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@ejorbe

11 ай бұрын

The Roosevelt Island tram only takes metro cards. They don’t have OMNY there yet.

@harrythepidgeon496

11 ай бұрын

Will do, also subscribed! I have come from Australia for a holiday and found your videos and tips excellent. The only thing I couldn't find was the sushi in Herald Square District Shopping Centre from one of your videos a while back. I followed Google Maps and it seems to be a contruction site now. It that right or was I in the wrong place??

@mincedsoup

11 ай бұрын

@@harrythepidgeon496 Sometimes google maps doesn't update the spots so you should always double check if the place is open

@vicentemariani8730

11 ай бұрын

I use my debit card on the OMNY pay and it works It doesn’t have to be a credit card

@Neville60001

10 ай бұрын

@@vicentemariani8730, considering that it costs you a fee (usually $3.00) to use your ATM card to take out money or pay directly from the account, getting an OMNY card and filling it with, say, about $80.00 USD would be (and is-at least for me doing this here in Toronto) better than always using your ATM/debit card or credit card to pay a fare.

Trying to get on the subway too fast and not stepping aside to let passengers get out first has to be one of the worst and easiest mistakes to make.

@HereBeBarr

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@shimoncohen8386

11 ай бұрын

Hub

@MamaCarola1

11 ай бұрын

I'm from here & I can tell you I have almost been knocked over by idiots trying to get on the train at rush hour trying to score an empty seat. I will bulldoze my way out & if you try to curse at me I can probably curse better than you.

@DK-vn7lr

11 ай бұрын

In my opinion, it's locals who are the worst at this. They're not tourists, they're selfish and rude New Yorkers

@bl00dkillz

11 ай бұрын

I do it anyways if I can if I see a seat on a crowded train I want to run for

Something I learned from experience visiting NYC and getting lost on the subway is that most people will absolutely help you. Long before I discovered Jon, I was lost at a station and a random dude asked me where I was going, taught me how to read the signs, and explained to me that I got lost because I got on an express train. The locals aren’t your tour guide, but if you’re confused about a station or where you’re at just respectfully ask someone.

My biggest challenge was finding the subway entrance. The iconic "stairway on the street" wasn't an issue, but if the entrance was inside a building or shopping center I could easily walk straight past it. I wish transit apps had an option to click the station entrance to see a picture so I know what the heck I'm looking for.

@KatieHuni

11 ай бұрын

Fr, I made this mistake so much times but luckily I have a full grasp on the subway entrances and the signs because I just look at the letter color trains and not the signs so I finally learnt from that mistake thanks to my dad

The "multiple stations with the same name but different lines" is an important point. That happened to me once in New York when I knew I was technically at the wrong entrance but based on my experience in Europe I assumed these stations with the same name are effectively one big station and there would be a way to get to the correct line with a little walk underground but I was wrong, I had to leave again to get to the correct station.

Well done Jon! As the comments indicate, every experienced rider watching this wants to jump in with their own tips-- it's impossible to create a video that covers it 100%. As a plug for residents, I'll even throw in one more tip: Look for a friendly face and ask someone! New Yorkers aren't rude! They're just busy. They'll almost always be happy to help you, but pay attention because they're only going to tell you once!

@kpj5272

Ай бұрын

b/c the train is coming! = )

Also, the red globes on poles (as opposed to green), means Subway exit only, you cannot get in that way, but useful to know for your ride later.

I’ve been riding the NYC Subway system for 20+ years and I still get lost🤣

@lordhelmit1499

18 күн бұрын

Yup if I'm distracted I'll find myself on an express when I wanted a local and have def drunkenly went downtown instead of uptown without even realizing til I hit prince st lmao

NYC local here. Great tips. Here are a couple more: 1. Never refer to the subway lines by color, only by number or letter (the A train, the 6 train, etc.) The colors correspond to the routes in the middle of Manhattan, but some are express and some are local, and they split and diverge also. 2. If you have to wait for the train to arrive, think about which pare of the train will be closest to the exit you want, and use your waiting time to get to that part of the platform. For example, if I am taking the R from Union Square to Carnegie Hall, I wait at the uptown (16th St.) end of the platform and go straight to 57th Street, rather than 14th/55th. Most trains are about 2 short blocks long, and the station exits may be at the front, middle and/or back of the trains.

@jptruth2372

3 ай бұрын

Dude, i feel like you just explained physics. I have NO IDEA wtf you are talking about. NY subway system is a hot GD MESS that is NOT easy to read.

@johndoedoejohn

Ай бұрын

Well, that not helpful 😅

@DL-rm7zg

Ай бұрын

Whether you walk now to be at the desired part of the train or walk after exiting the station you're still walking.

@ezb6798

Ай бұрын

Sure, but the trip takes less time if you use your waiting time on the platform to cover that distance.

@jeetudhansinghani4239

Ай бұрын

But ur saving time ​@@DL-rm7zg

Don’t forget about the bus system. That can sometimes be an easier way to get somewhere especially within Brooklyn. For instance I took a bus from where I was staying in Williamsburg to the Brooklyn Museum. Much more direct than the subway which is more geared for people commuting into Manhattan.

@orcas800

11 ай бұрын

The Bronx is also really navigatable with busses.

@jun_suzuki42

11 ай бұрын

Bus are easier to navigate! People are easily lost underground without any visual clues on the surroundings.

@MrSloika

11 ай бұрын

Yes, some parts of Queens and the Bronx are far from a subway stop but the buses go everywhere.

@marcoyang8891

4 ай бұрын

Yea it's because the mta was mainly built when Manhattan was the biggest

That "Sample Ride" was excellent! Perfect choice of station: Uptown/Downtown, upper/lower levels, choice of express/local. and two trains running on both express and local.

Another common mistake is for people to take one step on the car and stop when there is a line of people behind them waiting to get on. Move in to the car to make room for the people behind you - you won’t be stuck inside at your stop as long as you pay attention. This is one that locals can be bad with too.

Excellent work here Jon 🙌…a great summary of how to negotiate the subway, I can understand how locals might also get confused by all the signage. I’ve never seen any guide like this applying to buses as well, would you consider doing one on this? Keep up the great work, your vids are always so helpful ❤

Been watching your vlogs before our trip to NYC last week. Can I just say they came in handy particularly the Subway tips and the attractions to visit. Helped us out a lot.

Dude, I love NYC, and your videos are excellent! They’re very well organized and informative, plus I really appreciate your tips and hacks. Thank you!

Thank you! This video is very helpful. I went to nyc alone last Christmas and I did get lost one time. I will be back this august and rewatching your videos 🥰🥰🥰

Your video's are so helpful for my upcoming trip to NYC. As I've suffered from severe anxiety my entire life, it's great how calming and reassuring your videos are, my anxiety is sound asleep. Thanks!!!

When I visited last year in May, I sticked closely to the tips of one of your older subway guides. I never got lost, never took any wrong train and never had a bad experience in the subway. Citimapper also guided me through my week perfectly. 2 weeks ago I visited Paris, which also owns one hell of a public transport system, in my eyes even more complicated than the New York one Having mastered NYC subway, Paris metro was also easy, also thanks to Citimapper

Great tips! Just got back home today after a week in Manhattan I completely agree with your tip about the hot 🥵 stations.

Took the N all the way to Coney Island. 1 hour one-way. Success! Thank you for all your NYC subway guides past, present and future.

Bravo! I don’t think you get how informative, yet entertaining you are! I love your videos. This was a perfect, confusing explanation of nyc subways. We always use them when visiting and you’re right about the card thing and m-f thing. I’m sending this to my son who takes us to the Bronx, flushing, etc on the subway. We are now doing bus and subway ‘cause sometimes you can get closer using bus too.

Helpful video for even a born in Brooklyn NY'er, who remembers Subway Tokens costing 20 cents. This is very helpful to know. The subway has drastically changed. New lines added, service changes etc. When I come back to visit, a video like this is a go to! Thanks again Jon! ☺💯

EXCELLENT video Jon! So very, very helpful AND clear instructions. Thank you very much for taking the time to show and explain. 🙋‍♀️❣️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I would also recommend people stand against the back wall while waiting for their train to avoid being pushed on the tracks. I'm proud to say that I have never felt intimidated riding the subway but I did have to learn a lot of your tips in this video the hard way.

@HereBeBarr

11 ай бұрын

Good one! Thanks

@AmbroseChamberpot

11 ай бұрын

depends on the station, sometimes there are no walls.

@missing9112

11 ай бұрын

And don't look scared, just aware of your surroundings but confident. (As if you might have a gun on you).

@MamaCarola1

11 ай бұрын

Also don't stand at the staircase where the platform is narrow. It's difficult for others to navigate around you.

@homerb3368

11 ай бұрын

@@missing9112too bad we cannot bring Charles Bronson back

Getting ready for our first trip. Very thankful for this video!!!

Thankyou for this jon. My nephew is visiting in September for the first time and this will be a big help for him

We watched your NYC subway video, before visiting one week ago. Thank-you for all of the helpful hints and suggestions. We got the hang of it in one day. We actually loved taking the subway. All of the locals that we met were also friendly and helpful.

Thank you so much for this. I'm going back to NYC after 12 years and this is a fantastic guide on how to survive the mass transit situation. Thank you again.

The subway was honestly one of my favourite things during my visit in May 😍

I do love your videos. I can't help myself watching all of them

I will visit NYC very soon, and all these tips help me a lot. Thanks and cheers from Brazil.

Very helpful tips! Thanks for sharing all the tips to navigate the subway system. Definitely can he confusing for out of towners.

This is so helpful. Well done. Wish I knew all this before my first trip. Learned the hard way. Secret is to absorb all of these tips and to not panic. Great system once you know what you are doing. This video will help many people. Thanks as always.

Thank you, Jon! I opted for the busses on my May 2023 visit. The posted routes & simple fact that they are on the city streets made it easier for me to figure out their routes, where I was & where I was going. I did try the subway & found both affordable, I was just better oriented on the bus.

@anaannna1594

9 ай бұрын

Did you use a metro card or tap to pay for the bus? I'm going soon, it's my first time. Thanks

@DanaDane559

9 ай бұрын

@@anaannna1594 I used a Metro Card. Have a great time!

Thanks here be Barr. This is actually helpful.

❤ am confident to go now after you’re video. Thanks

I was just in NY for a week, and I got a lot of tips from your channel. Definitely going back soon!!

Hey Jon like always thank you for making these videos ! In the beginning the New York Subway was intimidating, but that is not the case anymore !

@HereBeBarr

11 ай бұрын

Takes some time.

Amazing guide to the Subway! Thanks for this!

Wish this guide came out a few months ago, was in NYC for the very first time in March, we bought unlimited Metrocards and was a bit lost in Subway stations for first 2 days, then I figured it out how it works and it was so much more easier and faster to travel after. But gotta thank you for making this and hopefully someone else gets some great tips and tricks, and before next time coming, have to take a look and remind me how it works. Thank you.

Super helpful video! Very informative and straight to the point!

You explained this perfectly. Thank you so much for putting this together.Super helpful :)

I loved this class. It was quiet useful, thank you

Awesome video! Had been before and live in London so find navigating the subway super similar. Only had one person we felt the need to avoid, just swapped platforms away and missed a train then went back & on our way. JFK Airtrain really needs to be on OMNY too - so many people had issues with the machines even though they had figured out how to use them (eg set to exact change only) that the queues built up and before it was anywhere near our turn they just opened the gates and let us all go without paying - must be fairly common as it happened arriving & leaving!

right on! so helpful and great tips. thank you very much! been studying subway maps and bus routes for a few weeks now...can't wait for my first trip to nyc in july.

Thanks for the tip on the CityMapper app from a previous video somewhere! It is all I have used on my whole trip in NYC

I stayed in New Jersey for a few days this past weekend and was able to get to New York City very easily using public transportation. It was my first time. Apple Maps transit helped me so much … but the majority of it is just reading the signs and knowing what direction you are going in…. I took New Jersey transit light rail from liberty State Park to exchange place, and then I rode the path train to World Trade Center, and then took the number one train uptown to Times Square. Cheap and easy

Wish I had this guide before moving to NYC 15 years ago. 🙂 Thank you for this great and informative video.

Thank you for all the useful information!

Thank you so much Great Efforts. Very informative

I was born and raised in NY. I haven't been back in 30 yrs........SO MUCH different than when I had to take the subways......IM IMPRESSED! I like the new TICKET BUYING machines, the train TIME board on the platforms.......VERY NICE! I'm sure the rats like it too? 😅

Great video & NYC subway guide. 👏🏻

Helpful as always. Nice advice to tourists ,👍

@HereBeBarr

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃

Thank you , so helpful 👍

Just to add transferring outside of the subway is free within a 2-hour window as long as it is a different line so you can't ride from an F train, do some errands, and then ride the F train again. This works for subway to bus, bus to bus, bus to subway, or whatever. Useful if you want to go to a close station and transfer but it isn''t at that exact station. This is commonly done for going between 59th street lexington ave and 63rd Street Lexington ave. Make sure you use the same card, device, or whatever you used initially. I live next to a bus for example and use the free transfer from the bus to the train when going into Manhattan. Another thing to note is this is one free transfer. Meaning if you go from bus to train to bus for example you have to pay for the seciond bus.

Of Course, just like with many investigations the answer was right under my nose since the very beginning. 🙂

Back to the future is fantastic!!! Defo should head out there to see it. 100% recommended

Very well done video, thanks. Once hopped on an express train that skipped the station I needed and nearly jeopardized my flight to Dublin. Now I know why!

Hi, Your guiding videos were super useful. For food, subway, to explore, to avoid scam. Thank you very much

2:40 MTA worker here, as of August 20th, fare capping has been updated to count for any 7 day period, it's no longer Monday to Sunday.

@HereBeBarr

9 ай бұрын

Yep! I saw this.

Thanks John, very helpful

A very informative and helpful video!

Great video on explaining the NYC subway. I've seen maps and even videos like RMTransit break down the network but this explains it very well I think Urban Caffeine also made some good videos on NYC subway's wayfinding

love your channel job keep up the good work and be safe on the sub ways

This video is a must!🤩

Smashed that like Jon, I'll enjoy watching this video with a cup of tea later tonight. 💯

As a New Yorker and a everyday train rider this is all true n correct. The train is actually a lot easier to navigate now with all this new technology back in the 2000 I use to get lost all the time 😅

Yo this is useful for family members who are tourists who wants to explore on their own. This is a great guide video you can give them to learn to traveling in the city more better.

Thanks for the tips. I’m going to New York next week.

Thanks for your insights on using the Metro! Just came back from a one week trip to NYC and it went almost smooth all the time using public transport, saved a lot of nerves... one thing that sucked though was the trip from and to JFK with luggage, elevators is not the thing with Metro when you're traveling heavy.

Native new yorker who's chronically on the subway. I actually learned something! I didn't know about the zebra line thing!!

Thank you for all the great tips. Subway is still complicated

Superrr helpful thank you we are forever grateful

Another fabulous job Jon! Always love taking a ride on the subway, although most of the time it was me trying to get to or from Court Sq 23rd St on the E train 😅

@HereBeBarr

11 ай бұрын

Hope you're well Mat!

I've been here for a year now and this comes pretty handy, thanks

Nice to see NY catching up with OMNY! Im going to NY in September

Fantastic! Great video

Great video! Please do an MTA bus video next and how OMNY works there. Lots of people don't know that you can take crosstown buses too.

Thanks! Mastered this video and I did well! Thanks. Thanks.

I was in New York for the first time at the end of May/start of June as a solo traveller and I loved the Subway system, I found it really simple to use, very reliable and unbelievable value. I'm currently fighting the urge to go back already.

@All_These_Voices

11 ай бұрын

That's good to know, I am heading to NY in 19 days and was a little worried about getting around

@amym3169

8 ай бұрын

LOL, at least someone appreciates it for the convenience.

@lilacfields

3 күн бұрын

@@amym3169it’s honestly one of the coolest things about NYC 😭

I had no idea about OMNY, that's very cool. The NYC system is uncomfortably hot in the Summer but in no way as confusing as the Subway system in Paris!

I just came back from NYC last night and used Google Maps and worked like a charm

Solid advice. Thanks

Rly helpful, was there for vacation for five weeks

John is the best. Like combined so many worlds.

Thanks! Great video!

not a new yorker, born & raised in california but i used to take public transportation in college. i use an app called Transit & i love it

Very informative, thank u 👍

Woo hoo! Thanks for the shout out! I guess I sound like a broken record online. The limitations for OMNY don't stop there. It also sucks for families unless every member of the family has a different payment method, and I recently read an article about how once the 30 day unlimited card is discontinued, the locals that those will be really hit in the wallet.

@HereBeBarr

11 ай бұрын

OMNY is really good for locals who don't think and just tap. But when visiting you have to be a little more strategic if you think you need an unlimited. No problem on the shout out!

I freaking loved OMNI when I was visiting a few months ago. SO much easier than a Metrocard. I was there between Mon-Sat which helped. Also I've found it's important to use your sense of direction when exiting the stations. If you're going Uptown (north) remember which way the train was going when you exit then you'll know which way is east and west. It's easy to get turned around in some larger stations.

@benfelps

11 ай бұрын

follow the direction of traffic

@Neville60001

8 ай бұрын

I use PRESTO (which is the same as OMNY) here in Toronto, so _if_ I were to visit New York City, I'd be using an OMNY card, and I'd load about $80.00 on my card.

Planning a trip to nyc soon, my first time. This video will help me navigate the subway system. It is a bit intimidating.

@amym3169

8 ай бұрын

Don't be intimidated. Just ask if you're confused about anything. NYers are more than happy to help. Even if it may seem like we're always in a hurry whether in the subway or on the street, we''ll be more than happy to stop and help.

Such a great video . In NYC had our experiences.. Lol😂

Excellent! Thank you!

My brain is about to exploit 🤯 we have never been in a subway station, so we really need to study this 😂. Thanks for your channel is too helpful!!

Oh thank you!! Im going to new york in August and Im trying to make sense of the train transportation 😩🙏

@HereBeBarr

11 ай бұрын

You got this!

That's so helpful. Thankyou :)

I just returned from NYC with a friend. We didn’t use the subway for the first couple of days because, yes, we were a bit intimidated by it. Wish we had seen this before we left! We had bought the Metro card and had the swiping issue, but it only happened once. And yes, I noticed very few ADA accessible choices to the subway.

After watching your video, I bought a pair of the Soundcore earbuds. Really good product.

When I moved to Chicago, I would come out of the underground stations of the L in downtown, and be so confused where I was, and what was north south east or west. Finally I learned to find the end of the buildings at the lake, or if I new I was close to an overhead loop L to look for them to get my bearings. In New York I have to walk to a corner, step aside, and look at my map. It's not easy. But other than that I never had a problem. But I lived many places with metros

8:31 thanks dude! Those were exactly the questions that I had in my mind.

@aptadpamu

11 ай бұрын

The zebra board is not always on the back wall. It often is hanging off the ceiling, next to the track.

@sunny_muffins

11 ай бұрын

@@aptadpamu thanks! 👍