Deucey Posted October 28, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 28, 2020 Just curious as to what you think are the best bus rides in the city/downstate for people and tourists to see the most photogenic or the "essence" of what makes NY NY. Example: Mine are M5/M55 - M5 shows the Hudson Parks, Grant's Tomb, then all the UWS rich folks Hangouts and west Harlem. With M55, see the 6th Av corridor's skyscrapers, all the activity in Chelsea and the village, then the new money in Battery Park. M15 - see old FiDi, Chinatown, City Hall, the old Five Points tenements, some of the major NYC hospitals, East River Bridges, Old UES money and mansions, and the last real "ghetto" in Harlem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted October 28, 2020 Share #2 Posted October 28, 2020 The real, gritty NYC, or the really fake NYC? In any case, the quintessential route for what you're asking (as far as Manhattan goes) used to be the M6... I believe it was one of the few routes that had more weekend service than weekday service.... But yeah, if we are just talking about in Manhattan, I guess it would be the M31/57 along 57th, the M50, the M42, and any of the 5th av routes below 59th.... The usual touristy crap.... ....bonus points for anything running around the clusterf**k b/w Columbus Circle & Lincoln Center, along Broadway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted October 28, 2020 Share #3 Posted October 28, 2020 To be honest, not a single Manhattan bus route remotely comes close to my mind. I'd sooner say routes like the B35 and Bx6 (within the Bronx) than any of the Manhattan routes, and that's including 125th Street. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted October 28, 2020 1 hour ago, B35 via Church said: The real, gritty NYC, or the really fake NYC? In any case, the quintessential route for what you're asking (as far as Manhattan goes) used to be the M6... I believe it was one of the few routes that had more weekend service than weekday service.... But yeah, if we are just talking about in Manhattan, I guess it would be the M31/57 along 57th, the M50, the M42, and any of the 5th av routes below 59th.... The usual touristy crap.... ....bonus points for anything running around the clusterf**k b/w Columbus Circle & Lincoln Center, along Broadway. All boros; gritty NY, Disney NY, and richfolk NY. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted October 29, 2020 Share #5 Posted October 29, 2020 I would say a route like the Q32 hits both spots in Manhattan and in Queens which characterizes NYC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted October 29, 2020 Share #6 Posted October 29, 2020 I like riding the M9 through the Village and the Lower East Side... you're not missing much past City Hall however lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R10 2952 Posted October 29, 2020 Share #7 Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) For me it'd have to be the M100, B103, Q23, and Bx1. Not considering SI because honestly, when have tourists ever gone there? It would be like telling them to go to White Plains and back on the BxM4C. 😆 Edited October 29, 2020 by R10 2952 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyer 230 Posted October 29, 2020 Share #8 Posted October 29, 2020 In Queens I’d say Q60 because it travels through so many different hubs and shopping areas and ethnic neighborhoods in one trip. It starts off in the residential area of South Jamaica and passes through Jamaica, Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Elmhurst, Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City and finally East Midtown. In Manhattan I’d probably give it to M7 since it passes Times Square, Penn Station, the Museum of Natural History, Central Park, Lincoln Center and Harlem. I personally wouldn’t ride the whole thing but maybe the bottom half of it from around 81 street to 14th street since these North and South Manhattan routes deal with tons of traffic. In Brooklyn I’d want to say the B41. Flatbush Ave in general has a lot of points of interest along the way. I’m not too familiar with the Bronx and I don’t think anyone goes to Staten Island to sightsee but I could be wrong lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBTA Posted October 29, 2020 Share #9 Posted October 29, 2020 If you want different phases of NYC, the first route that comes to mind is the Q44. If you want nice and scenic NYC, the M79 takes the cake. If you want straight grit NYC, while still passing something that's nice, Bx19. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted November 7, 2020 Share #10 Posted November 7, 2020 On 10/28/2020 at 10:15 PM, R10 2952 said: For me it'd have to be the M100, B103, Q23, and Bx1. Not considering SI because honestly, when have tourists ever gone there? It would be like telling them to go to White Plains and back on the BxM4C. 😆 hey, they're getting a big wheel and an outlet mall. put respect on that name 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted November 7, 2020 20 hours ago, bobtehpanda said: hey, they're getting a big wheel and an outlet mall. put respect on that name Outlet mall is here. Wheel's never coming. https://www.silive.com/news/2019/01/ny-wheel-reserves-right-to-file-for-bankruptcy-court-papers-say.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted November 7, 2020 Share #12 Posted November 7, 2020 The BxM2 has a little bit of everything. Southbound you'll start with the quaintness of Riverdale, skims by the grittier hoods of Marble Hill and Harlem (you'll see Yankee Stadium from a distance on the highway along the way too), transitions to the Upper East Side and the Museum Mile, through Central Park to the Upper West Side, and towards the end you start seeing the hustle and bustle of the city (skyscrapers and all) as you pass right thru Columbus Circle and Times Square, and at the very last stop you have Macy's, the Empire State Building, and Madison Square Garden all within 2 blocks of you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted November 8, 2020 Share #13 Posted November 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Deucey said: Outlet mall is here. Wheel's never coming. https://www.silive.com/news/2019/01/ny-wheel-reserves-right-to-file-for-bankruptcy-court-papers-say.html Apparently a (smaller) wheel is back on the menu. https://www.archpaper.com/2020/07/is-the-new-york-wheel-back-on/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted November 8, 2020 42 minutes ago, bobtehpanda said: Apparently a (smaller) wheel is back on the menu. https://www.archpaper.com/2020/07/is-the-new-york-wheel-back-on/ NYC - where good and great ideas die forever, and bad ideas get reincarnated often. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted November 8, 2020 Share #15 Posted November 8, 2020 15 hours ago, Deucey said: ....Wheel's never coming 7 hours ago, bobtehpanda said: Apparently a (smaller) wheel is back on the menu. It'd be great if one was reinvented for Staten Island in a different manner (and I'm not talking about any observation wheel either).... On 10/28/2020 at 5:44 PM, Lex said: To be honest, not a single Manhattan bus route remotely comes close to my mind. M35.... Lot of f***ing nutcases in this city! On 10/28/2020 at 6:38 PM, Deucey said: All boros; gritty NY, Disney NY, and richfolk NY. Eloquently stated Disney NY & richfolk NY are in the same category AFAIC.... Anyway, as far as gritty NY, just take your pick at riding just about any ENY (depot) route, or any route in the West Bronx at & south of Fordham rd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted November 8, 2020 3 hours ago, B35 via Church said: Anyway, as far as gritty NY, just take your pick at riding just about any ENY (depot) route, or any route in the West Bronx at & south of Fordham rd. But what routes would you tell a tourist to take to see that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmatechamp13 Posted November 8, 2020 Share #17 Posted November 8, 2020 On 10/29/2020 at 8:16 AM, NBTA said: If you want different phases of NYC, the first route that comes to mind is the Q44. If you want nice and scenic NYC, the M79 takes the cake. If you want straight grit NYC, while still passing something that's nice, Bx19. I agree with the Q44. It passes through a few gritty areas, but mostly middle-class areas, and skirts through some of the nicer parts of Briarwood (plus it passes over the scenic Whitestone Bridge...considering NYC has a lot of water-based boundaries between boroughs). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted November 8, 2020 Share #18 Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Deucey said: But what routes would you tell a tourist to take to see that? None of them. If a tourist wants to go on their own grand tour of the hood, they can do so at their own discretion. To be quite honest, I don't know what you're really asking, or expecting with this type of a question.... It's why I initially asked what I did in the very first sentence of my OP in this thread.... Why would I direct a tourist to see the real NY, if some facets of the real NY encompasses the not-so-nicer parts of the city...... .....unless this is some roundabout way of inquiring what we think "the real NY" encompasses. Edited November 8, 2020 by B35 via Church 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted November 8, 2020 Share #19 Posted November 8, 2020 5 hours ago, B35 via Church said: Eloquently stated Disney NY & richfolk NY are in the same category AFAIC.... Anyway, as far as gritty NY, just take your pick at riding just about any ENY (depot) route, or any route in the West Bronx at & south of Fordham rd. Nah, one is going to Sbarro's Times Square and the other is shopping at Bergdorf Goodman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted November 8, 2020 Share #20 Posted November 8, 2020 12 hours ago, Deucey said: NYC - where good and great ideas die forever, and bad ideas get reincarnated often. It could be worse. No one has brought back that "floating bridge across the East River to Williamsburg" idea. (People had wild overreactions to the shutdown. You never saw people asking for crap like this to LIC when the was down all those weekends.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted November 8, 2020 Share #21 Posted November 8, 2020 1 hour ago, bobtehpanda said: Nah, one is going to Sbarro's Times Square and the other is shopping at Bergdorf Goodman. Yeah, there's nuances to them, but AFAIC, Disney NY & Scrooge McDuck NY both represent the fake NY. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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