Meet halfway in New York, NY
New York rewards planning by travel time rather than distance: two addresses three miles apart can be 15 minutes or 55 minutes apart depending on the line. Triangulmate routes each address on the subway and on foot, then keeps only restaurants and bars where nobody's trip is much longer than anyone else's.
Where groups usually land
Midtown East / Grand Central
Where the 4/5/6, 7 and Metro-North converge — usually the fairest option when one person is coming from the suburbs.
Union Square
The L, N/Q/R/W and 4/5/6 all meet here, so it is often the lowest-transfer choice between Brooklyn and uptown Manhattan.
Downtown Brooklyn / Atlantic Terminal
Ten lines plus the LIRR make it the natural fair midpoint for Brooklyn-and-Queens groups.
Long Island City
One stop from Midtown on the 7 or E, with quicker walks and easier tables than Manhattan on a weekend.
The rules Triangulmate applies in New York
Each address is routed on the MTA subway and on foot for your exact departure time. A venue is only recommended when the walk stays under 10 minutes, total door-to-door travel stays within your limit (default 30 minutes), and no two people differ by more than the fairness gap you set (default 5 minutes). Rail is preferred over buses, and journeys that force one person through extra transfers are pushed down the list.
- Set the departure time you will actually leave — weekend service changes can add 15 minutes to a route that looks fast on a weekday.
- If one person is driving, Triangulmate adds nearby garages and their estimated rates into that person's travel analysis.
- Use the 10-minute walk cap to avoid venues that look close on a map but sit a long avenue block from the station.
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