Grate advice Julio, other option --staying there-- is use navigation capabilities of OsmAnd mobile app. El jun. 4, 2015 12:53 PM, "Julio Costa Zambelli" < [email protected]> escribió:
> Andy, > > I am a frugal traveller so I have always used the subway to/from JFK. From > any Airport terminal you take the Airtrain to "Howard Beach" (NOT Jamaica), > once there you only have A trains and you have to take one towards > Manhattan. You get off the train in the 14th Street station (it should be a > long trip, a little longer if its late night since the train will stop at > every station at that time of the day). From the station you walk a few > meters south to Jackson Square and then left (East) on West 13th Street (on > the Starbucks according to our map: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/40.73925/-74.00224) until you cross > 7th Avenue. > > To get to the UN Headquarters probably the easiest way is to walk to the > Union Square Station (three blocks away to the East) take the train 4 or 5 > (Express) towards Bronx and get off the train in Grand Central 42nd Street > station and walk a few blocks East (until you reach the river ;) > > If you combine http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html and OSM it should be > quite easy. I do it that way every time. > > Cheers, > > Julio Costa Zambelli > Fundación OpenStreetMap Chile > > [email protected] > > http://www.openstreetmap.cl/ > Cel: +56(9)89981083 > > On 4 June 2015 at 13:58, Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Well I visited New York in 2004 and then the choice was either a shuttle >> bus (which drops you off somewhere near Grand Central) or the monorail to >> an "A train" subway station which would take you into Manhattan. >> >> Once you're in Manhattan I guess you can just use an OSM map ;-) >> >> Obviously things might have changed now... >> >> Nick >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> >> Sent: 04 June 2015 16:38 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [OSM-talk] SOTM-US: directions please >> >> Ironic, given our subject of interest... >> >> I've searched online, but found no directions from JFK to the New >> Shool's 13th Street Residence, nor walking directions from there to >> the UN building. >> >> Could someone oblige, please? >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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