Trip Planning
MTA essentials
Use the official planner first, then confirm service patterns and transfers against the latest MTA maps before heading out.
NYC
Page Overview
A practical NYC guide for transit, Broadway, airports, and museums.
Transit
Start with official MTA planning tools, then narrow down station logic around Grand Central and Central Park
Grand Central
Grand Central to Central Park
Grand Central Terminal connects to 42 St–Grand Central, with subway access to the 4, 5, 6, 7, and the Shuttle, plus buses.
For the east side of Central Park, the uptown 6 is the cleanest default. Useful official 6-line stops for park access include 68 St–Hunter College, 77 St, 86 St, and 96 St.
For the west side / Central Park West, the B/C line serves 72 St, 81 St–Museum of Natural History, and 86 St, which usually means planning around a transfer from Grand Central rather than expecting a direct ride.
Maps
Official map references
For this page, the highest-value map resources are the system map, neighborhood context around key stations, and airport connection guidance.
Real-Time Data
Live data and later API build-out
This section is the future bridge from static planning into live service data. The right current sources are MTA’s official developer resources and public-facing operational tools.
Amtrak
Northeast Corridor planning
For intercity rail into and out of New York, keep the official Amtrak timetable, Acela overview, and train-tracking tools in the same planning kit as the subway and terminal resources.
Museums
Keep the city logistics here, and push museum depth into a dedicated NYC museums page
Museum Hub
NYC museums page
The dedicated museums guide now holds the museum-heavy planning and research sections for The Met, MoMA, Cooper Hewitt, Guggenheim, Whitney, the Schwarzman Building, and the Morgan.
Highlights
What moved over
The Met and MoMA content now lives with the rest of the NYC museum network, so this page can stay focused on how to move through the city rather than holding every museum reference inline.
Art Carousel
A rotating museum-image stream that keeps collection context visible while this page stays focused on city movement
The same shared art sequence appears here, on Manhattan, and on NYC Museums; double click any artwork or use the larger-view control to inspect the image and collection details in a focused modal.
Broadway
Use official district maps and live show directories together if you need both theatre context and what is actually playing now through the end of 2026
Map
Theatre district maps and wayfinding
For Broadway geography, start with official district-wide wayfinding and then use theatre-by-theatre pages when you need a specific venue address or transit stop.
Schedules
Current shows and schedules through the end of 2026
Schedules move constantly, so the safest pattern is to use one official directory for current Broadway listings and a ticketing/calendar source that exposes month-by-month dates through late 2026.
Airports
JFK and LaGuardia are easiest to plan when you separate public transit, terminal logistics, and airline-specific terminal details
Public Transit
JFK to and from the city
The most useful official starting point is the MTA JFK guide, which lays out AirTrain connections to subway and LIRR access points rather than treating the airport as a single direct rail stop.
Delta
Delta and Terminal 4
For Delta-specific planning, start with Delta’s JFK airport page and then confirm terminal-level circulation against Terminal 4’s own official site.
American
American at JFK Terminal 8
American’s JFK planning is cleaner if you treat Terminal 8 as the airline anchor, then use airport-wide JFK guidance for ground transport and pickup/drop-off details.
Ground Access
Terminal movement, rideshare, and domestic Delta planning
For domestic Delta areas, focus on the Delta JFK page for airline-side logistics, then use Terminal 4 and JFK airport resources to confirm terminal access, pickup zones, and airport-wide movement.
LaGuardia
LaGuardia with Delta and American
LaGuardia is simpler if you separate Delta’s Terminal C ecosystem from American’s Terminal B operation, then use the airport’s official public transportation and terminal pages for the rest.