It takes a whole hour and a half every day just to get to central Manhattan.
Literal
Every-day Manhattan [possessive-の] center-area [to-に] go [purpose-には] one-hour-half [as-much-as-も] takes.
~には combines に (destination) + は (topicalizer) for 'in order to go to.' も after a quantity adds emphasis — 'as much as' an hour and a half, implying it feels like a lot.