Originally Posted by
Nugget_Oz
For subway there is no icon and for a bus there is a little bus icon, headlights with windshield.
Good to know - No icon for subway actually makes it easier (since the train icon resembles a subway icon)
Originally Posted by
guv1976
Subway routes have a single letter or a single number. Local bus routes have an identifying letter or letters to identify the principal borough of operation (M, Q, Bx, etc.) followed by a one-, two-, or three-digit number (e.g., M1, M104, Q70, Bx1, etc.).
Thanks!
Originally Posted by
UKtravelbear
M does = bus but a bus in Manhattan (or runs mainly in Manhattan)
B = Brooklyn
Q = Queens
S = Staten Island
Bx = Bronx
So I can take that B bus just under my hotel directly into Brooklyn.
Originally Posted by
RooseveltL
F or M train north to West 4. Walk upstairs and take whatever train arrives first A C E to 34th Street. Exit station and walk West (you can tell West as it is opposing direction of Duane area de drug store across 8th Ave. Your walk should take less than 5 mins.
Thanks - just copied that into my Google Drive NYC shopping doc.
Glad to hear the transfer to ACE is upstairs too.. (Someone put a ladder down on my foot. Healing broken bone in front part of left foot makes walking DOWN stairs kind of painful. I try to land more on my left heel when walking down stairs. But landing on heel vs front of foot is actually difficult to do when walking downstairs (try it!).
But walking upstairs is fine.
I realize I'll need to walk downstairs to start the trip at F Delancey st... I've never seen an elevator around to enter a subway with.
But at the beginning of the trip I'll be more likely to pay attention and try to do the right thing (step more on my left heel) vs when making a transfer.
In general that's another reason why I'm trying to plan the bus more than subway. Plus I get to see the sights. But subways are so time efficient...
Originally Posted by
Spaghetti
Also, street addresses aren't used when giving directions. We use cross streets. B&H is at 34th Street and 9th Avenue. Your hotel is on Rivington between Ludlow and Essex.
Got it. Thanks for the reminder.
On my first trip to NYC I carefully researched all addresses, but then the taxi drivers would frustrate me by asking for cross street. Finally I said, "I'm not a taxi driver. How am I supposed to know the cross streets?"
Originally Posted by
Spaghetti
Only use the letter/number, and the direction. When you see several lines, it means you can take any of those to your destination. For example, Uptown N/R means you can take either.
OK.
Originally Posted by
CMK10
You might find the trip planner on mta.info a little easier. It shows specifically what's a bus and what's a subway @:-)
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