Category: New Sites On Your Commute

New Sites On Your Commute #2: Turnstyle Underground Market-59th St Columbus Circle(A,C,B,D,1)

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By Joseph Morales

Columbus Circle is one of Midtown’s several large public spaces with a subway station directly in its name. The 59th St-Columbus Circle station serves five subway routes providing both local and express service on the West Side of Manhattan. Additionally, the station provides direct connections to many areas of the city in the outer boroughs. While Columbus Circle isn’t known for glaring lights or iconic ice skating rinks the way other spots are, Columbus Circle does have several special places to visit.

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New Sites on Your Commute #1-Loew’s Boulevard Theatre-Simpson St(2,5)

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By Joseph Morales

WELCOME TO THE SERIES

             New York City is the largest city in the United States and is the nation’s cultural, commercial and financial center. Thanks to its vast public transit system, New Yorkers are able to traverse the city without the use of a car and avoid traffic. Given how hard it can be to drive in the city, riding transit allows you to notice things about your surroundings that you just wouldn’t if you were behind the wheel. There are many institutions that everyone knows about, such as the Statue of Liberty, Museum of Natural History or Broadway Theatre to name a few. However, there are many significant places don’t get that immediate recognition. In this series, I will highlight many of these places and share the history and significance of them. I am also going to discuss how public transit has contributed to the locations’ history as well as the surrounding community. I hope that this series can help to spread awareness of the importance of transit to life in New York and how transit has truly shaped what the city has become. Join me for the ride.

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