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Kinda off topic, but I'm visiting from Seattle and I'm taking the D train via the E from Jamaica during rush hour tomorrow from JFK. Im meeting friends in Harlem and they are telling me its 6 hours by subway and to take a cab or Super Shuttle. But MTA says its 1.5 hour subway ride and Im buying a weekly pass anyways for the weekend.
Are they Mod cut: languageor should I shell out extra $$$ and take the shuttle?
Smack your people. The most a ride can consist of getting from any borough to any borough is 2 and a half. When I go to Rockaway beach in Queens I come from the very tip of the Bronx on the 2 train to basically the tip of Queens. That usually takes only about 2 hours and 15 minutes or 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Trust me you won't go wrong taking the train. You'll save way more money. PLEASE smack your friends, please.
One of the great things about the elevated lines around New York City is that they were NOT constructed along isolated, private rights-of-way. They rumble right through the city (or, in the case of the #7 line where it runs in Long Island City, snake. I love that big, sweeping S-curve right through the industrial district!). Actually, most of them went up prior to urbanization, so what happened was that the city encroached on the transit lines.
In either case, after the A to the Rockaways, my second favorite el ride is on the J. I'm endlessly fascinated by the cityscape. And the view from the Williamsburgh Bridge doesn't get as much hype as the view from the Brooklyn Bridge, but it's just as spectacular.
I hear you man. However, I LOVE the 7 train because as you ride passed every street you see people of all races and cultures entering and exiting the train. My favorite is the A train because I love crossing that long land of water and passing JFk while traversing my way to Rockaway.
Even in the worst part of a third world city like San Paula Brazil this type of service and facility will not be acceptable. Walking inside a New York Subway station is similar to walking to a tunnel into a prison. Dilapidated walls, black gum on the ground, unhearable voices in the speakers, water dripping. When I walk the stairs to take the uptown 6 train, it smells like human feces have spoiled over one century. The trains pass like there's an earthquake, standing inside the subway station for too long will reduce your lifespan for sure. Every weekend, every train is re-route, ridiculous.
This is a environmental hazard place, should be shutdown by in inspectors.
Why does New York City have such disrepaired subway system? Don't tell me it is because it is old. London and Tokyo's system are only slighly younger, but in much much better and modern condition. Where did the money for the subway being used on? To put more smell into the platforms?
Do not understand, totally do not understand. Please give me an explanation.
I have an explanation, but I am afraid I am not allowed to say it here.
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Yeah, Sao Paulo is a very third world city. Research before you post.
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Smack your people. The most a ride can consist of getting from any borough to any borough is 2 and a half. When I go to Rockaway beach in Queens I come from the very tip of the Bronx on the 2 train to basically the tip of Queens. That usually takes only about 2 hours and 15 minutes or 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Trust me you won't go wrong taking the train. You'll save way more money. PLEASE smack your friends, please.
It's faster to take the 4/5 to 14th st, transfer to the L and then transfer to the A at Bway Junction
You left out the most scenic ride of all: the A train out to Far Rockaway. When it crosses the trestle over Jamaica Bay, you can forget that you're within the borders of New York City! (And if you take the ride at the right time of year, there's a preserve at the north end of Broad Channel Island. Nowhere else in the city can you ride on a subway train and view snowy egrets nesting).
Shhhhhhhh Fred - the last thing one wants is for this to be "discovered" by the "cool/hip" crowd ..... there goes the quiet bike rides by the beach
Well, I guess you're right, although I don't think the hipsters even realize that Far Rockaway is within New York City. It'll take a few years before they make that discovery!
Kinda off topic, but I'm visiting from Seattle and I'm taking the D train via the E from Jamaica during rush hour tomorrow from JFK. Im meeting friends in Harlem and they are telling me its 6 hours by subway and to take a cab or Super Shuttle. But MTA says its 1.5 hour subway ride and Im buying a weekly pass anyways for the weekend.
Are they Mod cut: languageor should I shell out extra $$$ and take the shuttle?
Don't waste your money on a weekly if you're only staying for the weekend, just get two Fun Passes for about $15.
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