New York Mets 2017: Schedule, How To Watch, Transportation

QUEENS, NEW YORK — As the 2017 Major League Baseball season tips past the halfway mark, there remains a full two months before players hang up their spikes and prepare to take a swing at next year’s season.

The 2017 season ends Oct. 1, and Queens’ resident Major Leaguers, The New York Mets, are gearing up for 27 more home games at Citi Field stadium from August to September.

Here’s everything you need to know:

Schedule:

• Mets vs. Dodgers, Aug. 4, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Dodgers, Aug. 5, 4:05 p.m.
• Mets vs. Dodgers, Aug. 6, 8 p.m.
• Mets vs. Rangers, Aug. 8, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Rangers, Aug. 9, 12:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Yankees, Aug. 16, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Yankees, Aug. 17, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Marlins, Aug. 18, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Marlins, Aug. 19, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Marlins, Aug. 20, 1:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Diamondbacks, Aug. 21, 1:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Diamondbacks, Aug. 22, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Diamondbacks, Aug. 23, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Diamondbacks, Aug. 24, 12:10 p.m.

• Mets vs. Phillies, Sept. 7, 1:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Phillies, Sept. 5, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Phillies, Sept. 6, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Reds, Sept. 7, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Reds, Sept. 8, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Reds, Sept. 9, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Reds, Sept. 10, 1:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Nationals, Sept. 22, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Nationals, Sept. 23, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Nationals, Sept. 24, 1:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Braves, Sept. 25, 4:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Braves, Sept. 26, 7:10 p.m.
• Mets vs. Braves, Sept. 27, 7:10 p.m.

How to get to the stadium:

Citi Field officials recommend that fans take mass transit to the stadium. The stadium is a 16-minute train ride from Penn Station and six minutes from Woodside via the LIRR.

The 7 train is another option, which fans can ride to Mets-Willets Point. Connections to the 7 train can be made by taking the E train to the 74th Street-Broadway-Roosevelt Avenue stop in Jackson Heights.

Citi Field is further served by the Q48 bus, and a number of bus lines connect with the 7 train, including the Q18, Q23, Q29, Q32, Q39, Q45, Q47, Q53, Q58, Q60, Q67, Q72, Q104, B24 and B61.

Citi Field is also accessible by bicycle, and the stadium provides safe bike parking locations around the ballpark. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Commuter parking is located on Roosevelt Avenue between 126th Street and Shea Road, and the lot is open Monday through Friday from 3:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

How to get tickets:

Tickets are available on the Major League Baseball website through the Mets season schedule. Prices range from $39 to $410.

Where to watch:

For fans unable to catch a game in person, Mets games are covered live on television and radio.

SNY is the official television home of the New York Mets, featuring access to the Mets with more than 130 live telecasts each season. Televised broadcasts are also available on PIX 11.

Fans can also listen in on a game on 710 WOR-AM and 1050AM ESPN Deportes, the only Spanish-language radio station dedicated to providing sports content and play-by-plays around the clock, according to the Major League Baseball website.

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