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Would you take the NYC subway in Brooklyn?



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amother
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Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:02 pm
Hi, I'm considering taking the D and Q train tomorrow from BP to Flatbush area. Would be traveling with a baby.
Bus would take longer and Uber is expensive. Should I be scared to travel by train?
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amother
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Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:06 pm
amother OP wrote:
Hi, I'm considering taking the D and Q train tomorrow from BP to Flatbush area. Would be traveling with a baby.
Bus would take longer and Uber is expensive. Should I be scared to travel by train?


The subway is normally fine during the day. I’d only avoid at night.

FYI you can schedule rides in advance in Uber and that’s often cheaper than booking only when you’re ready to go.
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amother
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Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:07 pm
I take these trains daily and are ok bh
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chestnut  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:07 pm
You'd have to go thru Atlantic Ave or Coney Island?
Trains ok in Flatbush, BH. Nowhere near as bad as in Manhattan
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amother
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Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:09 pm
chestnut wrote:
You'd have to go thru Atlantic Ave or Coney Island?
Trains ok in Flatbush, BH. Nowhere near as bad as in Manhattan


I take train to Manhattan daily. Bh its been fine.
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water883




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:11 pm
The subway are great if you are someone who is has a good general awareness to surroundings and is easy going. Otherwise it might not be for you.
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  chestnut




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:11 pm
amother Wandflower wrote:
I take train to Manhattan daily. Bh its been fine.

So do I. A very not pleasant experience , and BH I didn't even encounter anti-Semitism.
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amother
Bone


 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:20 pm
Yes of course. I live and work in the city and take my baby to and from daycare and me to and from work I take the train every day
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amother
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Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:22 pm
amother Buttercup wrote:


FYI you can schedule rides in advance in Uber and that’s often cheaper than booking only when you’re ready to go.

I know, I used to do that a lot. I'd play around with it, keep on trying different bookings until I got the cheapest price. When was the last time you tried it? Because about a year ago, I found that it didn't work anymore. If anything, the prices were actually higher.
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amother
Aster


 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:24 pm
Be prepared you might share a car with homeless people, people who are passed out on drugs or people ranting about Jews. It’s also full of graffiti some of it antisemitic. As someone who grew up taking the subway everywhere myself as a teen… I no longer take it. It’s just a really unpleasant experience and sometimes unsafe. Stay away from the rails there are serial rail shivers who like to throw people in. Also watch out for yelling lunatics and people with knives there have been many knife stabbings lately
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amother
Royalblue


 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:41 pm
Its fine. My kids and I take it all the time. Never had an issue.
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amother
Dandelion


 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 5:46 pm
I'd be hesitant tomorrow as it's 9/11. Otherwise I would and have before
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amother
Sage


 

Post Tue, Sep 10 2024, 6:18 pm
I take the subway daily (f train) between boro park and flatbush. I do occassionally switch cars if I don't feel comfortable but otherwise it's fine. not the most pleasant but gets me where I need to go quickly
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