The Transit Museum also leads tours of far-flung subway locales—including the majestic, normally off-limits old City Hall station hidden beneath lower Manhattan. The catch? You have to be a museum member to participate. To take your subway knowledge to the next level, bookmark Second Ave. Sagas , the long-running blog written by Curbed contributor Benjamin Kabak, and Streetsblog NYC , which covers transportation from all angles.
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New York. Filed under: MTA. The NYC subway by the numbers 1. Other subway tips: Give yourself plenty of time to get from point A to point B. If you think your ride will only take a half hour, give yourself an hour. Need help navigating the subway? You have to take one of the commuter trains mentioned previously to do so. Even though it is often depicted on the New York subway map, there does not exist a physical connection between the two systems.
However, the system operates on the same fare system as the regular subway system: there is a free transfer between the two systems you pay only once in one system, and the second swipe with the same farecard within two hours will be free in the other system.
The street system in Manhattan is famously composed of a rectangular street grid. Streets abbreviated as "St" travel east and west, while avenues abbreviated "Ave" travel north and south. This is not entirely accurate, since the grid system is not perfectly aligned with the directions on the compass.
Street numbering increases as you go further north, while avenue numbering increases as you go further west:. This grid system is not perfect. For instance, 4th Ave is named Park Ave for most of its stretch and the grid system does not really exist below 14th St for historical reasons.
The rectangular area that streets and avenues create in between are referred to as blocks and are also often used as a colloquial measure of distance. Also, up to three children with a maximum height of 44 inches each can get on subways and buses for free when they are traveling with a fare-paying adult; children under 2 can ride express buses for free if they sit in the lap of an accompanying adult.
For the most up-to-date information on MetroCard prices, visit mta. The easiest and quickest way to travel around NYC is by the subway. Riding the subway is also a fantastic way to feel like a local during your stay in New York.
To get there, board the free Staten Island Ferry or take a bus. Sometimes subway routes change or trains temporarily stop running—especially on weekends and late nights during weekdays—so be sure to check for up-to-date MTA service information at mta.
Public buses are a scenic way to see the City and reach destinations not convenient to a subway stop. The MTA even announced in plans to have an all-electric bus fleet by The exception to this is on SBS Select Bus Service routes, where payment kiosks are on the sidewalk next to the bus stop. A schedule and route map posted at the bus stop indicate when the bus should arrive and where it will go. The tram got its start in It provides direct service seven days a week Sun. Up to three children with a maximum height of 44 inches each can ride the tram for free when they are traveling with a fare-paying adult.
For more information, visit rioc. Grabbing a cab can be ideal when tired feet, heavy luggage or shopping bags weigh you down. Green taxis provide street hail service and prearranged service in northern Manhattan above E. If the machine has read the card, you will be asked to enter your billing zip code. If your credit card was not issued in the United States, you do not have to enter your zip code.
Simply press the key to proceed. Only American card users have to enter their billing zip code, followed by the key. Are you finding this subway guide helpful? Want to get it as a printer-friendly PDF in your inbox right now? Now what? With OMNY just tap and go. You may need to press your thumb or type in a security key on your phone. For the MetroCard, you have to swipe your way in, which sounds simple but can sometimes be tricky.
The card readers installed in the turnstiles are finicky. You have to treat them just the right way for them to let you in. If you swipe too fast, try again. If you swipe to slow, try again. Come up to a turnstile with the MetroCard in your right hand the card reader is always to the right of the turnstile. Swipe it at a normal speed — not too slow, not too fast. There are two types of turnstiles. There are the regular turnstiles found in most stations, where the bar is horizontal and at hip level like the one below.
There are also vertical turnstiles that are as tall as a professional basketball player. When you use these vertical ones like the one below , please make sure you push the bars that are the closest to where you swipe.
When entering larger stations, you can swipe first then pick a direction downtown vs. But with smaller stations and there are many more of these in the system , if you swipe on the downtown side of the platform but want to go uptown , you will not be able to switch sides.
The shape of this crowded island naturally led to a mostly linear subway system in Manhattan. That means that most of the subway lines in Manhattan generally run in a north-south fashion. Piece of cake. Even a pigeon can remember that. So if you look at a map of Manhattan, Downtown would be towards the bottom. The side you need depends on two factors: Where you are and where you want to go. To complicate things even more, there are Local trains and Express trains! Many subway stations just have one track for each direction one track for Uptown, one for Downtown.
Express, because Local is your only option at that station though you might see the Express train speeding by on the second track away from the platform. On the other hand, if you enter a bigger station and get down to the platform level, you might see two tracks — one on your left and one on your right.
That means you now have a choice between an Express train and a Local train. They are usually positioned close to the stairs. Here, you can see that this train is also going Downtown via 8 th Avenue, but that it is running on the Local track. If you want to play it really safe then stick to the Local to avoid getting on the Express and skipping your stop.
Express trains often skip several stations at a time. For example, the D train goes express from 59 th street to th no stops in between , so you would not take this train to the Natural History Museum at 81 st street just to give you one example. However, if you are good with maps and want to shave a few minutes off your ride, you can refer to the subway map where local stations are marked with a black circle and express stops are marked with a white circle obviously, local trains stop at the express stops as well to see if the Express train makes sense for you on a case-by-case basis.
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