Travel is easy in Manhattan. There are twelve avenues, First to Twelfth, and they go north and south. Sixth Avenue also has a name the Avenue of the Americas Most streets go east and west, and after 14th Street the streets and avenues go in straight lines. The East Side is to the east of Fifth Avenue, and the West Side is to the west of it. Lots of New Yorkers travel under the streets and buildings of New York on subway trains. When you take the subway, ask yourself, "Where am I going uptown (north) or downtown (south)? You can buy a MetroCard