# NY city people..directions please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419 "2003-10-19T23:24:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419/1 "2003-10-19T23:24:30Z")

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I’ll be in the area of Yankee Stadium tomorrow, and I need to get to Sunnyside, Queens. Mapquest is nothing but confusing. I’ll start on the Major Deegan, south…now what?

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419/2 "2003-10-19T23:51:03Z")

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If you don’t mind paying a toll, take the Deegan south to the Triborough Bridge to Queens (not Manhattan). Once over the bridge heed signs to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) south (“to Brooklyn” or “to Verrazano Bridge” will probably be on the sign). Get off (soon) at Exit #36 (Queens Blvd.). Now you’re in or near Sunnyside.

I’ll post again with toll-free directions.

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419/3 "2003-10-20T00:01:12Z")

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Toll-free directions:

Deegan south to Third Ave. Bridge (Exit #2 or 3); this will put you in Manhattan; heed the signs to the FDR Drive south.

Exit FDR Drive at Queensborough Bridge Exit (63rd St., IIRC); note that there is no direct connection to the bridge from the FDR; follow street signs to get on the bridge which takes you to Queens.

In Queens, heed signs to get on Queens Blvd; drive on Queens Blvd. for about 1 mile and you’ll be in Sunnyside.

Good luck, It, this is a tricky drive using either route if you are not familiar with the roads. Pay attention to those signs as you go.

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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419/4 "2003-10-20T00:03:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by stuyguy \*  
> \*\*If you don’t mind paying a toll, take the Deegan south to the Triborough Bridge to Queens (not Manhattan). Once over the bridge heed signs to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) south (“to Brooklyn” or “to Verrazano Bridge” will probably be on the sign). Get off (soon) at Exit #36 (Queens Blvd.). Now you’re in or near Sunnyside.
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> I’ll post again with toll-free directions. \*\*

I forgot to mention that I want the 59th St. bridge. Where I’m going is right on the other side.

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419/5 "2003-10-20T00:40:34Z")

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It, you know that the 59 Street Bridge = the Queensborough Bridge, right?

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**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-city-people-directions-please/208419/6 "2003-10-20T01:16:21Z")

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I do now, STUYGUY.  
Many thanks.