Don here is a link to the Marriott by me, its about 3mi from my house you guys can stop by our house Saturday night before we go to Cedar beach and Sunday morning the hotel is on the way to the Balloon feast.
Its about 20 min from the beach
Traffic wasn't bad, I didn't go through the Bronx, went down through Staten Island instead.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/trave...d-farmingdale/
Courtyard Republic Airport Long Island/Farmingdale