Ranya's Ramblings

96th Street is the current terminus station for NYCMTA's 2nd Avenue Subway. This station is mainly served by the Q train, and currently nothing else.  Tour Train Escalator Platforms This station has an island platform, though I'm fairly certain all of the 2nd Avenue subway stations do.  Upper mezzanine I'm not sure why this is needed. When this was finished in 2016, it was hilariously over-budget. This is the definition of hubris, of pointless waste from endless streams of consultants. If the bloat of modern day US transit projects was a place, it'd be here. Area before fare control Bulletins, maps, and such Outside of station    Besides all of this, 96th Street-2nd av is a pleasant station, and it seems to do most things well enough to be usable by those who need it.  Bus Connections There are only three bus connections you can make here that are actually convenient ...

A plaque near the front door Eltingville Transit Center is a bus station in Staten Island, for service on MTA buses throughout the island. The bus station is located in the aforementioned Eltingville neighborhood of Staten Island. This station is a park-and-ride station, One of five total in New York City.  Tour The transit center itself Eltingville Transit center is surrounded by a fortress of hard-to-cross roads. There are very few good things about this station's location. In fact, the only one I can think of is that this station is near a diner with dolphins. Seriously, that's it. Dolphins Unfortunately, this is not at the station itself. Bus Lot In the front of the building, there's a lot, for buses to wait, and some bus berths. Despite these bus berths being labeled with what bus routes go to them, the buses will sometimes stop at random locations, so please be warned of this.  There's a building in the m...