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Lunch
 Pizza $9
 Gray’s $6

Dinner
 Sam’s - $58
 Friend of a Farmer - $50
 Tavern on the Green - $120

ATTRACTIONS
 Statue of Liberty Ferry - $21
 Empire State Building - $12 (note - free to disabled visitors)
 Bronx Zoo - $10
 N.Y. Comedy Club - $15 cover plus $30 in drinks

TOTAL - $1743.50
 

EQUIP YOURSELF WITH KNOWLEDGE - Pick up a subway map and a bus map at any
subway token booth or information booths at Penn Station and Grand Central Station.  They’re
free and very well done.

BUSSES - All of New York’s city buses are lift-equipped and mostly working.  Buses cover the
city very well.  The downside is that buses get stuck in traffic just like cars do and stop often. 
You won’t get there in a hurry.  

Grand Central Station to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall (4-5-6 lines)
Herald Square to Coney Island/Stillwell Ave (D line)
Grand Central to 51st Street (5th Ave. shops - 4-5-6 lines)
Herald Square to Lexington Ave. (Roosevelt Island tram & Central Park - Q line)
Penn Station to World Trade Center (3 line)

Fare for bus or subway is $1.50, $.75 for disabled.  A daily fun pass is available at Hudson News
outlets and other locations for $4.  This allows unlimited subway and bus rides until 3am the next
day.

Stations mentioned in this article are accessible.

TAXIS - Most taxis are not accessible.  Look for your hotel doorman or a taxi stand to dispatch a
lift-equipped cab.  Fares start at $2.

COMMUTER RAIL - Long Island Railroad and Metro North are used for out-of-town
excursions such as the Bronx Zoo and MacArthur Airport on Long Island.  Look for the
wheelchair symbol on the side of the train for access to wheelchair seating locations...not every
car has them.  Also consult map (on the reverse side of the subway map) for accessible stations. 
Fares are variable and zone dependent.  Most conductors will let disabled ride for free though
technically you are obliged to pay a reduced fare.  If you want to try this, there’s no need to
fear...you can pay the conductor on board the train if they tell you to pay.

FERRIES - The Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island and Staten Island Ferries are accessible but both
employ steep ramps.  There is no fare for pedestrians on the Staten Island Ferry.   

AMERICAN AIRLINES ferried us in comfort and on time.  The major leg of our journey was on
a big 767 which has an expandable restroom...the door opens out and latches onto the bulkhead
and another panel opens the opposite way doubling the bathroom space...which allows for
another person in to help.  American Business Express carried us from Boston to Islip
comfortably on a small SAAB 340 prop jet.  Personnel at all locations were courteous and helped
us onto the plane with an aisle chair.
 

 
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