# Directions (Last Minute Request) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665 "2011-06-07T20:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arbagast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Arbagast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arbagast)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/1 "2011-06-07T20:59:49Z")
_**Heading to NY 6.8.11 to audition for “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”. Short on cash. Wondering how many blocks if I walk from Penn Station @ 6th avenue and 34th street to The ABC Building 57 West 66th Street New York City? Concerned about my COPD or T whatever this ailment is. 🙂 I know it’s late…Thanks , in advance, for any help.**_ ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/2 "2011-06-07T21:09:58Z")
According to Google Maps it will take you about 37 minutes to walk the 1.8 miles. It’s about 34 blocks. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/3 "2011-06-07T23:10:11Z")
The above is accurate. Just to note, it has been fairly hot and humid lately. You can take the 1 train uptown (you get it inside Penn Station) to 66 st. From there its a five minute walk. $2.25 well spent if you have breathing problems. [www.hopstop.com](http://www.hopstop.com) for detailed directions including transit options in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/4 "2011-06-07T23:12:49Z")
And don’t forget that we’re the ones who made it possible for you to be a millionaire. ---
**Author:** ![Arbagast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Arbagast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arbagast)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/5 "2011-06-07T23:14:26Z")
**Thank you much guys!! Really appreciate that info! Especially about the local right there at Penn. Very clear, precise…Excellent mates!! Thank you, again!🆒 LOL…No…I won’t forget. Be sure of that! Tho I may have to resubmit for another date…$160.00 round trip on Amtrak to go 200 miles??? Blew my mind. Been awhile since I rode a train…** ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/6 "2011-06-07T23:51:33Z")
New Yorkers are famous for their friendly nature and welcoming attitude towards visitors. Feel free to ask a resident for help. Your best bet is someone in a nice suit talking on his phone - it’s probably a smartphone so he’ll be able to look up directions for you. Make sure to speak slowly and explain in detail why you’re in NYC - locals love that. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/7 "2011-06-08T02:28:56Z")
> [@Arbagast](#): > > _ **$160.00 round trip on Amtrak to go 200 miles??? Blew my mind. Been awhile since I rode a train…** _ But that’s only .016% of a million… ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/8 "2011-06-08T16:50:07Z")
> [@Arbagast](#): > > **Thank you much guys!! Really appreciate that info! Especially about the local right there at Penn. Very clear, precise…Excellent mates!! Thank you, again!🆒 LOL..No..I won’t forget. Be sure of that! Tho I may have to resubmit for another date…$160.00 round trip on Amtrak to go 200 miles??? Blew my mind. Been awhile since I rode a train…** Where are you coming from? If the DC metro area, there are buses which are a lot less expensive than the train. ---
**Author:** ![Arbagast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Arbagast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arbagast)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/9 "2011-06-09T19:08:11Z")
\*\*\*LOL…“Only .016 Milllion”…Yeah. @ Mama Zappa…Arggh…Ya know?..I thought of a bus to the train station…HAD a bus to the station but DID NOT think to check buses to NYC!! If I can get rescheduled that’s the ticket…So to speak. \*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directions-last-minute-request/584665/10 "2011-06-09T19:17:08Z")
> [@Arbagast](#): > > \*\*\*LOL…“Only .016 Milllion”…Yeah. > @ Mama Zappa…Arggh…Ya know?..I thought of a bus to the train station..HAD a bus to the station but DID NOT think to check buses to NYC!! If I can get rescheduled that’s the ticket…So to speak. \*\*\* LOL! Glad to have come up with a useful suggestion! The bus does take longer and if there’s a traffic jam, you won’t whiz by it the way the train does. But there are a number of bus lines that operate from a number of places in the DC metro area (Chinatown, Rosslyn, some of the MD suburbs)… **Typo Knig** took **Dweezil** to NYC last fall and they did the bus north, and the train south. That way they got a train ride (important to Dweezil) and saved some money.