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I will move to NYC soon and I will work at Columbia University. I am looking for housing (1bedroom, shared flats, studios) preferably in UWS and Morningside Heights.
I am considering also the Upper East side (the area is very nice, like it a lot), and my question in this case is very simple: how easy is commuting to Columbia from the UES? I see from google maps that bus M4 brings you to directly to the university. Are these buses crowded/well maintained/frequent?
I will move to NYC soon and I will work at Columbia University. I am looking for housing (1bedroom, shared flats, studios) preferably in UWS and Morningside Heights.
I am considering also the Upper East side (the area is very nice, like it a lot), and my question in this case is very simple: how easy is commuting to Columbia from the UES? I see from google maps that bus M4 brings you to directly to the university. Are these buses crowded/well maintained/frequent?
Any advice is well accepted. Thanks a lot.
Cheers
Buses run up Madison Avenue on the UES (northbound) and down Fifth Avenue (southbound).
During day and evening the waits can be "ok" but IMHO often lacking. That is you wait for awhile and nothing. Then two, three or more buses come in a pack, then nothing..... *LOL*
Long as you are travelling during daylight hours or even early evening you should be fine. Fifth and Madison Avenues can become rather desolate late or overnight. Therefore advise keeping aware of surroundings if walking from say Fifth Avenue east towards your apartment.
Another work around is to take one of the cross town buses through Central Park and then take the "Sixth Avenue subway (A, B, C, trains) that run along Central Park West back and forth to Columbia/Morningside Heights. Benefit of this method is that the crosstown buses run from East End Avenue to West End Avenue so you won't have to walk say from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue. When you use a Metrocard transfers from bus to subway (or vice versa) are free which means you don't have to pay another fare.
During day and evening the waits can be "ok" but IMHO often lacking. That is you wait for awhile and nothing. Then two, three or more buses come in a pack, then nothing..... *LOL*
Long as you are travelling during daylight hours or even early evening you should be fine. Fifth and Madison Avenues can become rather desolate late or overnight. Therefore advise keeping aware of surroundings if walking from say Fifth Avenue east towards your apartment.
Another work around is to take one of the cross town buses through Central Park and then take the "Sixth Avenue subway (A, B, C, trains) that run along Central Park West back and forth to Columbia/Morningside Heights. Benefit of this method is that the crosstown buses run from East End Avenue to West End Avenue so you won't have to walk say from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue. When you use a Metrocard transfers from bus to subway (or vice versa) are free which means you don't have to pay another fare.
Wrong subway - they would definitely want to take any cross town buses over to Broadway and take the 1 train, which leaves one right outside Columbia's gate. Or the M104 bus. The ABC trains would involve a 15 minute walk across 110th or a bit shorter walk through Morningside Park, which one probably would not want to do if at dusk... Depending on where on the east side they are coming from, the 4 bus would be the best option.
Wrong subway - they would definitely want to take any cross town buses over to Broadway and take the 1 train, which leaves one right outside Columbia's gate. Or the M104 bus. The ABC trains would involve a 15 minute walk across 110th or a bit shorter walk through Morningside Park, which one probably would not want to do if at dusk... Depending on where on the east side they are coming from, the 4 bus would be the best option.
Thank you for correcting my error on the subways. My problem with the M4 again is that service can often be rather spotty. That and again if one lives say Third to Fifth Avenue then the walk to Madison or Fifth isn't that bad in any sort of weather. But from Second to East End is another matter especially late a night or early in the morning.
I will move to NYC soon and I will work at Columbia University. I am looking for housing (1bedroom, shared flats, studios) preferably in UWS and Morningside Heights.
I am considering also the Upper East side (the area is very nice, like it a lot), and my question in this case is very simple: how easy is commuting to Columbia from the UES? I see from google maps that bus M4 brings you to directly to the university. Are these buses crowded/well maintained/frequent?
Any advice is well accepted. Thanks a lot.
Cheers
Buses in Manhattan LOL here is a better idea take the F/M to 14th for 2/3 to 96th for the 1. Or B/D to 59th to 1 train AVOID any Manhattan bus they are never reliable.
Buses in Manhattan LOL here is a better idea take the F/M to 14th for 2/3 to 96th for the 1. Or B/D to 59th to 1 train AVOID any Manhattan bus they are never reliable.
So you're saying to go all the way down to the 63rd/Lex station for the (F) (which could be very far from where the OP is on the UES), take the train all the way downtown to 14th Street, just to catch a train going uptown, and transfer again, just to avoid taking the bus?
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