Travel to WTC Site

[densoo]

I was in Manhattan three years ago and a subway line ran right to the WTC site. I heard that some Manhattan subways were out of commission recently due to some subsystem failures. Anyone know if they affected these subways? Or any suggestions on lines to take from the Times Square area to the site? Thanks.

 

[vc10]

The affected subways (A and C) are back in commission. From Times Square you can take the 1-2-3-9 downtown to WTC site. The 2-3 are express to Chambers St from Times Sq, then it's an easy walk south. The very next stop on the 1-9 from Chambers St is the now defunct WTC stop. The 1-9 now goes thru the WTC site, though I'm not sure if you can see anything when it does. The A and C also run to near the WTC (to a station called WTC) but they go from the Port Authority rather than Times Sq, though you can walk underground from station to the other.

What I would do is take the 2-2 express to Chambers, go west to West St, walk south to the World Financial Center, which is across West St from the WTC site. Go into the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center. At the top of the stairs (can't miss 'em---red marble circular stairs) at the Winter Garden there is a huge glass panel looking out over West St and the WTC site. The glass panel is where the enclosed bridge used to be between the WTC and the WFC. Thousands of people used to walk across that bridge every hour. In the pictures of the WTC site right after 9/11, you can see the collapsed bridge lying across West St.

I was in Manhattan three years ago and a subway line ran right to the WTC site. I heard that some Manhattan subways were out of commission recently due to some subsystem failures. Anyone know if they affected these subways? Or any suggestions on lines to take from the Times Square area to the site? Thanks.

 

[densoo]

Thanks!