Cutting Student MetroCards: Vote Delayed
Ugh. Just get it over with already so we can go on with our lives realizing that this is not the end of the world. This is a followup to SUBWAYblogger’s recent post on this subject that became quite the source of debate. The vote to cut the program has been delayed. However, there are [...]
Read MoreGetting to Times Square on New Year’s Eve
It’s time for the city to get rid of 2007 and move on to 2008 like only we can. It’s time for the shit-show known as New Year’s Eve in Times Square.
Ask any New Yorker that has been around here for a few years or more. They’ll likely tell you the last place on earth they would want to be on December 31st is Times Square. Why? Well let’s check the rundown.
- No Alcohol
- No Bathrooms
- No Seats
- No Walking Around
- No Bags
Ohh, and you have to be there by around 5pm at the latest if you want an even halfway decent view of the stages or ball drop.
Starting at around 4pm, the NYPD will close down the streets around Times Square and start filling in the revelers’ cages viewing areas. As each area fills up, they close them off, and start filling the next one. You have really no choice of where you want to be. You just go where you’re directed. Then you are pretty much locked in there. If you leave, there’s really not any getting back in there.
So there’s nothing quite like standing in a penned in area, packed with people while the chick next to you pops a squat because there are no bathrooms. It’s definitely a once in a lifetime activity. Then again, I suppose it is a badge of honor once you’ve done it.
SUBWAYblogger will be there! (Yeah, after that enticing setup.) SB will be “working” right smack in the middle of it all. Luckily, I won’t be trapped in the pens though.
So how do you get there? The subway is the best way:
- All normal Times Square trains will be running every 3 – 12 minutes until 3am. Then, for the rest of New Year’s Day, the system will run on a Sunday schedule. Keep in mind, the bars are allowed to be open until 6am that night, so you’ll need to be in “Sunday Mode” as you stumble back to your apartment.
- N/R/W Uptown lines will skip the 49th Street station beginning at 7pm till 12:15am
- 1 Trains Uptown will skip 50th Street from 7pm till 12:15 am. (That station is waaaay to small to handle the volume of people that will be there.
- From 7pm on, certain subway entrances will be closed as crowd volume warrants, so just be aware that you may need to hoof it to another entrance.
The MTA also reminds you that they are not cool with you shotgunning beers on the trains and buses. [More MTA Info]
So after it is all over, SUBWAYblogger highly recommends walking as far as you can. Just get a reasonable distance away from Times Square before even attempting to get on the subway. Walking uptown to 59th Street really is not as far as it sounds. Walking downtown to 34th Street is like nothing. So you would probably be better off getting out of the thickest areas first.
Let you know how it all goes!
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I hope you can enjoy while working on the Times Square area.
Happy New Year!!!
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