Getting to the Abercrombie and Fitch on 5th ave?

Question

I currently work at Hollister in White Plains, New York, and yesterday one of the people who works at the AnF on 5th ave came in to my store and recruited me. I am currently not 18, but next summer i am looking to work there, so i just need a little bit of help on how i would get there and the least amount of money i could possibly pay.

From what Ive been looking into, I would take metro north out of North White Plains to Grand Central, then walk three blocks to the subway at bryant park and take the F to 57th.

I am wondering if this is right, and from what I've seen, it would cost around $270 a month, is this what I would have to pay, or is there any way i could possibly come away with spending less money

Answer 1

The A & F store is at 720 5th Av which is near 57th St.  From Grand Central, take a Times Square bound #7 to 5th Avenue and transfer to the uptown F there to 57th St/6th Av.  Then walk over one avenue block to 5th Av.  You can still walk over to Bryant Park if you want to.  

Other option (and a better one):  From Grand Central, take an uptown 4, 5 or 6 to 59th St/Lexington Av.  Transfer to a downtown N,R or W train and take that 1 stop to 5th Avenue (59th/60th St-Central Park South) and then walk down to the store.

A monthly ticket on MetroNorth from White Plains to Grand Central is $191.00.   A 30 day MetroCard for the subway is $81.  That is a total of $272.00 so you are close.

There really isn't a less expensive way to commute to NYC (aside from finding someone who drives to and from the city each day).  

On the MetroCard, just note that the 30 day card becomes valid on the first day you use it even if it is not on the first day of the month.  The 30 day card is only really worth the money if you use it everyday (including weekends).  If you travel to work 5 days a week only then you don't really get the benefit.  For $81 you have to use it 41 times within the 30 day period for the benefit to start to become evident.  [$81 is 40 fare payments @$2.00 each with $1 "left over".  On the 41st fare payment the cost would drop to $1.98, 42nd fare payment $1.93 etc.  So you see it may not pay for you to use a 30 day unlimited].  

If you go with the basic Pay-per-ride Metrocard and put $20 on it then you will get a bonus of 15% for a total of $23 or 11 fare payments with $1.00 left over (you can add the extra $1.00 to bring it to a multiple of $2.00 at any time).  The effective cost per ride would be $1.75 (even though the turnstile deducts $2.00).   With the pay-per-ride card you don't lose out if for some reason you can't go to work on a particular day.

Answer 2

After you get off of the F train on 57th street you have to walk an avenue east to 5th ave. I can't speak for how much the metro north will cost but the metrocard you can budget accordingly. If you go to this website you can compare the pay per ride metrocard as oppose to the unlimted fare metrocard. http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/metrocard/compa...

Answer 3

Metro-North to Grand Central.  4/5/6 train to 59th.  Walk from there.

Really, the 59th Street station on the 4/5/6 is as close to the store as the F at 59th, maybe a slight difference.  Still, why do all that extra walking and transferring?  The 4/5/6 are right there at Grand Central.  It's also just one stop away on the 4/5, because they skip 53rd when they run express.

It's roughly a four-block walk from the 4/5/6 at 59th to the store.  If you took the 7 to the F, you'd leave yourself a walk of about two long blocks (counting a fairly long transfer from the 7 to the F), but you'd spend all that time transferring, so there's not much of an advantage to that.

If you really want, you can just get to Grand Central early and take a nice 20-minute walk through midtown Manhattan to get to the store.  You'll save the Metrocard fare, and get some exercise at the same time!  I actually did the same thing fairly frequently.  If I had to work around Bryant Park, I frequently got off the train at 63rd/Lexington anyway just to have a nice walk in the morning.  Maybe grab coffee and a donut along the way.

As for saving money, there are unlimited-ride Metrocard options available, which will save you money if you use them enough.  There are also multi-ride passes for Metro-North, such as ten-trip passes, monthly, things like that.  These will save you money!