I%26#39;ll be at the Manhatan Club and want to get some info on walking distances and how long it will take by foot and if I should take the subway instead. Here%26#39;s some examples:
From 200 West %26amp;56 street to:
Statue of Liberty
Times Square
Pier 83
China town
Brooklyn Bridge
Grand Central Station
If walking will be too long, I might as well my a metropass.
Is walking these areas a little too Crazy!
Try www.hopstop.com - it will give you precise directions, the distance and an estimate of how long each journey will take to walk. (You can also use it to find out how to get to each place using the subway or bus if you decide not to walk)
Is walking these areas a little too Crazy!Agree that hopstop.com is your best bet. Times Square and Grand Central are not bad walks from your hotel but the others are really too far.
Statue of Liberty - about 4 1/2 miles
Times Square - less than 3/4s of a mile
China town and Brooklyn Bridge - about 3 3/4s of a mile
Grand Central Station - about 1 mile
Get a map of the city. You%26#39;ll see most of Manhattan conforms to the grid of parallel streets. Within that grid, 20 blocks north-south (if you%26#39;re walking along an avenue), equals a mile. If you%26#39;re walking crosstown (that is, east-west, along a numbered street), the distance varies, but it%26#39;s roughly 7 blocks to a mile.
But when you%26#39;re walking around the city exploring, you%26#39;ll easily walk much more than you normally would.
Your metro card is also good on city buses. Pick up a map for more detail, but they generally run north-south along avenues, and crosstown along major streets. If you want to give your feet a rest, hop on a bus for a mile or two. That way you%26#39;ll still be at street level to see what%26#39;s around you.
A metro card is the best buy in town.
I usually walk from 77th through Central Park down to the Bropklyn Bridge at least once. Nice walk. Sometimes take the subway back especially if I have dinner and a play in the schedule.
Plan the things you want to do in Manhattan and group them by area. If the area that you want to go to is more than a mile, take the subway there and do your walking in the area of interest. You will do a great deal of walking in NYC and you don%26#39;t want to be exhausted by doing any unnecessary walking.
Right now it%26#39;s 95 degrees and humid, worse tomorrow. I don%26#39;t want to walk across the street. Take the subway for the trips downtown.
Walking eats up a lot of quality time - public transportation, be it bus, subway or cab is a much more efficient use of your touring.
The MetroCard is the best value - I usually buy the pay-as-you-go version.
As BobbyC mentioned, it is 95-98 degrees right now in midtown Manhattan - crossing the street works up a sweat.
Poppa
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