Berklee Blogs follows Kayleigh Mill, a Music Business major and participant in Berklee’s Summer Internship Program in New York City. In today’s post, Kayleigh lets us in on her top tips for surviving and thriving in New York City…
Getting Around
#1 – Look up (and figure out) subway directions BEFORE you leave
#2 – Know the difference between going downtown and uptown
#3 – Local trains stop at every station; express trains DO NOT
#4 – The traffic on even numbered one-way streets go East; odd traffic goes West
#5 – The city is a grid, avenues go North-South; streets go East-West
#6 – 30-day passes can only be swiped once every 18 minutes
#7 – It takes longer to get there than you think