Last night I had a dream about the transit strike. I don't remember what it was about, but when I woke up I thought "well that's about enough of that," and it's only
Day 2! I am one of the lucky Brooklynites who can work from home without too much interruption to my work schedule. So until Friday, when I have to find my way to Penn Station to catch a train out of town for the holidays, I can cozy up in my PJs, make another pot of coffee and work away in the peaceful confines of my own apartment. But what about the rest of you? ABrooklynlife's sibling has to make it from Cobble Hill to the West Village today. My friends with a car spent 2 1/2 hours getting to work yesterday, and I was too afraid to call them last night to hear how long it'd taken them to get home. One of my Manhattan
friends had a little more success, with an hour walk from downtown to midtown. Stories to share? Or maybe we're all working from home and should start a work-from-home lunch club or something?
Took me 50 minutes to bike my BMX from Fort Greene to Midtown yesterday (my normal commute is 38 min)
The biggest pain is trying to Christmas shop.
I was really hoping for a great story about riding your battle cat through the wilds of Manhattan, damn.
Not bad. I live near some co-workers and we grab a taxi in together. Too bad you have to be up at 6:30 in the morning to get one. The company is picking up the tab.
an hour and a half to get up to the bridge, over, and to the west village. i must say that initially, you think it's quite pleasant, sun shining and all that. by the time i made it to soho ... i was just kind of strolling, having lost the will to walk at any sort of clip.
and now, what i've learned today: walking to work makes me cranky.
I walked to the LIRR at Atlantic Ave yesterday (a 25 min. walk), waited in the long line for 20 minutes, and then took a cab over. (you can see my blog for an extended story of this nightmarish commute.)
spent the night at my boyfriend's apt in the village, which was a short 14 block walk from my office. I say short without any sarcasm or irony.
It took my wife about an hour and twenty minutes to get from the Financial District to Park Slope last night. The ride in this morning in a packed car took about 45 minutes. I honestly think you're better off on foot or on a bike as long as it's not raining. Some patrons at the Lighthouse last night told me they had to get out of the car they had paid for in the middle of the bridge and walk the rest of the way anyway. It was that slow.
This morning late, my neighbor said his wife shared a car and it took over an hour to get to Brooklyn Heights!
I biked it from Williamsburg to the World Financial Center. It takes about an hour-and-a-half with a breakfast stop. I'm so sleepy right now... I'm also jealous of a work-from-home commute from bed to computer. But at least I get to leave at 3:15 so I can get home b4 dark, right?
I feel that it is my civic duty to inform anybody biking it into Manhattan from Brooklyn: the Manhattan Bridge is the way to go. I used it this morning and it's about 10 times less crowded than the Brooklyn Bridge. Took me about 40 minutes to get from the ass end of Carroll Gardens to the most westest westery west of the West Village.
True, the Manhattan Bridge is not quite as classy or as scenic, but what can you do. Not sure how it is for driving -- Canal St. wasn't that bad (honest!). But I dunno how it was actually getting onto the bridge in Brooklyn.
Good luck to all, and to all a good luck.
At some point this week I'll be required to make the treck into Manhattan. Thankfully, my boss doesn't want anyone in the team to get sick walking back and forth in the cold. It's taken me some time to get re-adjusted working at home. I was up until 1am making-up for all the distractions during the day. Today I've found myself more productive than an average day in the office.
Luckily, I have been able to come in late to work today and yesterday. The first day a co-worker and I left at 11am when the HOV ban was lifted.
Today we left at 10am and it only took 35 minutes to get from Carroll Gardens to the UES. Weird.
Also, my company is picking up the tab for cabs.
Getting home, though, is a whole other monster.
That takes HOURS!
I walked from PLG to Union Square yesterday, over the Manhattan Bridge. Took two hours, but didn't feel too bad, sun shining, etc.
Stayed in my other apt. on the LES, (bought clothes at Filene's) but need to be back in Brooklyn tom'w eve, and on 72nd St at 2 pm tom'w -- guess I'll just walk back from 72nd St to home -- probably about 4 hours.
My feet are fine, but my thighs and shins are killing me...
I feel relatively lucky: walking from Cobble Hill to my office in lower Manhattan takes about 50 minutes if I'm bookin'. Yesterday I telecommuted. Today I got a ride with the wife of a co-worker of a friend because they needed a 4th person--we took the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and I ended up getting to work quicker than under normal circumstances.
I'm kind of looking forward to walking home, though, particularly since this is my last work day of the year.
I did Carroll Gardens to my office down by Bowling Green today. The walk took about 1 hour.
I skied at least 19 runs at Breckinridge yesterday. Does that count?
Sure it counts.. how long did it take?
I made it from my apartment in Clinton Hill to my office on Wall St. in 58 minutes. I was walking at a good clip, weaving around slower folks. It was definitely better to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge than to try and ride a bike. People were not versed in the rules of the Bridge, and it was slow going, but folks seemed pretty cheeriul, at least more so than on my train this morning. There was something charming about the cameraderie brought about by the strike. And all of that walking caused me to sleep like a baby.
luckily my job has no deadlines other than the 3 year deadline, so i took off the days to work on final exams that were emailed to me from my nyu professors, i had it easy, although the last day i was feeling a bit of cabin fever
i rode my bike in from DUMBO over the manhattan bridge. i then rode up the east river bike path due to lack of helmet (didn't want to risk injury riding with cars and trucks). It was actually quite beautiful and i even saw some old lady doing tai chi. On the way home i saw a huge red sun inching its way down into the water. if it weren't so damn cold, it would have been a truly amazing experience.. the cold then sweaty when indoors factor is a killer.
Well it sounds like you were all lucky on this strike. I live in Clinton Hill. I work in Hoboken. I know-all the joy of double taxing and a lower salary to boot!
Well all three days took me over three hours each way, courtesy of PATH's decision to make the WTC-33rd Street routes precedent over the others. Thanks to many white folks decision to post nasty racist rants on the blogs the offers for rides across the bridge were quite lacking.
Today, as I struggled to bring myself back to find some holiday gifts on my meager earning I felt every step as if it was the 12 stations of the cross. My ass can now crack walnuts.
Glad thats over! i usually check trips123.com before i leave the house.. has traffic and transit info.