The subways used to be known by the route name - the Canarsie Line, etc. - and one of those was the Sea Beach line. Today, that route would be the N train, which runs from Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island (86th Street in Gravesend is the second stop) through Manhattan (via the Manhattan Bridge) and then out to Astoria, Queens. In the process, it stops at Times Square, where you would have picked up the shuttle to Grand Central - it also stops at 59th and Lex, so you may have taken it directly there. 250 Park is between 46th and 47th Street, so from your description, it sounds like you took Sea Beach to Times Square, and then the shuttle to GCT. At Grand Central, there are tunnels that take you as far north as 46th and Park. Another thing is that N train runs mostly above ground or through a cut in southern Brooklyn. Some links: http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/seabeach.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMT_Sea_Beach_Line On Aug 17, 2008, at 5:06 PM, Gladys Jensen wrote: > Hi: > > I hope someone can help me. Many, many years ago I lived in Brooklyn > and worked in NYC. I rode the Sea Beach line to work at 250 Park > Avenue from the 86th Street station in Brooklyn - it ran along Fourth > Avenue. It was all underground except for going over the bridge (was > it the Brooklyn Bridge - I always thought it was). I do not remember > the station where I got off the train and I remember going to the > Grand Central shuttle over to Grand Central Station and at one point I > walked through a pedestrian tunnel there to an exit which took me out > - I thought - at 57th Street and Park. Is that possible? I do not > remember what the side street number was. I keep thinking about this > and trying to figure it out with no success. Can anyone help me on > this. My memory - at least in this case - is shot!!! Too many years > ago. > > Thanks for listening - > Gladys >