Civic - Services - New York, New York, USA

Support for human needs and infrastructure

• Human: Health and human services
  • AIDS NYC: Directory of HIV/AIDS information for metro area
  • NAMI NYC: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York City Metro; dedicated to improving the lives of people with neurobiological disorders (mental illnesses) and their families and friends through support, education, advocacy, and research
  • Mental Health CVMHA: Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health Agencies; umbrella advocacy organization of New York’s mental health community; represents community based mental health agencies in the five boroughs of New York City and its environs
  • -USA Human-: National Health and Human services; you can use these directories to find doctors, hospitals, dentists, and other health and human services
• Transport: New York City offers a dizzying array of transit options; it is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and is part of the transit-rich eastern seaboard corridor from Boston to Philadelphia to Washington
  • Port Authority: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; transportation mega-agency which develops transportation infrastructure throughout the metropolitan region; including airports, bridges, tunnels, marine terminals, industrial parks, heliports, bus terminal, and trains
  • MTA: Metropolitan Transportation Authority; a New York State agency; divisions include New York City Transit (city buses, subways, and railroads) and commuter railroads (MetroNorth and Long Island Railroad) and Long Island Bus
  • HopStop: Directions subway and bus; enter your start and destination addresses, choose your language, transportation mode, transfer preference, and departure time, and get directions
  • GotoBus: Bus reservation system; buses connecting many cities including NYC
  • Subway Info: Subway directions; from any location, to any location, within the five boroughs of New York City
  • Straphangers: Straphangers Campaign; coalition of transit activists who want better subways and buses
  • Trips 123: Transit info and planning; for travelers in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut metropolitan region; transit resources; real-time and static, multi-modal (subway, bus, rail, ferry), transportation agency verified, information for the public collected through TRANSCOM
  • TRANSCOM: Regional coalition; consists of transportation and public safety agencies in the New York - New Jersey - Connecticut metropolitan region; created in 1986 to provide a cooperative, coordinated approach to regional transportation management
  • Council: New York Metropolitan Transportation Council; planning organization for region including New York City, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley; site includes links to transit services
  • Roads: Guide to NY, NJ roads; gives information, pictures, and links to help you use roads and highways in the metro area
  • Alternatives: Transportation Alternatives; group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, fewer cars, safer, calmer neighborhood streets and car-free parks
  • Auto-Free: Auto-Free New York; a group that works to improve the livability of the city through pedestrian spaces
  • EZPass: an electronic toll collection system; drivers prepay tolls and attach a small electronic device to their vehicles; tolls are automatically calculated and deducted from the prepaid accounts as E-ZPass customers pass through the toll lanes
  • NJTransit: New Jersey's public transportation corporation; services include bus, rail and light rail transit, linking major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia
  • JFK: JFK International Airport
  • LGA: La Guardia Airport
  • EWR: Newark Liberty International Airport
  • NYC DOT: New York City's Department of Transportation; manages much of the city's transportation infrastructure, including city streets, highways, sidewalks, and bridges
  • Amtrak: Amtrak passenger train service; from New York's Penn Station at 33rd and 8th Streets; train service to the eastern seaboard
  • Fast Ferry: Ferry service; runs from Manhattan (E 34th St and Wall St Pier 11) to Highlands, New Jersey (Keyport, Sandy Hook)
  • NY Waterway: Ferry and excursion fleet
  • AirTrain JFK: JFK airport train service; connects JFK International Airport and MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) trains, MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) subways, and local buses; operated by the Port Authority of NY & NJ
  • AirTrain EWR: Newark airport train service; connects EWR Newark Liberty International Airport with NJ TRANSIT commuter and Amtrak regional trains and is an on-airport service taking travelers between the airline terminals, rental car facilities, hotel shuttles and central parking lots; operated by the Port Authority of NY & NJ
  • NY Airport Svc: New York Airport Service; provides transportation service to and from Manhattan (New York City), JFK Airport, LGA Airport, and Midtown Hotels.
  • LimoLiner: NYC-Boston luxury bus; bus service with a focus on amenities, comfort, and productive travel time as well as avoiding delays from air or train travel; between the Hilton Boston Back Bay and the Hilton New York in Midtown Manhattan; stop in Framingham, MA (on request)
• Facilities: Institutions, units, organizations, or systems that build, distribute, plan, or and keep area resources or infrastructure working
  • Con Ed: Consolidated Edison Company of New York; a regulated utility, provides electric service in New York City, gas service, steam
  • KeySpan: Distributor of natural gas, electricity
  • Castle Oil: Independent distributor of heating oil
  • Planning: Regional Plan Association; works on long-term regional plans for 31-counties in NY-NJ-CT
  • NYCWastele$$: New York City Partnership for Waste Prevention; with and support from the New York City Department of Sanitation; learn how to reduce waste, reuse items, and recycle when necessary
  • Sanitation: NYC Sanitation Dept; collects residential and institutional refuse and recyclables

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