Ride-Along
Ride the line with him
Pick any train in the city and watch it run, stop by stop. Each station lights up as the train pulls in — and where Antoine has something to say about a stop, he says it.
Ready when you are
Lexington Avenue Express
Woodlawn
Bronx◷ Not every 4 stops here
Mosholu Pkwy
Bronx◷ Not every 4 stops here
Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College
Bronx
Kingsbridge Rd
Bronx
Fordham Rd
Bronx
Fordham Road — The Grand Concourse was laid out in 1909 in imitation of the Champs-Élysées, and the Art Deco apartment blocks along it are among the finest in the country.
183 St
Bronx
Burnside Av
Bronx
176 St
Bronx
Mt Eden Av
Bronx
170 St
Bronx
167 St
Bronx
161 St-Yankee Stadium
Bronx
Yankee Stadium — 27 World Series titles, more than any team in American sport. The current stadium opened in 2009 across the street from the 1923 original, the one they called the House That Ruth Built.
149 St-Grand Concourse
Bronx
138 St-Grand Concourse
Bronx◷ Not every 4 stops here
125 St
Manhattan
East Harlem — El Barrio, home to New York's oldest Puerto Rican community. La Marqueta has run under the Metro-North viaduct on Park Avenue since 1936.
116 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
110 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
103 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
96 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
86 St
Manhattan
Museum Mile — Fifth Avenue along Central Park: the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 82nd, the Guggenheim in Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral at 89th, the Cooper Hewitt at 91st.
77 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
68 St-Hunter College
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
59 St
Manhattan
51 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
Grand Central-42 St★Antoine’s favorite
Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal — Opened in 1913. The green ceiling in the main concourse is a map of the winter night sky — painted backwards, which nobody has ever fixed. Find the Whispering Gallery outside the Oyster Bar: speak into a corner and someone across the arch hears you.
“My favorite ride. Take the 4 — it's the express, you'll fly right in.”Antoine
33 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
28 St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
23 St-Baruch College
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
14 St-Union Sq
Manhattan
Astor Pl
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
The East Village — Cooper Union is on the square — Abraham Lincoln gave the speech here in 1860 that helped make him president. The black cube in the middle of the street spins if you push it.
Bleecker St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
Spring St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
Canal St
Manhattan◷ Not every 4 stops here
Chinatown and Little Italy — Canal Street is the seam between them, and one of the great street markets of the city.
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
Manhattan
Fulton St
Manhattan
Wall St
Manhattan
Wall Street — The New York Stock Exchange is on Broad Street. Federal Hall, across from it, is where George Washington was sworn in as the first president in 1789.
Bowling Green
Manhattan
Borough Hall
Brooklyn
Nevins St
Brooklyn
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
Brooklyn
Barclays Center — Home of the Brooklyn Nets, and the busiest interchange in Brooklyn — eleven subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road meet under it.
Bergen St
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Prospect Park — Olmsted and Vaux built Central Park first, then built this one — and thought it the better of the two. The arch at Grand Army Plaza is a memorial to the Union dead.
Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
The Brooklyn Museum — The museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden share the corner. Eastern Parkway, the first parkway of its kind anywhere, carries the West Indian Day Parade every Labor Day.
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn
Nostrand Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Kingston Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Crown Hts-Utica Av
Brooklyn
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Saratoga Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Rockaway Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Junius St
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Pennsylvania Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
Van Siclen Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here
New Lots Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every 4 stops here