Getting around

Transit map

Subway lines, walking legs, and a day-by-day route sketch. No Google Embed API — links open in Google Maps.

Lines used on this trip

1 Broadway–7 Avenue local — hotel ↔ Midtown, South Ferry (Statue), Canal St
23 7 Avenue express — Sat to Crown Heights / Kingston Ave (770 Eastern Parkway)
C 8 Avenue local — Sun from High St (DUMBO) back toward the UWS (86th St) + walk to Sushi Tokyo

Tap-and-go: $3.00 per person per ride (kids under 44″ free). Contactless card or phone, one tap each.

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Day-colored paths on a simplified corridor sketch (not to scale).

Thu Oct 8

🚇 104 min · 🚗 89 min · Uber ~15 min faster

JFK → hotel (Thursday evening rush) · ~80 min Maps
Not recommended with 4 people + luggage at rush hour: AirTrain to Jamaica + LIRR to Penn + 1 train to 79 St ~70–80 min, or AirTrain + E + 1 trains ~85–100 min · AirTrain group fare $22.25 for 4 (first rider $8.75, +$4.50 each) + $12 subway
Hotel → Noi Due · ~12 min Maps
Walk 12 min (Broadway → 83rd → Columbus)
Noi Due → hotel · ~12 min Maps
Walk 12 min

Fri Oct 9

🚇 185 min · 🚗 182 min · Uber ~3 min faster

Hotel → Bagels & Co · ~3 min Maps
Walk 3 min
Bagels & Co → Central Park (77th & CPW) · ~8 min Maps
Walk 8 min
Park → Zoo/Carousel · ~22 min Maps
Walk 20–25 min through the park
Zoo → Diamond District · ~20 min Maps
Walk 20 min down Fifth Ave
Diamond District → Fischer Bros · ~20 min Maps
1 train 50th St → 72nd St · 20 min · $12
Fischer Bros → hotel · ~8 min Maps
Walk 8 min
Hotel → Ohel · Uber ~52 min Maps
Subway not practical for this leg
Ohel → hotel · Uber ~52 min Maps
Subway not practical for this leg

Sat Oct 10

🚇 159 min · 🚗 124 min · Uber ~35 min faster

Hotel → 770 Eastern Pkwy · ~42 min Maps
2/3 train 72nd St → Kingston Ave · 40–45 min · $12
770 → hotel · ~42 min Maps
Same in reverse · 40–45 min · $12
Hotel → Top of the Rock · ~25 min Maps
1 train 79th St → 50th St + 8-min walk · 25 min · $12
Top of the Rock → Times Square → Mocha Burger · ~10 min Maps
Walk 10 min each
Top of the Rock → Times Square → Mocha Burger · ~10 min Maps
Walk 10 min each
Mocha Burger → hotel · ~30 min Maps
1 train Times Sq → 79th St · 30 min · $12

Sun Oct 11

🚇 168 min · 🚗 145 min · Uber ~23 min faster

Hotel → South Ferry (Statue ferry) · ~30 min Maps
1 train 79th St → South Ferry · 30 min · $12
Battery → Charging Bull → 9/11 Memorial · ~17 min Maps
Walk 5 + 12 min
9/11 Memorial → Brooklyn Bridge entrance · ~13 min Maps
Walk 12–15 min
Bridge walk → DUMBO · ~40 min Maps
Walk 35–45 min
DUMBO → Sushi Tokyo · ~50 min Maps
C train High St → 86th St + 10-min walk · 50 min · $12
Sushi Tokyo → hotel · ~18 min Maps
Walk 18 min

Mon Oct 12

🚇 80 min · 🚗 83 min · Subway ~3 min faster

Tue Oct 13

🚇 0 min · 🚗 52 min · Uber/taxi ~52 min (subway not recommended)