The 30-minute city
How it’s worked out
From every station at midday: the average wait for each train, the ride, a minute to get off, the walk for a transfer, and then walking from each station reached for the time left, up to 15 minutes. The land within 30 minutes is measured, in km² (the city is about 780). Averages, not a timetable: a lucky connection beats them, a bad one doesn’t.
Your station
Search an address to see how far its nearest station gets you.
The best-connected
Big transfer stations in the middle of the network: many lines, many directions.
- Court Sq-23 St61.5 km²
- Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr60.6 km²
- Jay St-MetroTech59.8 km²
- Broadway Junction59.8 km²
- Lexington Av/53 St58.1 km²
- 59 St57.6 km²
- 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal57 km²
- Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts57 km²
- Times Sq-42 St57 km²
- 42 St-Bryant Pk56.8 km²
- 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr56.3 km²
- 7 Av56 km²
The end of the line
Stations at the edges, on one line, or on the Staten Island Railway.
- St George4.7 km²
- Tottenville5.6 km²
- Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St6.5 km²
- Tompkinsville6.6 km²
- Beach 105 St7.7 km²
- Stapleton8.1 km²
- Arthur Kill8.3 km²
- Beach 98 St8.9 km²
- Clifton9.7 km²
- Beach 90 St10.1 km²
- Richmond Valley10.3 km²
- Far Rockaway-Mott Av10.5 km²
Neighborhoods
Each residential neighborhood’s best station (inside it, or within 800 m of its middle), and how far its middle is from any station. Staten Island and eastern Queens rely on buses, which aren’t counted here.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Best station | Its 30 minutes | To the nearest station | Stations inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Island City-Hunters PointQueens | Court Sq-23 St | 61.5 km² | 271 m | 8 |
| 2 | Park SlopeBrooklyn | Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr | 60.6 km² | 609 m | 6 |
| 3 | Brooklyn HeightsBrooklyn | Jay St-MetroTech | 59.8 km² | 242 m | 3 |
| 4 | Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum HillBrooklyn | Jay St-MetroTech | 59.8 km² | 239 m | 9 |
| 5 | Ocean HillBrooklyn | Broadway Junction | 59.8 km² | 114 m | 4 |
| 6 | East Midtown-Turtle BayManhattan | Lexington Av/53 St | 58.1 km² | 188 m | 3 |
| 7 | Upper East Side-Carnegie HillManhattan | 59 St | 57.6 km² | 163 m | 7 |
| 8 | Cypress HillsBrooklyn | Broadway Junction | 57.3 km² | 218 m | 5 |
| 9 | Bushwick (East)Brooklyn | Broadway Junction | 57.2 km² | 529 m | 7 |
| 10 | Hell's KitchenManhattan | 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal | 57 km² | 542 m | 1 |