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DarkAngelYuna

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Argh, I can't read the stupid subway map worth anything at all... I just get lost. :lol Anyways Does anyone know how I would get to
17th st photo
34 west 17th st
3rd floor, ny,ny 11011
i'm coming from rego park/ forest hills queens. I've been lookign for help for 3 hours now..
 
The R train from Rego Park. Brooklyn-bound, but stop at Union Square-14th Street. It's a long ride from Rego Park, so if you want to cut some time, consider transferring to an express train on the Broadway line, either N or Q, once you reach Lexington Avenue-59th Street, which will also stop at the Union Square hub. Walk north to 17th Street, then west past Fifth Avenue.

-R train at the 63rd Drive-Rego Park station or 71st-Continental Aves station in Forest Hills
-R travels the Queens Boulevard Line in Queens County
-R goes into Manhattan on Broadway Line; use local or express Broadway Line trains to your destination station
 
I don't know Queens too well, but I'd imagine that your best bet is to find your way to the E, take that down to 14th St., and then transfer to the L and get off at 6th and 14th. It's kind of a roundabout way of getting there, but it looks like the B&D 6th Ave. trains don't stop at 6th/14th, so picking them up at 7th Ave is a no go.

Alternatively, now that I'm looking at the actual map (and piggybacking off of Lo-Volt), the V train should take you right to 6th Ave. and 14th St. Just get off there and walk the rest of the way.
 
Take the F train to 21st or 14th St and walk the rest. Save yourself some time. The walk shouldn't be bad at all.
 
I love how the system is so complex that three different people can provide three distinct ways to get to the same place.
 
AlphaSnake said:
Take the F train to 21st or 14th St and walk the rest. Save yourself some time. The walk shouldn't be bad at all.
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This could also work, at either Roosevelt-Jackson Heights or 71-Continental, but not Queens Plaza. Express through Queens Boulevard Line, local on the Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan.

You can't really save time in Manhattan with the mentioned trains here; the E, R and F are all local trains in Manhattan. The E or F save you time in Queens (they're both express under Queens Boulevard), but the F stops closer to your destination than anything I mentioned.

xsarien: yes it is. Much more fun than a test you think you're gonna bomb. Excuse me while I return to blissful ignorance tonight. :lol
 
xsarien said:
I love how the system is so complex that three different people can provide three distinct ways to get to the same place.
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How much would a taxi cost from the airport to Manhattan? The system seems so complex. :(
 
thanks for all the ways guys but i'm just gonna take the R all the way from 64th in rego park to union sq. The more i transfer the higher the chance i'll get lost.. no matter how easy it sound.. i'll get lost :lol
 
$40 to $50 maybe? If you're using Kennedy, consider the AirTrain, which can link you to the E, J and Z lines in Queens. Where are you going?
 
Hammy said:
$40-$50 each way or roundtrip?
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Flat fare of $45 for one way, plus tolls (if any). Just don't do anything stupid and reply "Yes" when the cabbie asks if you're from out of town. My friend/cab buddy did this before I had a chance to stop him while we were in Dallas. The bum sneaked $10 onto the tab by saying it was some kind of "service charge." There wasn't much room to argue, he still had the luggage in the trunk.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/taxicab_rate.shtml
 
Lo-Volt said:
God damn. Not surprised am I, but I am hereby sticker shocked. Good night folks; I need to recover.
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Yeah. AirTrain to Jamaica and then taking the E is theoretically cheaper, but I have no idea how long the trip would be vs. just taking a cab.
 
subway ($2) -> airtrain ($5) = $7 one way...

alot less than a taxi :)

and you can get it from howard beach station on the A train or Jamaica Ave on the E/J/Z trains

i've used the A train -> airtrain many times, it's prety simple...

alot better than the airport buses that used to be at howard beach before...

then again, those were free...
 
Man, the NY subway system layout is so good. The service has obviously gone downhill over the last few years, but it still feels great to be anywhere in the city and be able to hop into the nearest station and get anywhere else. I take it for granted, but when I visit other cities, I miss it terribly.
 
Mihail said:
Man, the NY subway system layout is so good. The service has obviously gone downhill over the last few years, but it still feels great to be anywhere in the city and be able to hop into the nearest station and get anywhere else. I take it for granted, but when I visit other cities, I miss it terribly.
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Except that little kick to the groin you get when you hit the occasional station that's closed on weekends.

Looking back, I took it for granted myself.
 
xsarien said:
Flat fare of $45 for one way, plus tolls (if any). Just don't do anything stupid and reply "Yes" when the cabbie asks if you're from out of town. My friend/cab buddy did this before I had a chance to stop him while we were in Dallas. The bum sneaked $10 onto the tab by saying it was some kind of "service charge." There wasn't much room to argue, he still had the luggage in the trunk.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/taxicab_rate.shtml
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There wasn't much room to argue? You mean, besides the large sticker on the back plastic divider saying "FLAT FARE $45" and "CALL 311 FOR VIOLATIONS?"

:P
 
goodcow said:
There wasn't much room to argue? You mean, besides the large sticker on the back plastic divider saying "FLAT FARE $45" and "CALL 311 FOR VIOLATIONS?"

:P
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No, no. This was in Dallas. No such sticker exists.
 
DarkAngelYuna said:
thanks for all the ways guys but i'm just gonna take the R all the way from 64th in rego park to union sq. The more i transfer the higher the chance i'll get lost.. no matter how easy it sound.. i'll get lost :lol
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When you transfer you don't leave the subway station or platform. You just get off the train and wait until another line arrives. Only in a few stations do you have to walk to another location when you transfer.
 
AlphaSnake said:
When you transfer you don't leave the subway station or platform. You just get off the train and wait until another line arrives. Only in a few stations do you have to walk to another location when you transfer.
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In Queens that's true. But most transfers in the city are done between different lines, so for the majority of transfers (by a large margin) you have to go to another platform.
 
Mihail said:
In Queens that's true. But most transfers in the city are done between different lines, so for the majority of transfers (by a large margin) you have to go to another platform.
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Eh. In my experience, most of the time you either walk upstairs/downstairs to another platform and that's it. I can only recall transfering to the 6 train from the E at Lexington as being a pain, because you have to walk a good distance. :p
 
http://www.onnyturf.com/subwaymap.php <-- use this link to find the nearest subway stop to wherever you want to go in the city.

It has saved my ass a few times, b/c before I would use the MTA site (bus maps b/c they show streets) and Google Maps and then compare. With this, you've got the subway map overlayed on Google Maps, so it's pretty simple. PEACE.
 
Mihail said:
In Queens that's true. But most transfers in the city are done between different lines, so for the majority of transfers (by a large margin) you have to go to another platform.
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You just need to plan out your trip. Between Times Sq, 34th and Union Sq, you can transfer to any line in Manhattan. The only difficult one is the A/C/E, b/c it doesn't stop at any of the major stations. W4 and Columbus Circle are the best chances. My beef is with Brooklyn. Getting to the F, G or A/C aren't exactly simple when you're coming from Flatbush. All trains should stop at Atlantic/Pacific. Or at least create a tunnel that will let me walk to the A/C line without having to leave the station. The A/C stop is over on Lafayette like 5 minutes walking, but it requires leaving the station. Sometimes, that's cutting it close for that 18min limit on transfers. Ans those MTA workers are douchebags in that regard. PEACE.
 
Anyways I went at 9:30 this mourning and I took the R the entire way. The ride itself wasn't as long as I thought from 64th Ave in Rego Park to Union Sq, only 35 minutes on the train. The problem was it took almost 45 minutes for the damn R to show up in Rego Park on the way there. Coming home was fast though, just got back to Union Sq, went on in and the R was there within 3 minutes. 35 minutes wasn't that bad. I just watched an episode of Family Guy on my Iaudio X5 each way :)
 
xsarien said:
I love how the system is so complex that three different people can provide three distinct ways to get to the same place.
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That's the greatest thing about the system, IMHO.

If the random construction and late-night train rules didn't seemingly happen everytime I went out, it'd be glorious beyond comprehension.
 
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