Commute to Harlem?

If you live in North Slope (any of the named streets, or near Grand Army Plaza) you have access to many more trains than the F, which really is a nightmare line. In NoSlope you have the Atlantic Avenue terminal, which houses the 2,3,4,5,N,R,W,Q,D,B trains and many of those can get to you Harlem (depending what side of 125th you need) quite quickly, as they run express.
I commute from Atlantic on an express train to uptown Manhattan and my commute is 40 minutes door to door. Rush hour means that trains (usually) run more quickly and reliably, and coming home at 4pm whill actually be before most people's rush hour home.

i live on a named street and commute to the upper, upper west side (96th street). it takes me 40 minutes, door to door, including the walks to/from the train.

i'd tack on another 5-10 mins to get to 125th...

it's not as bad as you might think. sometimes for a change of scenery, i'll take the 2/3 down to 42nd and transfer to the Q, which lets out here at 7th and Flatbush. the train options in this area are much better than those further south...

I'll add onto the pile of folks recommending the North Slope/Prospect Heights. The 2/3 trains are eons better than the F. I commuted on the F (7th Ave and 15th Street stops)for 6 years, and am at 2.5 years of commuting on the 2/3 (GAP stop.) The 2/3 just rocks, when compared to the F.

I'm a big fan of the Slope and Prospect Heights, but really...Harlem is very far away. People here have enough trouble getting to Midtown.

The northern part of Astoria, Queens is neighborhood-y as well, and there is a frequent, reliable bus (M60--the LaGuardia Airport bus) that runs right over the Triboro bridge and down 125th Street. Just a thought. Much cheaper place to live, too. Hell, even Harlem is starting to feel more like Park Slope these days, with little restaurants, coffeehouses, and boutiques aplenty. The nice part of Washington Heights is cheaper than Park Slope, too. Maybe you'd want to take a break from classes and be able to go home for lunch without an hour long subway trek.

If you need to stay in Brownstone Brooklyn, check out the area of Crown Heights near the A train at Nostrand Avenue. Nice blocks of brownstones around Bergen, St. Marks, Pacific...the A, as pointed out by the Duke Ellington song, is the easiest way to get to Harlem.

I find hopstop to be pretty good at estimating travel time. If you have addresses of places you are considering, just plug those and the school address in and see what it says (make sure to check around the times you expect to use the trains).

http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork

GiveMeCandy wrote: I'm a big fan of the Slope and Prospect Heights, but really...Harlem is very far away. People here have enough trouble getting to Midtown.

I live in Crown Heights and work in NJ, so I would say that "very far away" is rather relative. I'd be thrilled to be working as close as Harlem.

In fact, here is an artist's rendition of how I would feel if tomorrow morning I were to wake up at home in Crown Heights and find my job suddenly relocated to Harlem:

daver wrote: [quote=GiveMeCandy]I'm a big fan of the Slope and Prospect Heights, but really...Harlem is very far away. People here have enough trouble getting to Midtown.

I live in Crown Heights and work in NJ, so I would say that "very far away" is rather relative. I'd be thrilled to be working as close as Harlem.

In fact, here is an artist's rendition of how I would feel if tomorrow morning I were to wake up at home in Crown Heights and find my job suddenly relocated to Harlem:



dont lie, you just wanted a reason to use that graphic.

Carmen wrote: dont lie, you just wanted a reason to use that graphic.

Yer right, I'm doing the Snoopy Dance regardless of whether my job moves or not!