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here goes a map of the subway system. Our house is 4 blocks away from the Greenpoint AV. station of the G line. it also has buses that go both south and north, they intercept the L line in williamsburg and the E and V line in queens. same with the G line.
http://mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm
there are bus maps for every borough that you can find in the same MTA web page.