Good evening #MTA transportation team in NY, tonight, May 31, 2024, I get on the transportation and to get to my destination I use the service To destination at 208 st, I get into the metro and since it was very full, I do not right side next to the door that connects with another section, but unfortunately the man in the photo did not like that I stood next to him, I don't know why, whether because I was a man, because I was white or what, the important thing was that He made me get out of the way when the other people (women) were watching and it seemed like a shame that he treated me that way. It is not the first time that I am a tourist, it is not the first time that I have visited the USA nor the first that I have visited NY, but that does happen to me, and because I do not respond as I should, because I am far from my country and alone, there are countries that tourism is being damaged and it is our duty to make the situation known so that it does not happen again and people like...
Read moreACCESSIBILITY There are elevators, so it is stroller, wheelchair, large-item friendly.
PROTIPS Transfer: L Uptown ACE Ride the middle of the L to be near the stairs if you're a mobile rider and move quickly. Otherwise be prepared to waddle behind traffic. If you are going to 34th Street/Penn Station, it's actually more convenient to take a local CE trains instead of the A. The amount of time it takes to navigate the underground tunnels to exit from the A makes it slower.
PROTIPS Taking the L This is the end of the line for the L Train. If you see a train sitting in the station at rest, there is one door open per car. You don't need to rush to get a seat. If the train is about to leave, all doors will be open. This is a good station to take the L from if you want to get a seat back to Brooklyn. It doesn't get too crowded until...
Read moreAttempting to get to Grand Central Terminal from 13th and Washington, I went down into the A C F line thinking it would get me there.
As I was going down the stairs onto the uptown train platform, I could not help but notice an amazing little bronze sculpture sitting on the high beams. Of course I immediately begun photographing. Then at the bottom of the steps I saw a train guide and I asked him how long the little sculpture had bee there?
"It must be very old", I said. "No!" he replied, 10 or 15 years. They are all over this station. Look around you, they are everywhere."
I begun to photograph... Sculptor: Tom Otterness Collection Title: Life Underground Installation: 2001 Medium: Bronze Commissioned and owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority "Art...
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