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Subject: Re: NYC Crosstown Bus Posted on: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:07:26 -0800

Brian Wickham wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:53:53 -0800, azzure@olypen.com wrote:
>
>
>>Hi - I'll be in Manhattan in a few weeks, staying at 51st and Lexington.
>> There's a very convenient subway stop there, and I've also heard
>>there's a cross-town bus that runs w. on 49 and e. on 50. Can one of
>>you NY experts tell me where I could find out the number and schedule
>>for that bus? Thanks.
>
>
> The M50/M27 bus schedule is at
> http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m050cur.pdf
>
> I can tell you from experience that the M50 buses are few and far
> between (by local standards). In addition, they run on the two worst
> crosstown streets for traffic in Midtown.
>
> If you need to get crosstown but actually need to be further south
> then take a bus down Lexington to 42 St and transfer to an M104 or an
> M42 both of which run regularly.
>
> Further uptown the M57 and M31 run frequently on 57th Street.
>
> Of course if you plan your trips around a schedule then you should
> have no problem. It's just not something that Manhattanites do since
> we always expect that a bus will be by soon anyway.
>
> In any event you may want to consider that a walk from 51st St at
> Lexington Ave to Rockefeller Center takes only a few minutes and is
> usually faster than the bus, on weekdays of course.
>
> You can get a free bus map in NY. If you can't find one at the hotel
> then go to Grand Central Terminal on Lexington Ave at 44 St and find
> the Transit Museum Store on the main level. They have a rack with all
> the current maps available for the taking.
>
Thanks so much! We expect to do a lot of walking, but thought we'd better
have a backup plan in case it's freezing and/or pouring.

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