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 SUNY State College of Optometry: Directions
If you are arriving in New York City by train at either Grand Central Terminal or Pennsylvania Station, or by bus at the Port Authority Terminal, you can reach the College on foot very quickly.
If you are arriving in New York by air, there are several methods for travelling to the city from Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Airports.
The new building is located two blocks west of Grand Central Station, nine blocks north of Penn Station, and three blocks east of the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
www.sunyopt.edu /admissions/how.shtml   (282 words)

  
 PSAM4 Registration
All major airlines serve the New York City area airports.
If you wish to select another accommodation, please contact the New York City Convention and Visitors Bureau at (212)397-8222 (or from outside New York City: (800)nyc-visit) or your travel agent.
The other main railroad station in midtown Manhattan is Pennsylvania Station (7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets) and it is a short taxi ride from the hotel.
www.enre.umd.edu /IAPSAM/Nofrmregi4.html   (602 words)

  
 DVMM - Directions
Train Service in New York arrives at Grand Central or Pennsylvania Station; bus service arrives at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
New Jersey Transit Busses leave from Newark Airport to the Port Authority Bus Terminal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, leaving every 15 minutes MOST of the day, but run less often in the wee hours with up to 90 minutes between busses.
Enter the Columbia University Campus through the big iron gates that are visible as soon as you come out of the subway station.
www.ctr.columbia.edu /dvmm/old_dvmm/directions.htm   (1255 words)

  
 Evan Chu: New York City
This was my first trip to New York City and it was truly an enjoyable experience.
uring early May, 2003, I toured a small part of New York City.
The Pennsylvania Station was just a few blocks from Park South Hotel, where I stayed.
www.his.com /~evanc/travel2/nyc.html   (1255 words)

  
 New York City Bed and Breakfast Inn Manhattan Lodging Hotel Accommodation NY NY East Coast Chelsea
New York City Bed and Breakfast Inn Manhattan Lodging Hotel Accommodation NY NY East Coast Chelsea
From Newark: A train will bring you to Pennsylvania Station (33rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues); numerous bus lines will bring you to Port Authority (bus station; 8th Avenue between 41st and 42nd Streets).
We are an easy subway ride ($2.00) or an inexpensive taxi ride (about $4.00 to $5.00) from Penn Station or Port Authority.
www.virtualcities.com /ons/ny/n/nyn64010.htm   (1255 words)

  
 Vine Street Expressway (I-676 and US 30)
However, the 1945 "Vine Street Expressway" report did not specify details on the route west of the 30th Street Station area, except that the expressway was to be carried on a viaduct over the Pennsylvania Railroad yard.
Moreover, a new station at 8th Street and Race Street was constructed on the SEPTA Broad Street Spur / Ridge Avenue subway to replace the old station at 9th Street and Vine Street.
As part of the Center City Commuter Tunnel project, a new commuter rail tunnel was constructed underneath the expressway between 8th Street and 9th Street.
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 The Empire State Passengers Association Travel Guide to New York State
New York's Hotel Pennsylvania (212-736-5000) is located directly across 7th Avenue from Penn Station, opposite Macy's department store, has 1705 room on 17 floors.
This document provides information on many attractions located near the inter-city train stations of New York State, in addition to other stations located in southern Ontario, southern Vermont, and Montreal.
They also offer City Escapades with many sightseeing options, which offer various sightseeing day trips of many cities, including New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Niagara Falls NY, Toronto, and Montreal.
www.trainweb.org /espa/guide.htm   (1255 words)

  
 Don Witter, Jr Classical Guitarist
I can be seen and of course heard at some of New York City’s Farmer’s Markets (Court Street at Borough Hall downtown Brooklyn, Staten Island) weather permitting, and around New York City’s various subway stations (Grand Army Plaza, The Graybar Building, Grand Central Station, Pennsylvania Station etc.) as part of MUSIC UNDER NEW YORK.
During the 60’s I sang and played folk songs performing among other places in New York City at the Folk City, The Bitter End, The Figaro CafĂ© etc. I attended the High School of Music and Art studying voice and accompanied on the piano the High School Chorus and various Ensembles.
For the last 9 years I have been a member of the Music under New York cadre of musicians who perform throughout the subway system of New York City and at special events around town.
www.donsguitarsite.com   (1255 words)

  
 The Empire State Passengers Association Travel Guide to New York State
New York's Hotel Pennsylvania (212-736-5000) is located directly across 7th Avenue from Penn Station, opposite Macy's department store, has 1705 room on 17 floors.
Service is provided between New York City (midtown Manhattan) and Albany, and continues west to Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls; one daily train continues to Toronto, Canada.
For 1998, they are offering a trip leaving NYC on the Adirondack on Oct 7 with a return to New York City on October 15, including a cruise on the QE2 from Montreal to NYC through the Seaway with stops in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Maine.
www.trainweb.org /espa/guide.htm   (1255 words)

  
 Long Island Rail Road
The LIRR has two major terminals and one minor terminal in New York City - The major terminals are located at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, and the Atlantic Terminal located at the intersections of Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.
In 1966 the State of New York purchased the Long Island Rail Road from the Pennsylvania Railroad by acquisition of all of its capital stock, though the Pennsylvania road continued management until, in 1968, the LIRR was handed over to the newly formed Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA) to oversee its operation.
When the F train of the New York City Subway was routed beneath the East River from Queens to Manhattan via the 63rd Street Tunnel, provisions were made for this LIRR route.
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 Long Island City Business Development Corporation
East River tunnels to Pennsylvania Station are already at capacity, and Long Island City is New York City's anticipated fourth Central Business District.
The MTA's East Side Access will result in the construction of a new Long Island Rail Road tunnel to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan and a new intermodal station in Long Island City, Queens.
This station will support business growth in Long Island City by improving rail access from Long Island.
www.licbdc.org /planning/east-side-access-lirr-htm.htm   (4725 words)

  
 Railway Age: The coming of the subway to New York: a history of the New York City subway as reported in the pages of Railway Age and Railroad Gazette
The terminals of the longer route are to be near the intersection of Broadway with Park Row, Manhattan, and a point near the present Kings Bridge Station of the New York and Putnam Railroad, Bronx Borough.
The New York State Public Service Commission, First District, announces that both of the transportation companies which are to operate the dual system of rapid transit in New York City and contribute to the cost of construction of the new lines, have filed applications for the approval of bond issues needed to finance the project.
The subway in New York City is now in actual operation and those who have watched its progress toward completion with many hopes and possibly with some misgivings can form some definite conclusions about its capacity, its sanitary conditions, and the success of the project in providing real rapid transit.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_6_205/ai_n6143577   (1224 words)

  
 Municipal Art Society
In the late 1990s, he asked us to help encourage the notion that New York should once again have a grand train station and inter-modal transportation portal worthy of a great city — something we lost when Pennsylvania Station was razed.
In addition, Lisa will aid the commission's efforts to advocate that preservation be an important component of the city's rebuilding, and she will share the experience the MAS has gained in organizing major public preservation projects like Imagine New York.
The illumination was conceived by a group of talented New York artists and architects and first produced in March 2002.
www.mas.org   (1792 words)

  
 Mass transit in New York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amtrak provides long-distance commuter rail connections via Pennsylvania Station and the Northeast Corridor to Boston, New England, Upstate New York, Washington, DC and the Midwest.
Although New York City does not have light rail as of 2005, there are plans to convert 42nd Street into a light rail transit mall which would be closed to all vehicles except emergency vehicles.
The Staten Island Ferry, a free ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation connecting the Staten Island Railway's Staten Island terminal to South Ferry in Manhattan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mass_transit_in_New_York_City   (1284 words)

  
 New York STS
New York City & Long Island Meeting Info Site
RAILROAD: Long Island Rail Road (Port Washington Branch) to and from 34th Street-Pennsylvania Station, get off at Flushing-Main Street Station.
FROM NEW JERSEY: Brooklyn Queens Expressway (I-278) to Long Island Expressway (I-495).
www.newyorksts.com /_wsn/page3.html   (331 words)

  
 Amazon.com: New York's Pennsylvania Stations: Books: Hilary Ballon,Norman McGrath,Marilyn Taylor
A journey through the extraordinary history of New York's Pennsylvania Station.
New York Underground; The Anatomy of a City by Julia Solis
Grand Central Terminal : Railroads, Engineering, and Architecture in New York City by Kurt C. Schlichting
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393730786?v=glance   (640 words)

  
 Getting Here by Train
New York City has two main rail stations, Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station.
Penn Station serves Long Island Railroad (LIRR), a commuter railroad serving New York's Long Island; Amtrak, the U.S. national passenger railroad, serving many points throughout the U.S.; New Jersey Transit, a commuter line serving points in New Jersey; and PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson), a subway line serving Manhattan and New Jersey.
The Penn Station Redevelopment Project began planning in May 2001 to purchase the Parthenon-like U.S. Post Office across the street on 8th Avenue and transform it into a "new" classic station; the project is currently on hold.
www.nycvisit.com /content/index.cfm?pagePkey=269   (640 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Westchester County, New York
The Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of upstate New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania, with the exception of the counties in the far west of the state near the city of Buffalo.
New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture.
Catskill Escarpment and Blackhead Range as seen from Overlook Mountain The Catskill Mountains, a natural area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are not, despite their popular name, true geological mountains, but rather a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Westchester-County,-New-York   (9337 words)

  
 Transportation Facilities - ICR/ICC
City Hall Subway Station, New York, New York
Selected New York City Subway Stations, New York, New York
Long Island Railroad Forest Hills Station, Forest Hills, New York
www.icr-icc.com /projects/transportation.html   (9337 words)

  
 CNN - New York's Penn Station to move out of the basement - March 6, 1998
NEW YORK (CNN) -- "One entered the city like a god," architectural historian Vincent Scully once wrote of New York's opulent Pennsylvania Station.
New York's Penn Station to move out of the basement and into the post office
Scully made that observation after what New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan called "the great act of vandalism in the history of the city": the 1963 demolition of the building to make way for an office tower and Madison Square Garden.
www.cnn.com /TRAVEL/NEWS/9803/06/penn.station   (9337 words)

  
 New York City hotels - Book your New York hotel reservations with Hotel Pennsylvania.
New York City hotels - Book your New York hotel reservations with Hotel Pennsylvania.
New York City hotels - Of all the New York City hotels, Hotel Pennsylvania is the World's Most Popular of the New York hotels.
New York City hotels: for hotel reservations in New York City and Manhattan.
www.hotelpenn.com   (9337 words)

  
 Rail Travel Center Metropolitan Autumn Fall Foliage Tour of New York and New Jersey
We change at Pennsylvania Station to a fast New Jersey Transit electric train on the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RR Morris and Essex Line to the prosperous New Jersey suburb of Summit, where we stay four nights at the restored 1920s Grand Summit Hotel.
We travel by Amtrak and on the trains of New Jersey Transit, riding scenic lines formerly operated by the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna and Jersey Central Railroads.
We continue by ferry past the Statue of Liberty to land in New York City at Battery Point, retracing the route of millions of newcomers to the new world.
www.railtravelcenter.com /MetropolitanAutumn.htm   (9337 words)

  
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The Long Island Railroad (LIRR) has frequent stops to the Hempstead Train Station from Pennsylvania Station, located at 34th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City, as well as from the Flatbush Avenue Station in Brooklyn, New York.
Hofstra University is located in Hempstead, New York, about 25 miles east of New York City, less than an hour away by train or car.
Note: Please be advised that there are no set fees charged by New York City yellow cabs between the airports and the Hofstra campus.
www.hofstra.edu /FORMS/FORMS_printPage.cfm?thepage=Culture_Travel   (9337 words)

  
 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New York City's first landmarks legislation was enacted in 1965, prompted by the demolition of the original Pennsylvania Station, to make way for the construction of the current Madison Square Garden, which was being relocated from the Madison Square area of New York City.
New York City's Grand Central Terminal was subsequently saved from demolition by New York City's landmarks law.
The goal of New York City's landmarks law is to preserve the aesthetically and historically important buildings, structures, and other objects that make up the New York City vista.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_York_City_Landmarks_Preservation_Commission   (229 words)

  
 AKA.TV - New York's Penn Station narrowcast network expands
This new audience is comprised of a highly desirable demographic traveling in New York City via the Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, New York City Transit and Amtrak, all of which use Penn Station as a major access point.
MOUNT SINAI, New York, USA -- Ambient Media Inc., owner and operator of the Ambient Media Network, a digital media network for branding, communication, marketing and advertising in public and private spaces, today announced it has completed the initial phase of its expansion into select venues in New York's Pennsylvania [rail] Station.
Ambient Media Network Expands at Penn Station in New York City
www.aka.tv /issuetwo/iss2art24.asp   (229 words)

  
 Pennsylvania Station
New York City's Pennsylvania Station is a large train station located on 32nd Street and 8th Avenue in the Borough of Manhattan.
Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is now used by a number of passenger rail services including Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, MTA New York City Transit and New Jersey Transit.
Several other stations, including the main commuter rail station in Newark, New Jersey, also bear the name; many were formerly stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/p/pe/pennsylvania_station.html   (179 words)

  
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 New York Daily News - Home
State and city officials yesterday named the developers who will replace one of the city's lost jewels - the old Pennsylvania Station- with a new gem.
Nearly nine out of 10 New Yorkers now stock emergency supplies in their homes in case of a terror attack or other disaster, according to a survey released yesterday.
Seventh-graders will join third- and fifth-graders on the city's pass-or-fail hot seat.
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 1 (New York City Subway service) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shuttle service began between that station and Utica Avenue.
The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway.
New York City Subway's skip-stop 9 service to make its last run May 27
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 New York City - Postcard * 126TH & MANHATTAN AVE * New York City NYC
New York NY Pennsylvania Railroad Station Vintage PC
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The Conservatory Bronx Park, New York, 1905 RPPC
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