New to Brooklyn

anonymous

I admit that I am definitely a newbie to Brooklyn! I am looking at a place near the intersection of Bedford Ave and Myrtle Ave. Could anyone tell me more about this area? Is it technically in Clinton Hill or Bed Stuy? I have conflicting maps... I appreciate any thoughts, advice, warnings, or tips that you could give me about this area.

Thanks.

anonymous

Let the festivities commence! 8)

armchair_warrior

you in bed stuy.

bed= bedford ave
stuy = Stuyvesant ave

guvna

Run for your life. Do not look back. Forget that you ever came here. Tell no one that you were here.

Heed my advice :!:

kevin_on_putnam

Ignore him, he's from a broken home

Guvna wrote: Run for your life. Do not look back. Forget that you ever came here. Tell no one that you were here.

Heed my advice :!:

kittygirl

I have two specific questions for the locals of this area:

1) I have been reading conflicting information about which cell phone providers have good coverage in this area - from your experience, which company would you suggest?

2) I have to commute everyday to Hunter College. I have come up with MANY different combinations of routes that I could potentially take - but I'd love to hear from people who have experience actually commuting to the UES. I have no idea which trains are reliable or slow or safe at night... I can only go off of what my map tells me...

I've been told to take the G to the 7 to the 6 or the G to the L to the 6 or the G to the A/C to the 4 to 6... please help!

carmen

1)I have cingular/att&t and I have had no problems with reception at all. I live 2 blocks down Bedford from you.

2) I don't know exactly where hunter is, but if you take the G to Court St in queens you can transfer to the EV which will bring you into the city in one stop where you can transfer to the 6 at Lexington/53rd. That seems the most direct

boygabriel

Carmen wrote: 1)I have cingular/att&t and I have had no problems with reception at all. I live 2 blocks down Bedford from you.

2) I don't know exactly where hunter is, but if you take the G to Court St in queens you can transfer to the EV which will bring you into the city in one stop where you can transfer to the 6 at Lexington/53rd. That seems the most direct

I agree on both points

bifteck

I think G to the A/C to the 4/5 may be your best bet. It sounds like a pain, but it's actually not too bad during morning rush hour. I've seen many subway compadres take this route.

kittygirl

Carmen wrote: 1)I have cingular/att&t and I have had no problems with reception at all. I live 2 blocks down Bedford from you.

2) I don't know exactly where hunter is, but if you take the G to Court St in queens you can transfer to the EV which will bring you into the city in one stop where you can transfer to the 6 at Lexington/53rd. That seems the most direct

Hunter is at 68th and Lexington. The route you mentioned to me is one that I had not thought of. How is the transfer from the G to the EV at Court St? My map makes it look like a long distance. Same for the transfer from the EV to the 6. Would I have to exit the Lexington/53rd station and walk down to the 51 St station to catch the 6? Or is there a direct transfer there? The EV would be faster than the 7 train, wouldn't it?

Thanks for your comments - we were hoping to go with AT&T, so we're glad to hear that it has been working well for you.

guvna

Kevin_on_Putnam wrote: Ignore him, he's from a broken home

[quote=Guvna]Run for your life. Do not look back. Forget that you ever came here. Tell no one that you were here.

Heed my advice :!:

You meant to say that I am house broken :oops:

Just having a laugh. The responses to these kinds of threads usually swing from everythings peachy to the end is nigh! I thought I'd have a go at the end is nigh angle.

bifteck

kittygirl, have you ever used www.hopstop.com? It might be worth checking for the quickest route. As you can see from our input, there are several ways you can get there -- the site is a good measure of the most direct way.