Visitor Information<br >The New York Convention and Visitors Bureau at 59th Street be-<br >tween Broadway and 8th Avenue provides free information， includ-<br >ing brochures， subway and bus maps， listings of hotels and weekend<br >packages， and discount coupons for some Broadway shows. 2 Co-<br >lumbus Circle， New York， NY 10019， tel. 212/397-8222 or 8OO/NYC-<br >VISIT. Open weekdays 9-6， weekends 10-6.<br >The New York Division of Tourism offers a free series of I Love New<br >York booklets， which include a number of New York City attractions<br >and tour packages. 1 Commerce Plaza， Albany， NY 12245， tel. 518/<br >4~4-4116 or 800/225-5697.<br >Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn has several excellent publications<br >a .b~ut the borough. Their quarterly calendar of events lists enter-<br >tainment and places of interest. 30 Flatbush Ave.， Suite 427， Brook-<br >lyn， NY 11217， tel. 718/855- 7882.<br >Office of the Queens Borough President publishes Discover Queens，<br >which covers cultural events， museums， sports and recreation. What<br >to See and Do in Queens and How To Get There tells exactly that， and<br >Queen s World Fare lists restaurants. 120-55 Queens Blvd， Kew<br >Gardens， NY 11424， tel. 718/286-3000.<br >Useful Phone Numbers<br >Transportation Amtrak (tel. 800/872-7245).<br > Long Island Railroad (tel. 718/217-5477).<br > Metro-North trains (tel. 212/532-4900).<br > Local Metropolitan Transit Authority (tel. 718/330-1234).<br > New Jersey Transit (tel. 201/762-5100).<br > PATH trains (tel. 800/234-7284).<br > Port Authority Bus Terminal (tel. 212/564-8484).<br > Tri-State Port Authority Bridges and Tunnels (tel. 212/360-3065).<br >Entertainment Bryant Park Music and Dance Half-Price Tickets Booth (tel. 212/<br > 382-2323).<br > Lincoln Center (tel. 212/877-2011).<br > Madison Square Garden (tel. 212/465-6741).<br > NYC On Stage (tel. 212/768-1818) lists TKTS Half-Price Theater<br > Tickets， obtainable at Times Square (Broadway and 47th St.) and at<br > Lower Manhattan Theater Center， 2 World Trade Center， Mezza-<br > nine.<br > New York Movie Phone for what s playing--when and where (tel.<br > 212/777-FILM).<br > Park Events Hot Line (tel. 212/360-3456).<br > Telecharge (tel. 212/239-6200).<br > Tieketmaster (tel. 212/307-7171).<br >Getting to New York City<br >By Bus Major bus lines serving the city include Greyhound (tel. 800/231-<br > 2222)， serving locations nationwide; Peter Pan Trailways (tel. 800/<br > 343-9999)， serving major cities in the Northeast; Short Line Bus<br > System (tel. 212/736-4700)， serving upstate New York and New Jer-<br > sey; Adirondack/Pine Hill Trailways (tel. 212/967-2900)， serving the<br > Hudson Valley， upstate New York， and Canadian destinations; and<br > Capitol Trailways (tel. 800/858-8555)， serving points in eastern<br > Pennsylvania.<br > All long-haul and commuter bus lines feed into the well-policed but<br > still not-very-lovely Port Authority Terminal， a mammoth multilevel<br > structure between 40th and 42nd streets and 8th and 9~1~ avenues.<br >By Car<br >Getting<br ><br >