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Me and my GF are visiting NY for a few days and staying at a hotel near Times Square. We've never been to NYC before, so I'd appreciate some help navigating the train and subway system.
We're parking in Hoboken and using the PATH train, which gets us to 33rd Street.
We'll have luggage, so I don't want to walk the 1/2 mile from 33rd Street to Times Square. Instead, I'd like to take the subway. I am told, we can just "hop on" the "N", "R", or "Q" subway line.
My 1st question is how to "hop on" exactly? Do we come up out of the PATH station into Greeley Square, and then walk to some subway station nearby? Or is the subway station underground in the same location as where we'll get off the PATH train?
2nd question: Where exactly can I buy the metrocard tickets to use the subway? Is it like an automated kiosk that accepts credit card?
3rd question: Will it be a problem to bring rollabord-style luggage onto the subway? (Not a ton of luggage, just maybe 3 bags for the both of us.)
You're best bet is to just walk (rolling your luggage) the nine blocks up to times square. If you want, you can take the F train, which is in the same station as the PATH at 33rd street, one stop up to 42nd, and walk the one Avenue over. And there's no problem taking your rollie bags onto the subway. You'll just have to muscle them up and down the stairs.
I'm not taking my luggage to Times Square. I'm taking my luggage to our hotel on Times Square. The DoubleTree Hilton if you are curious.
Sooooo assuming you're taking your luggage to wherever your hotel is, and your hotel is in Times Square, then aren't you indeed taking your luggage to Times Square....?
Thank you for the information about the subway station.
Can someone clarify for me where exactly the exit/entrance to the 33rd Street PATH station is? Is it stairs that lead up to Greeley Square? I can't tell from google maps.
Sooooo assuming you're taking your luggage to wherever your hotel is, and your hotel is in Times Square, then aren't you indeed taking your luggage to Times Square....?
Yes, but I don't understand the point being made? Do people for some reason think it's strange that I'm taking luggage to my hotel? I've stayed in dozens of hotels all across the US and Europe and I've never once gone to a hotel without luggage... Why are people asking me why I'm bringing luggage to my hotel and/or to the Square where my hotel is located?
I can understand if the asker did not read the part in my OP that my hotel was located on Times Square, and thought I was simply bringing my luggage to Times Square (sans hotel). In that case, yes that would be strange. Otherwise, it's quite an odd question to wonder why someone would bring luggage to their hotel.
I can understand if the asker did not read the part in my OP that my hotel was located on Times Square, and thought I was simply bringing my luggage to Times Square (sans hotel). In that case, yes that would be strange.
I did misunderstand your question. Walk. Better than dragging your luggage up & down stairways into & out of the subway.
Last edited by bigjake54; 09-28-2014 at 02:19 PM..
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