Living in New York Series

Getting Around

Public transportation runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (barring schedule changes, especially during the weekend, track work, delays, etc.)

http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm

The comprehensive NYC subway map. You can click on stops and it will take you to the train line information showing all the stops. Pretty nifty.

http://www.maps.google.com

I love Google maps. Since I know New York I just pop in the address and it shows me the closest train stations.

Destination guides:

Pop in your starting and destination address, choose times, modes of transportation, and voila!

http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork

Even gives little maps of how to get to station and how to get to destination from station.

http://tripplanner.mta.info/

Haven't used this much but the MTA advertises it

http://www.mta.info/alert/alertnyct.htm

I check this site before I leave the house just to see if there are delays.

Also on the MTA site you can get schedule info (but don't count on things being on time).

And a special note, weekends are tragic. Always give yourself at least 20 minutes extra because you don't know what's going on with the trains, especially in Queens.

All in all the subways are the best and most convenient mode of transportation New York has.

Happy trails!