| 1-800 or 1-888 or 1-877........free telephone numbers |
| Amtrak...................................national railroad system |
| B&B................................................Bed & Breakfast |
| BQE..........................Brooklyn - Queens Expressway |
| B'way.........................................................Broadway |
| CUNY...........................City University of New York |
| EWK................................................Newark Airport |
| FDR Drive................Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive |
| FYI..............................................for your information |
| GWB................................George Washington Bridge |
| GCP......................................Grand Central Parkway |
| Info...........................................................information |
| JFK.....................................John F. Kennedy Airport |
| LGA..............................................LaGuardia Airport |
| LIE.......................................Long Island Expressway |
| LIRR..........................................Long Island Railroad |
| LLC...................................Limited Liability Company |
| LLP.................................Limited Liability Partnership |
| The Met.........................Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| MOMA.................................Museum of Modern Art |
| MTA............................Metropolitan Transit Authority |
| NJ...........................................................New Jersey |
| New Jersey Transit........Commuter RR to northern NJ |
| NYC..................................................New York City |
| NYPD..........................New York Police Department |
| NYU.........................................New York University |
| PATH..................Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. |
| RR..............................................................Rail Road |
| SoHo..........South of Houston St. See GEOGRAPHY |
| SUNY..........................State University of New York |
| TKTS...........B'way ticket booths in Times Sq. / WTC |
| TONY........................Time Out New York Magazine |
| Tri-State area............refers to NY, NJ & Connecticut |
| VIP...............very important or very important person |
| Voice, the...........................Village Voice Newspaper |
| WPA..........................Works Progress Administration |
| WTC..........................................World Trade Center |
| YMHA...................Young Mens Hebrew Association |
| YMCA..................Young Mens Christian Association |
| YWCA.............Young Womens Christian Association |
