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Transportation

How Not to Get Lost When Commuting Around the City

The Subway

  • The most cost-efficient way to travel: $2.50 fare (MetroCard) includes all transfers. Buy from a machine or booth clerk.
  • Look for maps in every subway car. Make sure you know if the train you’re riding is Express or Local, Uptown or Downtown.
  • Don’t ever jump the turnstiles. You will get busted.

The Bus

  • Same fare as subway, make sure you have a MetroCard or exact change (buses do not accept dollar bills).
  • Look for bus route maps at any stop.
  • All buses have numbers that are preceded by a letter that stands for their major route. (B- Brooklyn, Bx- Bronx, Q- Queens, M- Manhattan, S- Staten Island).

Full subway and bus information on the MTA website

Traveling In and Out of NYC

Metro-North and Long Island Railroads

  • Quicker than the subway but doesn’t run as frequently, and more expensive.
  • Buy your tickets before you get on train at ticket booth or machine to avoid any fees.
  • Trains run out of Grand Central Station north to Connecticut and upstate New York.
  • Prices vary depending on how far you are traveling.

Schedules, maps and more information on the MetroNorth and LIRR websites

Penn Station

W. 33rd St. between 7th and 8th Ave.

  • Subway: A, C, E to 34th St. Penn Station, 8th Ave.
  • 1, 2, 3 to 34th St. Penn Station, 7th Ave.
  • N, R, Q, W, B, D, F, V to 34th St. Herald Square, 6th Ave.
  • Connections available to New Jersey Transit, Amtrak, Long Island Railroad, and PATH.

Grand Central Station

Park Avenue at E. 42nd St.

  • Subway: 4, 5, 6, 7 to Grand Central Station.
  • S shuttle between Times Square and Grand Central Station.
  • Connections to MetroNorth Railroad.

More information on the Grand Central Station website

Port Authority Bus Terminal

W. 40th St. to 42nd St., between 8th and 9th Ave.

  • Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St., 8th Ave.
  • 1, 2, 3, N, Q, R, W, S to 42nd St., 7th Ave. (Times Square)
  • B, D, F, V to 42nd St., 6th Ave.

More information on the Port Authority Bus Terminal website

South Ferry Terminal

South Street near Battery Park

  • Subway: N, R to Whitehall St./South Ferry
  • 5 to Bowling Green-Broadway/ Whitehall St.
  • J, Z to Broad St. Station

More information on the South Ferry website

John F. Kennedy Airport

Jamaica, Queens

  • Subway: A to Howard Beach/ JFK Airport.
  • E, J, Z to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Ave.
  • LIRR to Jamaica station.

More information on the JFK Airport website

LaGuardia Airport

Flushing, Queens

  • Bus: M60 Bus to LaGuardia Airport.
  • New York Aiport Service Shuttle – Catch bus outside of Grand Central, Penn Station, or Port Authority.  Buses run every twenty minutes. $15 from Manhattan to JFK.  $12 from Manhattan to LaGuardia.

More information on the LaGuardia Aiport website

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