How to Ride the New York City Subway (Guide to the NYC Subway)
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How does the New York subway work? And how do you navigate the New York subway? Unfortunately, navigating NYC subway has a steep learning curve. That is why I put this ultimate video guide to the New York subway together to help guide you through the New York City subway system (especially helpful for tourists). This is the video I wish I had watched when I first visited New York City. Whether you are visiting or moving to New York City, I hope this video saves you a lot of time and frustration. You'll learn a few trivia about the New York City subway (to include NYC subway letters); express and local trains; crosstown, uptown, and downtown trains; how to read the NYC subway map and station signage. Good luck and happy subway riding!
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00:00 Intro
01:45 Subway Lines
07:02 Subway Map
08:03 Directional Signage
09:54 Platform Signage
12:07 Entrance Signage
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A Vignelli-style unofficial map of the New York City Subway system in 2018
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MTA subway train station platform with people traveling in New York
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Entrance of Brooklyn Bridge city hall station subway
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Subway entrance at Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza in NYC
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Entrance to subway station (23rd St N and R trains)
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Broad street subway station in Wall Street
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Modern glass entrance to the NYC Subway at Bowling Green
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Entrance to the 14th Street-Union Square subway station
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Subway entrance at 23rd Street in NYC (1 train downtown)
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Wall street subway station in New York City (Uptown and the Bronx)
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CORRECTION: The A is not the oldest subway line, but it is the longest.
The 9th Ave. Line was an El. The first underground line that is part of the current system is the IRT Broadway Line. Previosly, there was an experimental line using a vaccum.
@@stevefish3124 And for the super history nerds, part of that IRT Broadway line can still be seen in the Times Square station. If you go to the Shuttle to Grand Central and cross over toward the furthest Shuttle platform (or the exit that's over there) and look around, you'll see the walkway goes over some [currently] unused tracks -- a small section of the IRT Broadway line that's a little bit of preserved subway history still on view.
It is also used for the shuttle trains to cross over to the main line for Maintenance or replaced in the train yard.
@UrbanCaffeine, you forgot to mention that the stations with the 'entrances' that have red balls instead of the green ones are station _exits_ and can't be used to enter a subway station.
Do u have a bf? Very curious 😊
I am a retired NYC subway train operator (motorman). This is the best video explanation of the system that I have seen. Congratulations, young lady. Excellent job!!!!!
Thanks so much! Feel free to share with people who might need this. 😊
@@UrbanCaffeine Hi, do you have any metro app suggestion that works without mobile data?
Hi how much is a unlimited pass for. Week
@@thetraveldynasty7915 Don't ask me. I don't know. Direct your inquiry to Urban Caffeine directly. Good luck.
@@thetraveldynasty7915 Don't ask me. I don't know. Direct your inquiry to Urban Caffeine directly. Good luck.
This is the more complete subway guide I've seen, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching.
@@UrbanCaffeine Correction: The "A" train is not the oldest Subway line. It is the longest. The oldest is that if the No. 1 IRT which opened on Thursday, October 27th 1904. The first stations were from City Hall to 145th Street
If I could meet you, I would thank you over and over and over for this video. We traveled to New York City from Tennessee and I must’ve watched your video 100 times. Everything you said is spot on and we enjoyed this trip so much more thanks to you. My husband was working while my mom and I “played.” She is 79 and I was 53. This was in the middle of May 2023. I would’ve been so lost without your video. We rode the subway so many times that week. We didn’t get lost at all. Mostly my issue was trying to figure out where to exit the subway and get re-oriented once outside. To anyone reading this, watch this video over and over. Every time, you will grasp something that you may not have grasped before. I sure hope you see my comment because I want you to know how much you helped us enjoy our trip. I could go on and on, but, your video rocks! And so do you!
Thanks for this nice note. It's heartwarming to hear you had a great time in NY while using public transit. 😊
As someone with ZERO sense of direction, this video is essential viewing. Thank you!
I'm glad it's helping you out! The subway is confusing enough, especially when they have service changes. 😂 Thanks for watching!
Two words. Google Maps lol helped me out so much, you just follow along and it tells you when to get off and transfer
🤓 Subway Superhero... Wow, didn’t know NYC is so big...
Indeed it is. Manhattan is so small if you think about it. Thanks for watching!
I cannot fully express how grateful I am for this video. I went to New York last December with my wife and this was a lifesaver. I have never had an easier time using an unfamiliar transit system, much less one of the size and complexity of New York's. The only hiccup we had was getting lost looking for a transfer area when we had to get off the train unexpectedly because it suddenly switched to Express (good thing I at least knew that was a possibility though, thanks to this vid). Fantastic job!
It's always nice to hear how this video was helpful. Glad you had a good time! 😊
I've lived in NYC for almost 50 yrs and your videos are telling me more than I knew. I love them and I love your dedication to the research. I'm officially a fan.
It's been 4 months since we've returned from our Manhattan vacation and wanted to thank you for your video. We rode the subway numerous times and never went down the wrong stairs or took the wrong train. Sometimes we would repeat something you told us so that we would remember as we're pointing/walking, lol. If/When we return, we'll watch again. This was probably the most intimidating part of visiting.
I just found this video does anybody else think this was like SO HELPFUL tysm!!!
Great video! Super helpful as we plan our first visit to NYC in a few weeks. Thanks so much for the detailed and entertaining content!
Thank you very much for this very informative statement. Well structured and sympathetically conveyed. Fantastic!!
Very well done. Very informative. I go to NY a few times a year and spend major portion of day just riding subways; I learned more here than on all my subway trips combined!
For those of us that need to know the "why" behind everything, this is so incredibly helpful. Thank you!!
I needed to know the why too! 😀
I wish this video was available on my first subway ride years ago! I studied the map determined to educate myself. As you mentioned, after a few attempts the whole process made sense.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! The subway system always felt like a foreign language to me. This helped me understand things way better.
watching all these videos as a new yorker is really fun because sometimes theres info that i didnt know or did know and forgot, and every time i watch these i get a better way to explain the subway system to my out of city/state friends
Thanks for answering my question and I found the information about where to get off to get back on the AirTrain also useful. Alan
I am extremely thankful for this. Great work girl!!
Thank you! This is a very helpful video! :) A complete and detailed guide
Thank you for the very details video! I am headed to NYC this weekend and excited to use the subway!
This is very useful and well-made, thank you!! We’ve been re-watching and are learning more every time as advertised 🙂
So glad to hear! Many thanks! 😊
Wow you're a saint for making this video! Thank you so much!!!!
Love your videos! So glad I stumbled across them. Heading to Manhattan for about two weeks in late June / into July from St. Louis. Thanks for videos! Already studying the subway system!
This was really quite good. Nice introduction to the subway system. And yes, I watched the whole thing.
As someone that just moved to Jersey City recently, this is amazing! Thank you for this vid!
I've seen a few of these subway explanation videos, but this one is the best. I moved here in December and I've been riding the subway regularly, but still learned a lot in this video!
Thanks! I remember moving here and just flying by the seat of my pants. That was an adventure. Lol. Hope you are enjoying New York!
This video needs to be the official subway guide, anyone, ANYONE, can learn from this video. Very well done.
Subway superhero! Thanks for flattening the curve!
Superb content knowledge, wonderful explanations, so warm and friendly, interesting, and fun. Thank you, Thea.
SUBWAY SUPERHERO indeed!! You nailed it!!
This so helpful! Thank you for making this.
Great video as always. You do a fabulous job explaining the subway system Big thumbs up 😎👍
Hi thea, Ill be in nyc for couple of months and this intro to subway is a big help for me to explore the city 😊 big thanks!!!
Great video! thanks for touching on the history, its very interesting !
This is very helpful! The information that the trains run in the same direction as the traffic is new to me.
Very useful information that should be required viewing for all visitors or new residents to NYC. As usual, outstanding graphics/visuals with very clear, well-written narration. All your content is superbly done and it is pretty evident you spend a lot of time researching and producing your episodes. Thank you for all your hard work!
I truly appreciate how much you appreciate these videos. Thank you for continually watching!
Thanks so much for this detailed video! It’s awesome and so helpful 🥰🥰🥰!
Your NYC public transportation made me so confident in traveling the city when I visited for my first time. Thank you so much!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Wonderful descriptions and information. Thank you!!
Happy Holidays Thea...I've been to New York on a number of times and this info is very helpful 👍👍😊🇹🇹🇹🇹
Amazing information, I was able to use the subway like a pro in my recent vacation.
Subway superhero! Going good so far this info is great
Great video. Lots of intense/detailed/confusing info. You did an excellent job of explaining it and making it easy to understand. 👏👏
Wow, thank you! It's so structured and so many tips given to understand all this complicated system! thanx again!
This is such an informative video, thank you. Am just off to NYC and going to be using the subway system. This video has given me a lot of confidence to use it. Thanks.
Great video. I am headed to NYC in October so I'll update then. Thanks for the info.
So grateful for your videos! I moved to NY only yesterday, it helps a lot! 🙏🏼
P.S. Love explanations on various examples!
Thanks for watching! I hope you had a good move.
I watched almost all your NY videos; they are informative, extremely helpful and very thoughtful. Thank you for great work!
This was hands down the most helpful video I have seen on the NY subway system. Thank you!
Wow, thanks! Glad it was helpful.
Currently in NYC and needed this for tomorrow. Thanks.
Great video, very insightful! Thank you for making it easy to understand 😊
Glad it's useful! 🙌
Thanks for posting this and all others. I'm plowing through your channel as I'm going to NYC this fall. (I'm in South Carolina.) I enjoy how organized your videos are.
Thank you! It's much appreciated. 😊 Fall is my favorite season in New York. Good luck on planning your trip!
Fantastic guide, thanks very much. I’m visiting in November 2023, so this is very useful!
Hi Thea, I just got back from my holiday to NYC and after watching this video, navigating the subway was a breeze! Between Google Maps and understanding the signage/uptown/downtown/local/express etc I felt like a local using the subway multiple times a day to get around. Such a helpful video!
So happy to hear you had a successful subway experience! I hope your trip went well. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for the video. I am traveling to NY in September. I was planning on taking an uber everywhere because subway looks so confusing. I will watch this video a couple of times and try the subway. :)
Saving this for when I finally move to the New York when the world opens up 😅 Thank you so much! The video is super concise and the tips are super helpful! Lots of love all the way from New Zealand!
I hope the world opens up again too 🤞 Thanks for watching!
Amazing video!!! Ive watched quite a few subway videos lately and yours is by far the best! Thank you!!!
So helpful thank you for creating this!
Thea's videos are so helpful. Just returned from NY with my wife and Thea's UC subway video helped us get around Manhattan with confidence. It made our visit that much more enjoyable and we saved some $$ not having to take the taxi everywhere. In fact, we didn't have to take the taxi or Uber once while we were in Manhattan and Flushing/Queens. Thank you Thea and UC!
Thank You!
Love the Subway.
Stay safe in these COVID times.
Love your videos Thea! The last time I was in NYC I ended up out at Coney Island and when I wanted to head back I was terribly confused by the station. I had a hard time figuring out what level I needed to be on and started second guessing myself and wandering up and down to different platforms. I ended up getting back but I think it was a fluke :)
I moved here a couple months ago and this video was truly so helpful! SUBWAY SUPERHERO, and I love the description of the entrances as having Pokéball lamps!
Beautifully presented -- many thanks!
Sometimes I'm glad for UA-cam's recommendation algorithms. I'm about to go on my first trip to NY and had watched a video from the MTA about OMNY. Then UA-cam recommended one of your videos. It was very helpful and informative. I'm going to watch as many as I can. Thank you! SUBWAY SUPERHERO
You are awesome! Thank you for your instructional videos.
Subway superhero!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this. I was really intimidated as a tourist here for my first time. I got it now!
Thanks for watching! So happy to help. 😊
This was very well made and informative.
Even after riding the NYC subways for decades, I learned several new things from this video. You are AWESOME! Thank you!
My dad taught me about the IND, BMT and IRT yet I had totally forgotten it until you reminded me. Nice! And he didn't know the bit about differing sizes, as far as I know.
I loved your video, you made something that is complicated, much easier to understand. I hope I'm ready for my first NYC metro travel. Thank you so much, your content is very useful. Lots of love from Uruguay
Have fun! I'm happy my content is helping you. Thanks!
Hi Thea. This thank you is long overdue. Last year, I took a trip to NYC with my family and was doing some research. The first video we watched was the Roosevelt Island video, which was superb. Then, we came across this video, since taking the subway in NYC seemed daunting. Thanks to your wonderful channel, we learned so much about the city and being there made me fall in love with NYC. I've been watching all your videos ever since and I'm so happy to see your channel grow! It's well deserved, your videos are awesome! I'm going to take another trip to NYC later this year, and just want to say thanks for sharing your love and appreciation of such a wonderful place! All the best!
Thank you so much for such a nice message! 😊 Your words are very kind and it's encouraging to hear how much the videos have helped. That's exciting that you'll be in NYC again. I hope it will be a new and unique experience from your last.
This guide was very well done. I hope people visiting the city watch this video because it explains everything you need to know perfectly.
Thanks for watching! I hope so too. I made it especially for those visiting.
I just recently discovered your vlog and this was very helpful for someone like me moving very soon to NYC! Makes me mentally ready lol😅 Thank you for this ate! Great video po! Just subscribed 😊
Love the NYC Subway, but from Toronto Canada, been studying it for years, brilliant video, best ive seen on the topic
Thank you! 🙌
I'm a regular rider of the MTA but have never figured out the logic of the system. Your video really opens my eyes! It clarifies a lot of confusions and puzzles that have bothered me for years!
Very nicely done. Clear and concise. Plus, you are positively adorable.
Just watched. I'm a subway superhero :) Actually I'm a fan of metro/subway systems. I've visited NYC for ~3 times and I feel pretty comfortable navigating through the system 😄
That was excellent. Riding the subway since forever you nailed every little inconsistency in the system,
Right? 😂 It's so annoying when I'm trying to explain to anyone visiting.
Traveling for the first time to NYC . This is the most helpful video I've seen. SUBWAY SUPERHERO!!!
thank you very much, i am planning to move to NYC, and as the subway is the main means of travel within the city, this video was very helpful
Thanks for watching! Good luck on your move 🙌
Great information, as we have come to expect from your videos. In my opinion subway fares are good value for money in NYC, and a fair price too. Thanks for putting this guide together.
Thank you! It's true. You can travel from UWS to Far Rockaway on the subway. And that's about 27 miles for only $2.75.
Omg thank you so much for this video. I just moved here this weekend and sometimes I get so lost with what entrance to enter the subway it’s so frustrating but now I know uptown, downtown, subway moves in the direction of traffic … lol oh NYC 😂
So glad to here! I remember the first week I moved here. I was going in circles because there were a bunch of service changes. 😅
So many NY guides are about the UA-camr. Thank you for making it about the information!
Studying this video like my life depends on it. I am planning a trip to New York at the end of September. This is my first time going to New York by myself and I want to get this right so I don't look like a newbie. Thank you for this info. It is so helpful.
This is the best video it helped so much for my trip to nyc
Best nyc subway i've ever watched
Great information, easy to understand, thank you!!
A huge thank you for this video and the associated Metro Card one as well. As I am going to NYC next week for the first time, this is great information and the way you explained everything was so clear and super easy to understand.
I hope you have a great trip! Have fun and thanks for watching 😁
@@UrbanCaffeine Hi Thea, thanks so much! I'm going over all your videos and they are all a huge help! Keep them coming as they are so helpful!
Great video, Thea, the subway can be a little intimidating the first time, but it doesn't take long to become efficient, I have found as well the local new yorkers will always help if you look lost, Thanks, keep up the great videos
I think the best way to learn how to get around is to get lost. 😂Lol. But true, locals are always willing to help out.
Watched your subway & NYC videos in preparation for my vacation to NYC. Now I am here and I navigated the subway just fine thanks to you! :)
The local & express trains reminds me of the ones in Japan. I’ve only taken the express trains so far since I’m Downtown and some places are in Midtown/Uptown.
I come from Singapore with its on train system so it was a little similar and the only difference was different entrances on the same street lead to different train lines. So I had to make sure to read the entrance signs numerous times. Citymapper app also helped tremendously too.
Also realised there are displays inside the subway train itself which lights up to indicate how many stops are left but the lights are very unnoticeable. 😅
Yey! So glad you're navigating just fine. Good luck and have a great trip!
Brilliant help thankyou, coming for the first time in May :)
I love you. You are my favourite person ever. Today I had to take the subway for the first time and spent at least 15 min trying to figure it out. Your video explained everything so well that now I feel like I know the subway system in New York better than the public transport system in my home country. I am so happy that I got to find your video because all the information is so clear and well explained. Thank you :)
very informative video , want more like this
These are the best videos out there on practical tips for NYC. We mastered the subway system on our first day thanks to these videos. I recognize the #6 train there, we rode it the most from near our AirBnB in Kips Bay.
Happy to hear you enjoyed your trip!
This is incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Congratulations for your clear explanation!
My daughter and I have been to NYC 2 times now. Our first trip last year was great and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The subway signage was very confusing for us when we were there. We took trains traveling opposite of the direction we wanted at least 3 or 4 times. I studied the subway system on Google maps regularly up until our second trip last week. Our trip wasn't as great as last year because of some complications and us having to fly back home early. We didn't take any wrong trains or get lost this time though. We won't have to stand at the platform with me checking for sure we catch the right train now that I know how to read the signage better. I'm going to show this video to my daughter before we take our next trip there.
People were we're from always talk negatively about NYC when most of them have never even been there. We love it! As a tourist it's an absolutely amazing city and we look forward to coming back before we even catch our plane back home each time.
My daughter and myself have decided we're going to visit regularly.
Thankyou so very much 😭 this is the most understandable video I have watched and actually understood the subway😍💜
Thanks so much! 😁
Very, very well done.
I was born and raised in NYC and this is very detailed, thorough and accurate. 👍🏾
Thank you! 😀
@@UrbanCaffeine Great job! I have lived here in NYC for so long but never seen something so detailed!