Citi Driving School

Citi Driving School is a great and very professional company.
I came just to take my 5 hour course, but they do a lot, lot more for a very reasonable price.
My 5 hour course instructor, Tony, was really nice, passionate and cool. He taught us a lot about the whole process and gave us a lot of insider tips such as the stricter of the test, how it’s graded and how to pass it.
I would recommend this place for anything around your drivers licenses.

If you need a driver’s license then book Citi Driving School. So impressed with the service. The 5 hr class was very instructional, really told us everything we needed to know and more. What to expect during the driving test and a very friendly open environment.
They handled everything for me, the booking, the car and driver for the test. Easy and worry free. Follow and service was excellent, a very professionally run company.
I had a license in Australia, but thought it would be good idea to book a driving session on the day of the test. Good choice. Robert, the driving instructor gave me a 90 minute driving test, and took me through ‘everything’ for the test. Without this, I am pretty sure I wound not have passed. But I did!!! Thank you so much Citi Driving School and Robert! I wish more companies were as professional and easy to work with as you.
Jennifer, an Australian living in New York.

I had a great experience! I unfortunately let my license expire and had to do everything again (FL to NY, or in other words, FML) so I did the 5hour course, expedited road test scheduling (I failed the first test oops,) and then just wanted to get it done and did the full road test package.
Seriously — if you are in my situation, SPEND THE MONEY on the road test package with the lesson, it is worth every penny. You 1) will not have to deal with the scheduling website, 2) have a great instructor that tells you what you need to do to pass the yet, 3) have a car that is comfortable for you and the person administering your road test, 4) get it done in one day.
There are way too many picky rules in the road test that we break in normal driving, so you will rack up points for minor infractions if you are not aware. Also my instructor Robert (awesome) taught me a basically foolproof way to parallel park. Go to this school!

What you should not do: let your license expire while living in NYC b/​c you never need to drive so whatever.
What you should do should this happen is go to Citi Driving and get it all done. Ask for Greg or Robert for excellent instruction!

This was our second experience with a driving school. CITI was superior in every way. The customer service is outstanding, the expertise top level, the accuracy of information perfect. The instructor Greg was extremely calming and helpful. Greg took my son through all of the important aspects of the driving test and he was very helpful to make sure that he received his license that day. CITI is the best and Greg was the best of the best.

Very happy, great instructors and they went beyond getting me a test at a very busy time.
Thank you
Gabrielle

I’m a New Yorker who got his license when I was 18 and never used it. Now at 33 and a looming move to suburbia I needed to learn to drive. I took got a total of 10 hours of driving instruction. My lessons were with Greg who was laid back and got me comfortable with driving in the city quickly.
You do need to schedule ahead and in fairness I was pretty flexible on lesson times so if your mileage might vary. I would definitely recommend.

Taken a 3 lessons with this school. For the 4 th lesson they never sent a driver, because they forgot about it, I left the driver and their office a voicemail in the morning when the lesson was supposed to happen, they got back to me around lunch time. For their drivers teaching abilities and professionalism I would give 3 – 4 stars.

I took a 5 hours «nervous driver» package classes and it was well worth it! My instructor Craig was very graceful, patient, funny, knowledgeable. We drove around the city, on the highways, practice parking. He offered great suggestions. I cancel once and they rescheduled once but we worked out our schedules (with no penalty) Overall it worked out great! Pricing is competitive for the neighborhood and yes I highly recommend them.

this place is the worst. They never have any availability, are disorganized, and are not helpful. Do not go here. It is a waste of time and money. Because I could not schedule anything but one driving lessons before my test, I actually had to go to another driving school and pay extra money. Also, even though I said time was an issue, they scheduled me for a late test date. I actually cancelled it and had better luck on my own scheduling an earlier date. When I let them know I was dissatisfied with the date of the test, the employee on the phone said, «uhhh, ok.»

Went for the 5-​hour-​course. I didn’t learn anything about driving and traffic, but that’s probably not their fault. Being a product of an notoriously dysfunctional, inefficient and obsolete entity like the DMV, the course couldn’t be anything but a hypocritical waste of time and money. On the other hand, the instructor gave us what sounded like a realistic picture of what to expect during the road test. Some of the tips he gave were not obvious and are probably going to be useful for passing the test. I wish it had lasted less. We could have been done in 15 min.

I have taken two stick shift lessons with Citi driving school. My first lesson was with the substitute teacher who was just OK in my opinion. However, Gus the regular instructor, was so awesome! He was very encouraging and patient with me. After my first lesson I had a strong hate for first gear. By the end of my second lesson with Gus, first gear was a breeze and I was driving on the highway and going up steep hills! If you need to take stick shift lessons, definitely ask for Gus!

No regrets. I’d let my license lapse and needed to get it back in a hurry. Called around and while none of the NYC driving schools seemed especially well-​organized, once I had Kim on the phone it was a piece of cake. She got me through that ridiculous 5-​hr defensive driving course, scheduled a very nice instructor with idiot-​proof car to meet me 2 hours ahead of the test, and the deed was done. 4 weeks from start to finish. Worth the $ 350 total. As a car-​free city dweller, I was spared the headache of borrowing a friend’s car (you can’t use a rental from Hertz et al), and the really sweet instructor spent more than an hour drilling me from the passenger seat prior to the driving test. He saw a potential problem with my 3-​pt turns and had me do at least 6 of them, which was a good thing. He knew the DMV people at the site. Citi made a stressful, pain-​in-​the-​keister experience as painless as it could have been.

The office staff was very nice, but now experienced enough. After I took the 15 hour lessons and was at the road test in December, the inspector told me my permit was not valid since I had the lasik surgery. I couldn’t take the test before this restriction was removed. I ended up going back home. I was extremely frustrated that day. I just wasted $ 900 for nothing. The staff at Citidriving should have spotted this problem right away. They scheduled me for ¹⁄₁₂ and I ended up buying another package for $ 245. There was a storm on 1/​12, but the road was clear in the afternoon and road test was on, but my instructor Tyrone refused to take me there. He said he was off work that day. I took 2 more lessons with him. He likes to cut off time like 5 – 10 minutes each lesson. My road test was scheduled for today, ²⁄₇ at 11 AM. He was supposed to show up at 9 AM to give me a lesson first. I waited outside for 10 minutes. He was no show. I went home and found he text me back saying «I am in PA, running late. Will call you when I am there.» WTF!!! He didn’t even have the curtersey to call me to let me know he is 1 ½ hour late. What kind of crap is this? Of course I ended up failing the test. I felt I was being treated like an idiot. They played me really well. AGAIN PLEASE BE AWARE THIS SCHOOL AND DO NOT USE THIS INSTRUCTOR!

First I want to say that I absolutely loved my driving instructor Lucas! He was the perfect teacher, patient and encouraging. He had me driving in Manhattan my first time behind the wheel! Could not have had a more pleasant experience with him!
Everyone is very nice and laid back here, but the business seems to be pretty disorganized. I was trying to learn how to drive on a short time frame before I moved away from New York. My first lesson got canceled an hour before it started because their car broke down, no big deal becuase they said they’d call the next day to reschedule but I never got a call. I had to call them the following day and ask about it but there was no time to reschedule any other day. It also took two week to get a refund for the classes that were canceled. There were a couple other thing about them asking me to meet them other places to start and being late, not a huge deal but it seemed kind of silly to be paying so much for lack luster service.
Anyway, if you’re in the neighborhood and aren’t on a tight schedule I would probably still recommend them, I had such a positive experience with my instructor (ask for Lucas!).