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I need to get from Manhattan to LaGuardia Airport pretty early in the morning. I am a 19 year old girl and would have to switch from the N train to the M60 train in Astoria Queens at 6 am which are at different subway stations. Is this a safe walk, Hopstop says its about 9 minutes, its just a few blocks but I do not know Queens and wouldn't want to do anything to risky at that time.
Thanks!
I need to get from Manhattan to LaGuardia Airport pretty early in the morning. I am a 19 year old girl and would have to switch from the N train to the M60 train in Astoria Queens at 6 am which are at different subway stations. Is this a safe walk, Hopstop says its about 9 minutes, its just a few blocks but I do not know Queens and wouldn't want to do anything to risky at that time.
Thanks!
The M60 is a BUS not a train so you'll be switching from a train to a bus to LGA. The bus/train stops in Astoria are pretty safe. Also if you're anywhere near 106/Broadway in Manhattn the M60 originates there and goes all the way to LGA - a longer ride but no switching from train to bus in Astoria.
Which is better? Depends on your point of origin and time available - but I believe safety is not compromised either way.
I don't understand if you are going from Manhattan to LGA why your trip would have to include a 9 minute walk.
What is your starting point in Manhattan?
There is a bus - the Q47 - that leaves from the Jackson Heights 74th St. station. There are several train lines that go there including the E/F/7/R/V, and there is no walk at all as the bus station is connected to the subway station. Wouldn't that be better?
You'd be much better off taking the Q33 or the Q47 from 74th Street. Either way, there is no walk from the N train to the bus.. that's what I was trying to understand.. you get off at Astoria Blvd, and the bus is right there next to the train station! Anyway, Astoria is very safe, and you'll be fine even at that time.. 74th St. might seem a little shady, but you won't have a problem.
For the heck of it I just tried hopstop and maybe I didn't spend enough time on it, but when I typed in "Laguardia Airport" as my destination in Queens, it refused to recognize it! So I selected that I wanted to choose my destination on the map and I pointed it to Laguardia and it refused that too!
As a side note, it should take about 25 - 30 minutes to get to LaGuardia on the Q33 from 74th.. I'm only guessing because I live a couple stops in and it usually takes 15 - 20 minutes.
Oops about the M60 being a bus, never taken it obviously. It says that I have to get off at the Ditmars Blvd/Astoria stop which I thought was at 31st and Ditmars and says that the M60 bus is as 31st and Hoyt.
Also I tried using the point to point trip planner on the MTA site but since it only does things that are on one line it doesnt work because I am starting down from Lafayette and Canal.
I then used the MTA Custom Trip Planner and it gave me the same directions as Hopstop, Ditmars Blvd/Astoria to 31st and Hoyt for the M60
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I take the M60 bus from 49th st in Astoria going to Harlem at 6:30 each morning going to work. Of course it's safe. I sometimes wait alone at the bus stop right along Astoria blvd in the pitch black mornings in the dead of winter. Never had any problems besides guys honking at me in their cars. Once you get to 31st st, there are tons of people around taking the M60 to and from Manhattan.
Oops about the M60 being a bus, never taken it obviously. It says that I have to get off at the Ditmars Blvd/Astoria stop which I thought was at 31st and Ditmars and says that the M60 bus is as 31st and Hoyt.
Also I tried using the point to point trip planner on the MTA site but since it only does things that are on one line it doesnt work because I am starting down from Lafayette and Canal.
I then used the MTA Custom Trip Planner and it gave me the same directions as Hopstop, Ditmars Blvd/Astoria to 31st and Hoyt for the M60
31st and Hoyt is Astoria Blvd, no wonder it says 9 minutes.. they wanted you to walk from Ditmars back to Astoria Blvd.
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