# Is there a web map site that shows nearby subway stops for NYC? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 22, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070 "2001-03-22T23:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070/1 "2001-03-22T23:04:58Z")
The MTA website shows the subway lines, but not the street grid. The map web sites I have found show the street grid, but not nearby subway lines. Is they a website out there that combines the two? Sua ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070/2 "2001-03-22T23:19:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > \*\*The MTA website shows the subway lines, but not the street grid. The map web sites I have found show the street grid, but not nearby subway lines. > > Is they a website out there that combines the two? > > Sua \*\* Well, I searched for +manhattan +subway +map on altavista, and this is what I found: [This one](http://www.accessimages.com/nycsubwy%20Folder/manhattan.html?ml) doesn’t show the actual grid, but I included it because it’s cool. You click two stations and it gives you instructions to get from the first to the second. I also found [this](http://www.reed.edu/~reyn/NYC.Manhattan.gif), which does show streets. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070/3 "2001-03-23T03:12:38Z")
The MTA Bus maps have both bus + subway plus most of the streets. You can download a .pdf from their website or when you get to the city most buses and subway stations have them. [http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/busman.pdf](http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/busman.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070/4 "2001-03-23T04:20:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > \*\*The MTA website shows the subway lines, but not the street grid. The map web sites I have found show the street grid, but not nearby subway lines. > > Is they a website out there that combines the two? > > Sua \*\* Sort of. The New York Times’s New York Today guide gives directions by foot and subway, so you can enter an address and find which lines are nearby. It gives several alternatives, too. You’ll find it [here](http://www.nytoday.com/scripts/staticpage.dll?ep=8200&ck=&userid=325246337&userpw=.&uh=325246337,2,&ver=2.5). Actually, the best map for transit, albeit one with the subway lines in the background, is the MTA’s [bus](http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/busman.pdf) map (it’s also just a good map of NYC - and it’s free at any subway station!). It shows a very detailed street grid, along with subway stations and lines. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070/5 "2001-03-23T04:22:19Z")
(shows what happens when you leave your reply box open for an hour)… Well, Mack, great minds think alike and all that…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070/6 "2001-03-23T16:07:48Z")
Thanks all. Sua ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-web-map-site-that-shows-nearby-subway-stops-for-nyc/59070/7 "2001-03-23T16:22:53Z")
Maybe I’m crazy, but I thought that the MTA site used to have a PDF of the subway map, too. The REAL map–the paper one they give out at stations (which is pinned to the wall behind me) that has cross streets. Either I’m misremembering, or they “upgraded” to that crappy clickable map and did away with the useful one.