snack each way
One Flutter Kit to make your journey more comfortable
Relax on the return trip and enjoy the ride!
🚐 Our Commitment
We operate 7–32 passenger vehicles based on bookings, ensuring reliable service even for a single rider. Thanks to CDTA for supporting our Albany and East Greenbush pickups, helping remove transportation barriers for Capital Region riders and their families traveling for care.
Together, no one has to navigate their healthcare journey alone🦋
📍 www.theflutterexpress.com
📞 518-217-5121