Subway Series Begins In NYC: Amazin' Mets Take On Bronx Bombers

NEW YORK CITY — Play ball, New York City, the Mets and the Yankees are about to battle it out with the first Subway Series of the season.

The Amazin' Mets take on the Bronx Bombers for Round 1 of the Subway Series Tuesday and Wednesday night at Citi Field, the Mets home turf, at 7:10 p.m.

The Mets and the Yankees are leading in their respective leagues, and that is expected to bring major crowds to the World’s Borough and the Boogie Down Bronx, according to the New York Post.

The Mets team might come in with a chip on its shoulder, as it won the 2021 Subway Series, said the Post.

But the Yankees team might be feeling pretty hot itself as it comes off a 6-0 win against the Orioles from Sunday night, according to SB Nation.

The Round 2 games will be at Yankees Stadium in the Bronx on Monday, Aug. 22 and Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 7:05 p.m.

How To Get To The Game

The MTA is ready for the Subway Series-bound.

7 Train

Express and local Queens-bound 7 trains will be provided approximately every two to three minutes from 34th Street Hudson Yards to the Mets Willets Point Station during the peak evening rush hour to prevent crowd overflow, according to New York City Transit.

More NYPD and MTAPD officers will be along the 7-line express and local platforms and onboard as straphangers get off the Mets-Willets Point Station located at Roosevelt Avenue near 126th Street at Citi Field, according to the transportation agency.

At the conclusion of the Subway Series games, there are five gap trains (normally only four for other baseball games), which will provide 7 super-express service (Mets-Willets Point, 61 St-Woodside, Queensboro Plaza, Court Square, Grand Central, 5th Avenue, Times Square, and 34 St-Hudson Yards), the transportation agency added.

“You won’t get Mets and Yankees fans to agree on much, but one thing they can agree on is that public transit offers the most convenient and affordable options to get to what should be a jam-packed Citi Field for the Subway Series,” NYC Transit President Richard Davey said in a prepared statement. “The 7 train, Q48 bus and Access-A-Ride all stop right at Citi Field’s front door.”

The Q48 And Access-A-Ride

The Q48 bus stop is also right in front of Citi Field and Access-A-Ride paratransit has a designated stop at Citi Field located at 41 Seaver Way (126th Street and 37th Avenue), south of the BullPen Gate in the Passenger Loading Zone (second cut out) directly in front of the AMWAY awning.

Go to mlb.com/mets/ballpark/disability-access-guide#accessmap or call (877) 337-2017, use MyAAR or the MYmta app to book a trip, according to the transportation agency.

LIRR

The LIRR provides direct service to the Mets-Willets Point Station all season long via the Port Washington Branch, a 19-minute ride from Penn Station.

Citi Field is 17 minutes from Great Neck and 27 minutes from Port Washington.

Fans traveling from Long Island on other branches can reach Citi Field by changing at Woodside, just a five-minute ride from the stadium, according to the MTA.

There are five eastbound trains from Penn Station which will get fans to Citi Field between 6:00 p.m. and 6:59 p.m. in time for the first pitch which is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. At the end of each game, LIRR service will run approximately every 30 minutes from Citi Field, in both directions, into Manhattan and to Port Washington, with a few extra trains on standby.

Non-Port Washington branch customers going back to Long Island can take an LIRR train or the 7 train to Woodside then transfer to all other destinations, said the MTA.

MetroNorth

Mets fans from The Bronx, the northern suburbs or Connecticut can catch any Metro-North train to Grand Central and transfer to the 7 subway to Citi Field, added the agency.

Watch From Home

Or you could just stay home.

Watch On Network Television

Both games will be broadcasted nationally, with TBS carrying the first and ESPN airing the second.

In-market viewers can catch Tuesday’s game on SNY and the YES Network as well, but Wednesday’s game will be shown exclusively on ESPN, according to NBC.

How To Stream

You can stream the action Tuesday on the TBS app, TBS.com, the SNY app, SNY.com, the YES Network app and YESNetwork.com.

You can stream Wednesday’s game on the ESPN app and ESPN.com, according to NBC.

Wednesday's game can be streamed on fuboTV (try for free), according to CBS Sports.

Watch From A Bar

These are just a few places airing the game Tuesday night. Got a favorite? Let Patch know in the comments below.

• ROAM in Forest Hills at 107-12 70th Rd.; opens at 5 p.m.
• The Fox Harlem at 2224 Frederick Douglas Blvd.; opens at 10 a.m.
• Fulton Ale House in Bed-Stuy at 1446 Fulton St.; opens at 2 p.m.
• Ralph's Sports Bar at 1571 Richmond Road in Staten Island; opens at 4:30 p.m.
• Yankee Tavern at 72 E 161 St. in the Bronx, opens at 12 p.m.