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Grand Central to MSG (and back)?
slug420
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I am coming in from CT on metronorth to grand central and am unsure what the best way to get to MSG is (and the best way to get back after the show so as not to miss the last train to CT)
I have very limited (no) experience with getting around NYC and the suggestions I have heard thus far include
Subway from Grand Central to Penn
Shuttle from Grand Central to Times Square and then walk to MSG
Just walk from Grand Central to MSG
what are all the other metro-northers doing?
I have very limited (no) experience with getting around NYC and the suggestions I have heard thus far include
Subway from Grand Central to Penn
Shuttle from Grand Central to Times Square and then walk to MSG
Just walk from Grand Central to MSG
what are all the other metro-northers doing?
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"you can take the 6 two stops to 23rd and park and walk over. the place is located on 24th between fifth and sixth."
shuttle to times square than take the 2 or 3 train one stop downtown to 34th st
or just walk from times square
Ready, here's what you do. You take the "S" train from Grand Central to Times Square. This is the shuttle, all it does is goes back and forth between the two stops, takes about 5 minutes. Once you get to Times Sq. station, you walk over and take the 1 train (or 2 or 3...they're on the same track) DOWNTOWN.....one stop to MSG/Penn station. You are now under the Garden, walk upstairs and you're in. This whole trip will cost you $2.
brilliant!
do I need one of those metrocard things or can I pay in coins or cash ?
You need a metrocard, but you can pay for one with cash.
you could even skip the 1 and the 9 and walk down to penn its not that far
but the streets arevery busy in that part of town
To preserve energy for the most emotionaly charged experience a music fan can endure, that's why!
consider the walk a warm up. limber up the limbs and the ears (from the likely honking and screeching of traffic).
Doesn't the Shuttle stop at like 10PM or something? I seem to recall at that point you need to hop on the 7 instead.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
i take the harlem line into/out of the city, and the last train out leaves around 1:50 or something like that (check the schedules.. ).
actually, i just checked, and the last train to new haven leaves grand central at 1:49 am.. you don't have to worry about leaving early. in fact, stick around and have a few after the show!
dude, I can tell you that when you get off the train to walk straight ahead to the huge doors and onec outside, start walking RIGHT, and when you hit ESPN ZONE, start walking LEFT. you will walk right to the front of MSG this way
heres an even better tip:
the cab ride from Grand Central to MSG is a whopping SIX BUCKS! go out of GC, stand in the cab line (it moves fast), and away you go!
I don't think this is right, I grew up in Fairfield and I'm pretty sure there's still a 1:30am train back on the New Haven line every night.
oh you know what, i am probably wrong. i think the MTA site either doesnt work or firefox doesnt work with it, the trains after midnight button didnt seem to work and i forgot i had a paper schedule on me
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm
I am staying at my friend's house in CN after the concert. Someone told me to take MetroNorth from the city to CN? Is this true?
What route do I take - and what time do the train / bus / metro stop? He said we might need to leave early...and there's no way in hell.
Madison Square Garden 6/25/08
Take S train (grey) to Times Square (as NY PJ1 said), stay in front car, then transfer within the Times Square Station to any downtown red train (1,2,3) one stop to Penn Station. Follow signs up to Garden.
Going back, 1,2,3 uptown to Times Square. S train stops running around midnight. If it's later, you'll be able to take the 7 (purple) train going downstairs right from the 1,2,3 platform at Times Square. Take two stops to Grand Central. It only goes one direction from Times Square. You'll have used up your $4 metrocard.