Comments | little_details: Subway travel in NYC

adriannebrennan in little_details

Subway travel in NYC

Jul 10, 2006 07:36

I'm writing a book about someone who goes to NYU, so if you live in NYC help a gal out here.

How long does it take for someone to travel on the subway from near NYU to another borough? Say Queens or Brooklyn?

Thanks!

usa: new york: new york city, usa: public transportation

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kaiweilau July 10 2006, 16:09:41 UTC

It depends on where in Queens or Brooklyn you want to go.

Try

http://www.hopstop.com

For more NY-related links, see this LJ post where I post a link to a blogpost about researching NYC

http://community.livejournal.com/little_details/882441.html

snippy_kitty July 10 2006, 16:11:49 UTC

Brooklyn would be closer than Queens. I would say Brooklyn on the express would be 15-20 minutes (assuming first stop in Brooklyn). Queens would be likely 30 minutes. To get a more accurate time you really need to specify a location and then check what the subway service is like. If it is on an express line then it should be reasonable (<30 minutes), it is in a local line or a solid walk from a subway stop, you are looking at much longer commute.

mamadeb July 10 2006, 16:12:23 UTC

We live in Brooklyn and use 1 hour to get to and from Manhattan as a rule of thumb *but* it depends on where in Brooklyn and Queens you want to go. Both of these boroughs are fairly large.

fshk July 10 2006, 16:39:08 UTC

Brooklyn and Queens are both huge, so travel times vary. From where I live in Brooklyn the train ride to the NYU area is 15 minutes, give or take.

crazykimmy July 10 2006, 17:05:08 UTC

From painful personal experience. These are door to door times, no walking...

Astoria to 8th St via the N/W: 45-50 minutes. It really depends on where from. I live further away in Astoria now, and if I took the R it might take closer to an hour to the 8th St stop.

Brooklyn would be much quicker--little under 30 minutes train travel from Park Slope.

crazykimmy July 10 2006, 17:06:27 UTC

Also, is this an undergrad? I think they are required to live on campus for at least freshman year there.

olukemi July 10 2006, 17:30:22 UTC

Living on campus isn't a requirement. Not when I went to NYU at least.

crazykimmy July 10 2006, 17:48:18 UTC

ok. I thought that it was for out of staters, at least. I wanna say that's what was in the papers/school and such after the Bobst suicids. I went to New School, so I'm not really sure.

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