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Post by stuporfly on Dec 2, 2007 15:01:37 GMT -5
I'm just not sure how I'm gonna get from JFK to Greenwich Village. If you're coming in at a reasonable time of day (or night), you might be into trying the subway. Depending on where you're actually staying in the village, you can catch the AirTrain from JFK to either Sutphin Blvd./ArcherAve. or Howard Beach. The former gives you access to the E, J and Z, while the latter will take you to the A. For at least some of the ride you'll get a look at a part of NYC you wouldn't ordinarily see on a visit, as the train isn't underground for the whole time. You might even be able to take just that one train. There are, of course, other options. SuperShuttle and other services like that. But those are going to cost mucho dinero by comparison.
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Post by Dani on Dec 2, 2007 15:09:28 GMT -5
The E and the A are perfect, takes you right to West 4th street station in the Village.
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Post by murderess on Dec 2, 2007 17:48:47 GMT -5
I'm just not sure how I'm gonna get from JFK to Greenwich Village. If you're coming in at a reasonable time of day (or night), you might be into trying the subway. Depending on where you're actually staying in the village, you can catch the AirTrain from JFK to either Sutphin Blvd./ArcherAve. or Howard Beach. The former gives you access to the E, J and Z, while the latter will take you to the A. For at least some of the ride you'll get a look at a part of NYC you wouldn't ordinarily see on a visit, as the train isn't underground for the whole time. You might even be able to take just that one train. There are, of course, other options. SuperShuttle and other services like that. But those are going to cost mucho dinero by comparison. LOL You people who live in that city don't understand what jibberish all of that sounds like, to me at least. I was born without the sense of direction gene
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Post by stuporfly on Dec 2, 2007 18:43:39 GMT -5
LOL You people who live in that city don't understand what jibberish all of that sounds like, to me at least. I was born without the sense of direction gene Yeah, I guess you're right. In simplest terms, if she wants to give one of us the address (or cross streets) where she's staying, we can let her know exactly which trains to take and simplify it as much as possible. As someone who got put on a series of wrong trains in Boston (by someone who used to live there, no less!) earlier this year, I knpow what's it's like to navigate public transportaiton in a new city. I'd like to make it as easy as possible if that's an option she even wants to consider.
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Post by Dani on Dec 2, 2007 18:49:41 GMT -5
I think I have learned a lot about how the transit system works that if i was to go to another city, i might pick up on it pretty fast. NYC is really easy once you get the hang of it, but when the trains are not running ....that's when it all goes out the window.
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Post by stuporfly on Dec 2, 2007 19:08:42 GMT -5
I think I have learned a lot about how the transit system works that if i was to go to another city, i might pick up on it pretty fast. NYC is really easy once you get the hang of it, but when the trains are not running ....that's when it all goes out the window. Most cities in the US don't have subway systems that cover so much territory. Growing up in and around NYC, I know that one pretty well, and San Francisco's was actually very easy for me to learn. They've got two different rail lines, plus the bus, but it all works well together. I'd have probably had better luck in Boston had I just been left to my own devices to figure it out. Because that's actually what happened - I was waiting on a platform, and I looked around and thought it didn't seem right. Atlanta's - at least when I lived there - mostly ran as one big plus sign that cut the city into four segments, and if you wanted to go any further, you had to take the bus. Los Angeles is like that too, but it's by far the worst public transportation system I've ever encountered. I didn't have to use it very often, but when I did it was a ridiculous ordeal. The subway there is apparently just for show.
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Post by sixthandbroadway on Dec 2, 2007 19:56:44 GMT -5
Knowing me and my sense od direction it's a taxi for me for sure....
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Post by murderess on Dec 3, 2007 4:16:20 GMT -5
Knowing me and my sense od direction it's a taxi for me for sure.... Ahhhh a girl after my own heart. The one thing you need to know in NY for taking taxi's is you have to give them the cross streets not the actual physical address. It helps a lot. Here in Houston we have the Metro bus and that's about it. No trains, no subway so it's all foreign to me.
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Post by daisybell911 on Dec 3, 2007 6:12:04 GMT -5
Don't worry SAB. You can always ride the subways with us. Alot of us have been there several times and can navigate the subways fairly well.
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Post by sixthandbroadway on Dec 3, 2007 9:01:11 GMT -5
Don't worry SAB. You can always ride the subways with us. Alot of us have been there several times and can navigate the subways fairly well. Thanks daisybell, I will take you up on that. I did do the underground thing in London and all but getting to and from the airport I want easy and comfortable...especially with luggage etc!!!
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