How to read the train maps: 1. Look at the lines 2. That's where the train goes
@tomalator
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I don't know why this guy is making it seem like studying hieroglyphics
@Chips1440
6 ай бұрын
Probably because a lot of people can't read Maps well and want to help people. Don't forget: He's dealing with People who often don't know where China or Russia is on the Map
@Mgameing123
4 ай бұрын
It’s actually important to know what uptown and downtown is to locate what platform is your direction. You might know a line but you might not know the platforms.
@danialbrecht2982
Ай бұрын
Sometimes it’s easy to mess up which direction the train is going! Lol I’m a Long Islander and I end up on the right train going the wrong way very often,
@Whereismycheesewasntavailable
8 ай бұрын
The 7 is actually technically a Manhattan crosstown, so it is actually grouped with the L, and is also an East-West Line.
@williamarndt9465
8 ай бұрын
Yes! My train to Woodside where my friend lived. And to CitiField. Now the 7 goes to Hudson Yards to the east.
@lithium191
7 ай бұрын
Same for the E. It stops at 50 St on 8 Av, then cuts across on 53rd, with stops at 7 Av, 5th, and Lex
@Ifitmatters52
6 ай бұрын
Yeah I was gonna say Fuck the 7 train right
@DBSGEEK7
2 ай бұрын
@@Ifitmatters52no 7 train better than u
@zanib8880
7 ай бұрын
I really dont understand how hard is it to navigate for some people. All the information you need are printed there right under your eyes.
@trey5747
7 ай бұрын
Plus there’s google maps now
@MrAronymous
7 ай бұрын
It's only easy if you're familiar with stuff that isn't necessarily relevant to the system itself. In other transit systems around the world you can rely on a schematic map alone to get somewhere. In NYC you need to take into account if the train stops at that particular station (express lines), what branch it goes to, and now apparantly also where 'uptown and downtown' are. (None of which are displayed easily on the map!!!) Hint: it's bad design. You don't design a map for the people who already know where to go, you design it for those unfamiliar with the system.
@Abstract_zx
6 ай бұрын
step 1: open google maps on your phone step 2: put in where you want to go step 3: choose an option (car, bus, train, bike, walk) step 4: follow directions
@saoirseislive
6 ай бұрын
@@Abstract_zx Well you should be careful with google maps, it gives me horrible routes. Thankfully I don't leave my city much and I know my way around.
@jama211
5 ай бұрын
The important thing is you found a way to feel superior
@jst4572
6 ай бұрын
As a New Yorker I have confidence that I could go to any country and read their map without a problem.
@profligatepassages
5 ай бұрын
As a person with a pretty average IQ I have the same confidence you have in my ability to do the same 🤣 and I have in a few countries, Tokyo is the most robust system
@thomasdye6424
6 ай бұрын
"The Bronx is up and The Battery's down."
@wyndpvp
4 ай бұрын
The 7 Train has left the chat
@SugoiTravelReviews
7 ай бұрын
The extreme lack of east/west lines always frustrated me…and just the general lack of maintenance of the whole MTA 😂😂
@williamarndt9465
7 ай бұрын
I've been riding the subway since 1968. It's a different world today. Escalators and elevators, public art, lighting, signage, A/C.
@afcgeo882
2 ай бұрын
You don’t she end billions on running a subway line for 10 blocks.
@lemonmazter7831
5 ай бұрын
Visited Manhattan for the first time ever and I figured out the subways just fine.
@TravisRitenourautismvlogs
2 ай бұрын
i just got back home from my trip to NYC with my brother i loved riding the subway
@jazziered142
5 ай бұрын
I've met some of the nicest people in New York riding their transit system. ❤️
@tommysimmons5266
9 ай бұрын
I rode every mile of track at age 7 from the avenue X station looking for my father who was at nyc university hospital on 1st avenue in Manhattan. Except I didn’t know what stop to get off, and every 3 stops I would get off going to street level and not see the hospital. I rode around nyc for 18 hours. Finally a Transit cop found me sleeping on a train at the end of the 123 line in queens at 2am in the morning. And what I did on the LIRR trains being tested on Staten Island is another story at age 12, 51 years ago… Riding on the steps a foot off the ground holding on to the steel platform deck. How I would get to Boy Scouts in great kills on Hillside Terrace
@bansheebot2
7 ай бұрын
The best son a Dad could ever hope for. Legend!
@tommysimmons5266
7 ай бұрын
@@bansheebot2 my father was in the hospital. I did this on my own a year or two after riding 6 miles across Brooklyn trying to runaway across the Verrazano narrow bridge. Without getting lost at 6 years old. 56 years later and I’m still traveling around after retirement as a truck driver
@NewYorkRecordingsNYC
6 ай бұрын
The 123 doesn't go to Queens, tho the 3 ends fairly close to it in New Lots during daytime (the 4 runs there at nights)
@AdamFaruqi
6 ай бұрын
Bro doesn't know the 7 exists
@aamiri7666
2 ай бұрын
The 7 is also a crosstown train
@PSTXFL
Ай бұрын
I saw a rat the size of a small dog climbing up the stairs out of the NYC subway once. That’s the closest I ever got to taking the subway 😂
@blazingbattlehawk9626
6 ай бұрын
When getting around St. Louis we play a game of try not to wind up in Illinois
@bobversheck2131
4 ай бұрын
Ar 12 years old I would take bus from the city line in eastern Queens, get on the subway, change trains to get to the west side to go to the Museum of Natural History. Or, to the NY Worlds Fair. You can figure it out!
@user-vf7vs8rz2t
7 ай бұрын
I imagine you get asp for directions a lot I would like to live in New York just long enough to learn how it works so I can understand it and have a real experience. I see a lot of comments and things related to New York on KZitem where you can tell they’ve never been there, and just passing judgment based ona video
@johnduncan8745
10 ай бұрын
This guy is gorgeous!
@DanielsimsSteiner
10 ай бұрын
💅💅 thanks king
@bpo4736
2 ай бұрын
Random thought, Five Boroughs, 5 Kage Nations from Naruto xD.
@user-bn2zb6bh5o
28 күн бұрын
Until I started watching these subway videos I thought Manhattan was all of NYC. Now I understand why NYC is a big deal.
@TomGibson.
2 ай бұрын
Most people use “northbound” and “southbound” or “eastbound” and “westbound” for lines and “clockwise” or “anti-clockwise” for loops
@rahileshanbi5551
Ай бұрын
As someone who doesn’t have public transportation where I come from, the first time I used it and saw a mal it was really overwhelming and it still is a bit. Thank god for Google Maps. You can definitely get by, anyways. But not being familiar definitely puts you at a disadvantage.
@hannhan2409
Ай бұрын
The Tube is pretty much North, East, South, West. It looks complicated but it’s easy.
@AlbertoEscalante15
Ай бұрын
I love my city.
@ThecrazyJH96
5 ай бұрын
Metro maps are easy for me, bus routes/maps are hard
@htimsid
2 ай бұрын
As a rabbit, I always know where my burrow is.
@nb2008nc
Ай бұрын
Let's ignore the 7 train. The Mets always get ignored. 😢
@jaybk718
7 ай бұрын
And then downtown brooklyn is in the north western part of the borough, or the closest to Manhattan.
@afcgeo882
2 ай бұрын
Brooklyn and Manhattan are the only two boroughs that have a “downtown” as they were both independent cities before unification into one NYC.
@notequalto5179
6 ай бұрын
"Taking the bus is faster than the subway" *Doubt*
@solconcordia4315
Ай бұрын
I seldom take the buses because of the frequent stops taking much time. Subway trains can shoot around underground much quicker if one knows when and where to go express and local.
@TWOCOWS1
Ай бұрын
Dan, do you make regular vids, or just these quickies?
@Ti5qu4ntum
5 ай бұрын
That's the only advise I got from my uncle when I moved to NYC, 24 years ago - "You only need to know Upton, downtown, that's all". And sent me to get lost in the sybway, and have fun getting lost. 😅
@robnj76
5 ай бұрын
When i encounter a confused tourist trying to figure out if they want to go north or south i loudly sing, "NY, NY its a hell of a town, the Bronx is up and the Battery's down...." Twice in the past 5 years I had the immense joy of fellow MTA passengers join in with "The people ride in a hole in rhe ground..."
@solconcordia4315
Ай бұрын
Where Minnie and Mickey wrestle over a police doughnut round and round.
@devindavidson3976
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, right. I lived in DC and their subway system is small and simple. Almost impossible to get lost. I visited NYC and used the subway. Omg, it is the most complicated, vast subway system. What made it even more difficult is the subways are stacked on top of each other. You may have to go down several levels to get to the subway line you need and even then, some are express and skip stations. It's not an easy system to learn but a necessity if you live there and need to commute quickly... Well quicker than driving most of the time.
@nicktune1219
7 ай бұрын
The problem with the DC metro is that it’s actually a commuter rail system. You can sort of get around DC using the metro but you’re better off walking or taking a bus. The issue is that the lines only converge at metro center, lenfant plaza, or mcpherson square. If you want to get from Cleveland park to fort totten, you have to go downtown and then back up. In many large metro systems around the world, there would be a line that goes across this area and intersects at several lines. That’s why New York is superior in pure coverage. It may seem more confusing but it’s far easier.
@devindavidson3976
7 ай бұрын
@@nicktune1219 Agreed! NYC is much older and much more extensive. DCs is aging too.
@tiffanywyatt5137
7 ай бұрын
DC also gets more attention from the government and more money cause it's the US capital. Cities are not treated equally
@solconcordia4315
Ай бұрын
Mayor Bloomberg's administration streamlined the timing of the trains' arrival and departure times to avoid waiting times of passengers on the subway platforms. It's, however, overly tight in a huge multilevel station such as West 4th Street. If one was one stairway off, one misses a train. Maybe it's why the people who ride it every day don't complain much. They get through riding the subway efficiently.
@gasser5001
6 ай бұрын
My quick travel tip for NYC, live somewhere else. :) Works for me, every single time.
@Minelaughter
7 ай бұрын
Thank you! I live in a city with many elevated trains. However there is one major problem. I’m in Chicago
@asdfjklasdfjkl408
Ай бұрын
I can figure out which train, which stop, etc. but finding the mf train platform is a HUGE pain in the ass. The signs suck!!!!
@MrJamberee
10 ай бұрын
I don’t know how this is going to help me when I am in Colorado.
@DanielsimsSteiner
10 ай бұрын
Thats a very vaild point. I'll take that into consideration for the next one.
@noahk4602
10 ай бұрын
haha somehow the algorithm must’ve messed up, also in colorado
@DocSteiner
10 ай бұрын
Knowledge
@jake_thememegod3137
29 күн бұрын
As someone from Chicago, whos Public Transit System is extremely easy on my opinion, reading this map gave me a literal stroke. Theres so many branches, and what are the numbers and letters for? Im actually looking for a genuine explanation from a NYC citizen.
@gregblair5139
5 ай бұрын
The notion of "uptown" and "downtown" generally mean "north" and "south." However, the Manhattan street grid is off the North-South axis by about 30 degrees, so it's not exact. The concept of Uptown and Downtown that exists in Manhattan generally exists in the Bronx as well (and is consistent with Manhattan).
@barbaragreene7500
7 ай бұрын
Hey! Most native New Yorkers know there are 5 boroughs that make up the city of New York!
@starchington
6 ай бұрын
Where Brooklyn at!? Where Brooklyn at!? What about Queeeeens? What about Queeeeeeeeens?
@Brooklyn_Jay_1982
8 ай бұрын
Wish I knew this when I was 13. lol. My ass was lost all the time 😂
@daltongalloway
7 ай бұрын
You on that Home Alone 2 ish😂
@solconcordia4315
Ай бұрын
Oh, our immigration system requiring sponsors makes sense, doesn't it. We got this "uptown" "downtown" "local" "express" briefing down pat very early after our arriving in Manhattan. I counted station stops so I could pretty much nod off a bit with my eyes closed. 😊
@solconcordia4315
Ай бұрын
I've an inertial guidance system.
@afcgeo882
2 ай бұрын
Why are you using the 42nd Street Shuttle as a main crosstown train line when it’s clearly the 7?
@Oscillovision
7 ай бұрын
Grand central is technically a terminal and not a station.
@sometwo7429
4 ай бұрын
only for the metro north and the lirr. It is a station for the subway, no lines terminate there
@afcgeo882
2 ай бұрын
A terminal or terminus is a type of a station.
@MetalMilitia072583
7 ай бұрын
"OnLy In new York"
@Saladicious_
4 ай бұрын
People live in staten island?😮
@Onlytheroadandi
5 ай бұрын
How to read a subway map. 101.
@cameron8772
7 ай бұрын
nah not a guy from Ohio explaining nyc subways
@baxter265
2 ай бұрын
Change the map to Spanish so the new citizens of NYC can read it.
@amessina6691
4 ай бұрын
You mean up is north and down is south? Brilliant.🤓
@GeoJoe_13
2 ай бұрын
New York sits on an angle so no, North is not up and south is not down
@le_th_
2 ай бұрын
Well done
@Fireball_
7 ай бұрын
It's also stupid that marble hill is in Manhattan
@HarryInEdi
6 ай бұрын
In London the tube is very helpful - it has eastbound/westbound or northbound/southbound depending on the orientation of that particular station. Which is very intuitive in most cases.
@afcgeo882
2 ай бұрын
So one must carry a compass to navigate the system? You think that makes it simple? I’ve been to London 4 times. As a New Yorker, I always use the tube and buses. Never have I ever used the tube thinking which way was south or north. Every platform has the final destination listed for each line.
@HarryInEdi
2 ай бұрын
@@afcgeo882 Well yeah the final destination is also very helpful, obviously. But in most cases, if you know where you are and where your destination will be (which you probably do if you've spent much time in London). But I find when I am running for the tube that is pulling up, the big sign saying 'NORTHBOUND' is often all I need - I know, for example, that I am currently in Southbank but need to get to Islington... which is north of me. Naturally, when I am somewhere I don't know so well, travelling to another place I don't know very well, I stand there like a tourist and read the signage etc.
@danielberg7644
6 ай бұрын
Information ℹ will never need.
@xander1052
6 ай бұрын
I am glad for living in a city of 32 boroughs and 1000 contradictions instead, as our map doesn't need explaining.
@Therealkevinkevinson
7 ай бұрын
What cracked out lunatic designed those train lines
@Nooneoneoneoeneone
6 ай бұрын
Yall realize trains outside of Manhattan either way Manhattan bound or the name of the station where the like terminates right it’s easy
@hughjanus5336
7 ай бұрын
Map of burroughs looks like an adult diaper.
@user-sy5fh9do4e
7 ай бұрын
Burrow? Like where a rabbit lives?
@americanmale314
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this!!! It's hard for visitors to navigate in this great city.
@westrim
6 ай бұрын
Why are there no underground burrows? All the 5 existing burrows seem be above ground.
@afcgeo882
2 ай бұрын
Boroughs?
@don0612
7 ай бұрын
Even Biggie didn’t know where’s Brooklyn at?
@tocororo
2 ай бұрын
Just walk😊
@franticzenster8140
4 ай бұрын
What's with the mullet?
@HuzaineHajiDaud
5 ай бұрын
Uptown girl
@jaredg92i
7 ай бұрын
Did u literally not even mention the 7 train? Ok new idea no one is allowed to make videos like this if they weren’t raised in NY
@daltongalloway
7 ай бұрын
The video is only a minute log bro 😂
@jaredg92i
7 ай бұрын
@@daltongallowaytell me you’re not from NYC and u didn’t understand my comment at all
@jaredg92i
7 ай бұрын
@@daltongallowayLike he had time to mention the shuttle but not the 7? Dude if u not from NY don’t say nothing
@daltongalloway
7 ай бұрын
@@jaredg92i bro this is a minute long clip cut from a longer video, you’re ignorant hahah
@jaredg92i
7 ай бұрын
@@daltongallowaybro u can’t be this stupid he says there’s only 2 east west lines there’s 3 and the 7 is way more important than the shuttle like shut up already
@sibymiller
Ай бұрын
The S train is the weirdest route 🤔 Why??
@stuff4673
5 ай бұрын
Sounds like a pain in the ass place to live. I got that from Seinfeld though.
@ShawnSmith-ns5gr
4 ай бұрын
I guess it's difficult if can't do something as basic as read a map 🤔
@averysanty6154
6 ай бұрын
What helps is using time square to distinguish going north, and then World Trade Center for going south; It helped me a lot when I was interning there on summer :’)
@timothyjarczynski3175
10 ай бұрын
There is the path that runs east to west to Jersey that has a few stops In lower Manhattan
@afcgeo882
2 ай бұрын
And you’re a true New York expert if you’ve used the Path to go between 33rd St and Christopher St because you know the subway won’t.
@user-er3ri6sc3j
5 ай бұрын
Learn the alphabet before going to alphabet city.
@fo-fif
5 ай бұрын
I give props to people that were born and live in these cities. I could never. That loos like a video game map that they are trapped inside of.
@hythekent
21 күн бұрын
5 barros ? Does he mean boroughs?
@mother_tucker
7 ай бұрын
Is it not just in terms of the compass ie north is ‘up’?
@jamison_brown
7 ай бұрын
NY sits at an angle, so north is not the top of the map.
@JonathaninEssex
2 ай бұрын
Why so many repeats of your videos?
@drucastro1467
6 ай бұрын
Duh, the 7 is crosstown from Grand central to Hudson yards. It’s right on the map !! LOL 🤦
@brayanbarreramtaproductions
14 күн бұрын
T Train Joins Chat Wheres Me MTA Oh You Have To Wait
@42ndStreetShuttle
2 ай бұрын
Indeed I do
@robertbarncord6341
Ай бұрын
Or just live in a civilized part of the country, much easier and without the smell.
@Milkman4279
7 ай бұрын
It's Grand Central Terminal, not Grand Central Station.
@carlajohnson9849
7 ай бұрын
Born New Yorker and I still get lost
@majdnadour4210
6 ай бұрын
They have a loooooot to learn from russia
@gregblair5139
5 ай бұрын
The signs in the Moscow Subway are in Cyrillic, so nobody can read them!
@alankovacik1928
6 ай бұрын
use caution ⚠ ⚠️⚠️
@aram_ameninch_garam
4 ай бұрын
But what u know about the 9 train tho?
@wyndpvp
2 ай бұрын
bro that train got removed 15 fucking years ago 💀
@WifeWantsAWizard
7 ай бұрын
I remember when I was a kid we used to use our feet. It was the craziest thing. Now there's a "crosstown bus".
@samanthapeppers546
7 ай бұрын
I used to use my feet to, before I was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident. Not everyone has that luxury.
@WifeWantsAWizard
7 ай бұрын
@@samanthapeppers546 I don't wanna hear it. If you tip your wheels to 45 you can get there twice as fast as me and you don't have to elbow anyone for a seat. If you had a face shield to prevent people from sneezing on you we'd be talking about my perfect life.
@zac6499
7 ай бұрын
you are a miserable person@@WifeWantsAWizard
@hasonygamer6508
4 ай бұрын
Where is gotham
@MMMaldini-qe4qv
6 ай бұрын
London >>>
@Idocubing0726
6 күн бұрын
0:01
@maril1379
7 ай бұрын
USE MTA trip advisor to plan trips and weekend planner as work often done on several lines
@Christian_Martel
6 ай бұрын
Team Numéro2 !
@mrecalde11
6 ай бұрын
Nah, google maps!
@holdencawffle626
7 ай бұрын
Highlights? LOL
@zanussidish5685
8 ай бұрын
Is Bu Ro the way NY or Americans pronounce what I say as Bur O.
@BoratWanksta
4 ай бұрын
It's pronounced bu-row, if you're asking about the pronunciation of borough(s). The way this is pronounced in this video, is correct.
@jeffreyd2477
3 ай бұрын
Wow no kidding
@fernandopessim
Ай бұрын
What a shitty design. Some trains can only go one way? Laaaame
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