Nick

I was wondering if I could walk. If I could take the subway, which station should I get off at? Thank you for your help.

greg

With the thoussands of visitors and natives visiting that area, you're better off walking. Be prepared to jostle and be jostled to an inch of your life.

Owen O'Neill

You could take the N, R, or W uptown (should be marked as Queens destination if I recall correctly). Get off at the 5th Avenue stop and you'll be adjacent to the southeastern corner of Cnetral park and very close to the shopping district, which runs down 5th Ave south from that point. The subways are very crowded from 7-9:30AM and from 4:30-6:30PM but it's not a long ride and should be tolerable even if standing. If the weather is decent it is a nice walk from Times Square and could be done in 25-40 minutes depending on your pace.

Howard

It's a simple two-block walk from Times Square (i.e, Broadway and Seventh Avenue) to Fifth Avenue. Assuming you mean the shopping area from 42nd Street to 60th, you're right there. Times Square runs from 42nd to 47th Streets.

Kay

The walk is very easy as long as the weather's OK.
I haven't ever been 'jostled' before (but don't walk this area during business rush periods).

ellenB

If you try to take a subway, you will find that by the time you walk to a station, walk down the stairs, follow the usually long corridors (especially at Times Square), take the subway, then repeat the process getting back out at Fifth Avenue, the above the street walk would probably have been much shorter.

Ted

Walk or jump in a taxi. But realize that the taxi ride may take longer than walking.

Howard

Are you people not reading the question? I repeat: It's a two-block walk from Times Square to Fifth Avenue! Please tell me why you would take a subway, assuming that there was a subway you could take for those two blocks?

rqf

Walk, walk, walk. If you happen to be at 42nd Street and Broadway there is a subway you could take - the #7 one stop to 5th Avenue. Why you would want to do this doesn't make much sense since it is a less than 10 minute walk - this distance is just about 1/4 of a mile. Entering the subway, getting to the #7 platform, waiting for a train will take at least 10 minutes, possibly more. A note suggests you don't do this walk during peak business periods - nonsense.

Howard

Thank you, rqf! I was starting to think that I had missed something!

al

Unless you're a 5 pack a day smoker, listen to Howard and WALK from Times Square to 5th and make a left. When you get to Saks, look across the street and check out the tree. Stop in St. Patrick's Cathedral. If you're exhausted when you get to 59th Street take a subway back to Times Square. If you're not, walk back. Go down 6th, 7th or Broadway for a little variety.

And don't worry about seeing Darnell. There's nobody in NY named Darnell anyway.

Vicki

Since we're on the subject, how long is the walk from Times Square to Madison Square Garden? Thanks.

hamlet

It is about a 15 minute walk.

(In the hopes of avoiding controversy, I won't ask at exactly what point around Time Square is your starting point, or suggest what subway you could take...)

al

Yep, about 15 minutes, at a leisurely pace.

Vicki

Actually, we plan a trip to NYC where we would PREFER to walk everywhere, but wonder about certain areas. Husband and boys attending Knicks game on a Thursday evening, we are hoping to land a Times Square hotel. Will train into Penn Station and out of Grand Central, want to be centrally located, and walk as much as possible.

Howard

Vicki, it's easy to gauge north-south distances in New York--20 blocks to a mile. Since Times Square runs from 42nd to 47th Streets and Madison Square Garden is at 33rd Street, it's about a half-mile walk.

rqf

As pointed out when walking north/south it is 20 blccks to a mile. When going east/west, from avenue to avenue, is the same as walking three blocks north/south.
From 7th to 5th Avenue is two very long blocks. The walking distance is approximately six north/south blocks.

Vicki

So then, would you NY'ers say that the area encompassing East/West Midtown to Madison Square Garden area is completely walkable? We are used to walking and find it preferable. However, we know the walk down to Ground Zero would be much longer.

Lois

Nick, you wouldn't walk from Times Square area to Ground Zero, but everywhere else you've mentioned is an easy walk -- really the only thing that makes sense.

Lois

Vicki -- I just addressed the previous email to Nick and then realized it was you who asked about Ground Zero, Madison Square Garden [Penn Station is right there] and Grand Central