best route from Queens to 82 st?

I will need to get from Grand Avenue-Queens Blvd to 2nd Av and 82nd
Street.

I'm a stranger in the area and would appreciate your recommended
daytime public transit route.

Thanks

On Dec 5, 12:19 pm, val189 <gwehr...@> wrote:
> I will need to get from Grand Avenue-Queens Blvd to 2nd Av and 82nd
> Street.
>
> I'm a stranger in the area and would appreciate your recommended
> daytime public transit route.

That's where Queens Blvd. crosses the Long Island Expwy, near Queens
Center shopping center, right?

You'll be at the Grand Ave. local stop on the Queens Blvd. line. Take
the V to the Lexington Ave. stop and transfer to the uptown 6 to 86th
St. Walk four short blocks south and one short + one long block east.

Or, take the V two stops to the Jackson Hts/Roosevelt Ave station and
change to the E (express) and continue as above -- the E makes only 2
stops before Lexington.

If the R or G comes before the V, take it two stops and change to the
E. Don't take the F; the transfer at Lexington Ave. would require you
to go outside and walk four blocks.

On Dec 5, 2:17 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
> val189 wrote:
> > I will need to get from Grand Avenue-Queens Blvd to 2nd Av and 82nd
> > Street.
>
> > I'm a stranger in the area and would appreciate your recommended
> > daytime public transit route.
>
> > Thanks
>
> At Grand Ave station take the R train (heading to 95th St Brooklyn) to
> Lexington Ave - 59th St.

Why should he take the poky local?

> Go DOWNSTAIRS to the uptown/Bronx # 4 or 5 Lexington Express to 86th St
> (one stop). You could also go upstairs for the #6 uptown and Bronx
> local (three stops, but less stairs up to the street at 86th).
>
> Walk east or take the M86 east (Metrocard transfer should be free) to
> Second Ave and walk south to 82nd.

On Dec 5, 3:32 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 2:17 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
>
> >>val189 wrote:
>
> >>>I will need to get from Grand Avenue-Queens Blvd to 2nd Av and 82nd
> >>>Street.
>
> >>>I'm a stranger in the area and would appreciate your recommended
> >>>daytime public transit route.
>
> >>>Thanks
>
> >>At Grand Ave station take the R train (heading to 95th St Brooklyn) to
> >>Lexington Ave - 59th St.
>
> > Why should he take the poky local?
>
> He's getting on at a local station that will get him an R train to
> exactly the station he needs at which he needs to transfer. He'd have
> to change to the express at Roosevelt and back to the local at Queens
> Plaza. Unless he got a V and caught an R he might have missed, why
> confuse the issue with extra transfers with more chance of getting on a
> wrong train?

The BMT is simply not in my mental map, so I would never think of the
R. I've never made that transfer there. But the E is a very great deal
quicker than the locals.

There are no "extra transfers" if he stays on the V (just 5 more
stops).

On Dec 5, 5:05 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 3:32 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
>
> >>Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> >>>On Dec 5, 2:17 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
>
> >>>>val189 wrote:
>
> >>>>>I will need to get from Grand Avenue-Queens Blvd to 2nd Av and 82nd
> >>>>>Street.
>
> >>>>>I'm a stranger in the area and would appreciate your recommended
> >>>>>daytime public transit route.
>
> >>>>>Thanks
>
> >>>>At Grand Ave station take the R train (heading to 95th St Brooklyn) to
> >>>>Lexington Ave - 59th St.
>
> >>>Why should he take the poky local?
>
> >>He's getting on at a local station that will get him an R train to
> >>exactly the station he needs at which he needs to transfer. He'd have
> >>to change to the express at Roosevelt and back to the local at Queens
> >>Plaza. Unless he got a V and caught an R he might have missed, why
> >>confuse the issue with extra transfers with more chance of getting on a
> >>wrong train?
>
> > The BMT is simply not in my mental map, so I would never think of the
> > R. I've never made that transfer there. But the E is a very great deal
>
> So why not check the map before criticizing the suggestion?

Where do you think I found out that such bizarre trains as the "V" and
the "R" are the QB locals? (The G I knew about.)

> > quicker than the locals.
>
> The E does NOT stop at the station he is getting on at. His only
> choices are R and V.
>
> > There are no "extra transfers" if he stays on the V (just 5 more
> > stops).
>
> The V is local too. The transfer at 53/Lex is more complicated than
> that at 59/Lex. The Lex stop is at 51st St. then more stops between 51
> and 86th.

I don't think you read what I wrote. I said to take the V two stops
and change to the E, or else stay on the V.

On Dec 5, 6:28 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:

>
> Besides all that is moot now, the guy wants to take only buses.


Uh... the 'guy' is a goil.

At this point, I have tried to digest all this and have almost decided
that it's a "you can't get there from here" type o' deal. I'll study
all your suggestions, consult those get-there maps and meanwhile
marvel at how y'all maneuver the transit network. I suppose a cab
would break the bank.....hmm....

Thank you all for the recs.

On Dec 5, 8:52 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
> val189 wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 6:28 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
>
> >>Besides all that is moot now, the guy wants to take only buses.
>
> > Uh... the 'guy' is a goil.
>
> > At this point, I have tried to digest all this and have almost decided
> > that it's a "you can't get there from here" type o' deal. I'll study
> > all your suggestions, consult those get-there maps and meanwhile
> > marvel at how y'all maneuver the transit network. I suppose a cab
> > would break the bank.....hmm....
>
> > Thank you all for the recs.
>
> Sorry I missed the gender handle, I knew a male Val once, but that I
> think about it, it was short for his last name (his first was Americo).
>
> Good luck with the trip. The subway mid day is not bad at all.

Cf. Val Kilmer! and Valery Gisdcard d'Estaing!

She still hasn't told us when she's traveling.

On Dec 6, 11:19 am, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 8:52 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
>
> >>val189 wrote:
>
> >>>On Dec 5, 6:28 pm, "Joseph D. Korman" <joe...@> wrote:
>
> >>>>Besides all that is moot now, the guy wants to take only buses.
>
> >>>Uh... the 'guy' is a goil.
>
> >>>At this point, I have tried to digest all this and have almost decided
> >>>that it's a "you can't get there from here" type o' deal. I'll study
> >>>all your suggestions, consult those get-there maps and meanwhile
> >>>marvel at how y'all maneuver the transit network. I suppose a cab
> >>>would break the bank.....hmm....
>
> >>>Thank you all for the recs.
>
> >>Sorry I missed the gender handle, I knew a male Val once, but that I
> >>think about it, it was short for his last name (his first was Americo).
>
> >>Good luck with the trip. The subway mid day is not bad at all.
>
> > Cf. Val Kilmer! and Valery Gisdcard d'Estaing!
>
> > She still hasn't told us when she's traveling.
>
> Go back and read the original post (pasted here - emphasis mine)):
>
> I will need to get from Grand Avenue-Queens Blvd to 2nd Av and 82nd
> Street.
>
> I'm a stranger in the area and would appreciate your recommended
> *daytime* public transit route.
>
> Thanks
>
> Does daytime mean anything to you?

Are you not aware that service can be very different on weekend (and
holiday) daytimes than on weekdays?

Joseph "Joker" Korman wrote:
>
> Go back and read the original post

I think we should always respond for directions with the trip planner
first, because it does buses AND/OR subways, it knows the schedules
and it'll generate maps. The only person who claimed he could do
better was Daniels, and it was 4 AM and he was obviously drunk.

On Dec 6, 4:28 pm, JohnAnon <JohnA...@nyc.> wrote:
> Joseph "Joker" Korman wrote:
>
> > Go back and read the original post
>
> I think we should always respond for directions with the trip planner
> first, because it does buses AND/OR subways, it knows the schedules
> and it'll generate maps. The only person who claimed he could do
> better was Daniels, and it was 4 AM and he was obviously drunk.

I'm not surprised that you don't know how to tell time yet, but the
times messages were posted are clearly written at their top.