After what seemed like an eternity of nightmarish construction on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the Second Avenue Subway has finally opened! There are four subway stations (the latter three being brand new stations): 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue, 72nd Street and Second Avenue, 86th Street and Second Avenue and 96th Street and Second Avenue. I … Read More
Improvements to the Q70 Bus for Travel Between LGA and NYC
Approximately two years ago, I wrote about transportation from New York City to LaGuardia Airport. There was the M60 Bus from upper Manhattan, and the then new Q70 bus (see blog post: The M60 SBS and Q70 Buses from LGA to NYC). As I wrote: The Q70 bus is a limited bus that essentially makes only … Read More
Pictures of the Second Avenue Subway!
It seems like forever that Second Avenue in NYC has been under construction. Well, the other day, as I was walking past 83 rd Street and Second Avenue, apparently a future exit for the someday 86th Street stop of the someday Second Avenue extension of the Q train, I saw these pictorial renderings of the … Read More
The M60 SBS and Q70 Buses from LGA to NYC
The M60 SBS Bus …. From where I live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the easiest way to get to LGA is either by taxi (if the flight is very early in the morning) or by the M60 Bus. The M60 Bus begins on the West Side of Manhattan and crosses to the … Read More
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