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Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, the Garden and Barclays are all on the subway or commuter rail. MetLife is the exception.
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New York is unusual among American cities in that most of its major venues can be reached without a car. The exception is the football stadium, which sits across the state line.
Yankee Stadium
The 4, B and D subway lines stop at 161 St–Yankee Stadium, directly across from the entrance. Metro-North also serves the stadium from a separate station, Yankees–East 153rd Street, on the Hudson line.
Citi Field
The 7 train stops at Mets–Willets Point, next to the stadium. On event days the Long Island Rail Road also serves the same station, from Penn Station and Woodside.
Madison Square Garden
The arena sits on top of Penn Station, so every line that serves 34 St–Penn Station reaches it: the 1, 2, 3, A, C and E, plus the Long Island Rail Road, NJ Transit and Amtrak.
Barclays Center
The Atlantic Av–Barclays Ctr station is directly beneath the arena and is served by the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q and R, and by the Long Island Rail Road at Atlantic Terminal.
UBS Arena
UBS Arena is reached by the Long Island Rail Road, which runs trains to Belmont Park station on game days from Penn Station and other points. There is no subway service.
MetLife Stadium
No subway reaches MetLife. On event days NJ Transit runs trains from Secaucus Junction to the stadium, and buses run from Port Authority in Manhattan. Travel times are best checked on the NJ Transit schedule for the specific event.
A rule that saves time
For any of these venues, allow for the station crowd: a local subway line that runs every few minutes on a weekday may be packed for the half-hour after a game. Leaving ten minutes before the end of a close game or waiting in the concourse for twenty minutes afterward are both rational answers.