F Train at night

papasmurf · March 2007

I am a new resident to the Slope and need to know how safe the subway is coming home from Wall Street past 10 p.m. I take the 4 and 6 lines to get from Wall Street to Broadway/Lafayette then the F back home to the 7th Ave. station. Is the F Train safe late at night or should I get a taxi home? Thanks for the help!

sarahmac · March 2007

pretty safe....just use common sense...try to stick with the group when exiting....

I usually take the train up until midnight or so ...to the 15th Ave. stop.

My street itself is very safe, but very quiet. That's the part where I feel nervous - walking the few blocks after getting off the train. No real issues on the train itself (except it's slow, etc.)

shishkab · March 2007

it's about as safe as you can get for a subway. bad thing about the F is that it's a local which means a zillion people get on; good thing about the F is that it's a local which means there are ALWAYS people on it. i've ridden the F in the middle of the night, as well as the wee hours of the morning, and it's always been pretty populated. and the 7th avenue stop is a good one, as stops go.

steve · March 2007

Flexichick wrote: pretty safe....just use common sense...try to stick with the group when exiting....

I usually take the train up until midnight or so ...to the 15th Ave. stop.

My street itself is very safe, but very quiet. That's the part where I feel nervous - walking the few blocks after getting off the train. No real issues on the train itself (except it's slow, etc.)

Good point. I've felt that way in Windsor Terrace before, not so much at 7th Avenue and 4th Avenue. I think the key once you are off the train is try to stay on the main street as much as reasonably possible, 5th or 7th ave as opposed to 8th or 6th Aves, or PPW. As for the streets try to stay on 9th as much as possible when it's late.

brooklynjack · March 2007

You'll save time and a fare by taking the A/C from Broadway/Nassau to Jay Street (only 2 stops) rather than changing at Brooklyn Bridge for the 6 and doing the outside transfer at Broadway/Lafayette and paying a 2nd fare

rachmouse · March 2007

I think the F is fine - unless maybe you do something dumb like fall asleep with a laptop or ipod out and on the seat next to you. Ride at the back of the train and there will always be a bunch of people getting off at 7th. Part of the advantage of having to wait a while for the F late at night is the train will generally be pretty full. You could also take the R to 4th/9th and walk from there. Late at night I think it is faster to walk and take one train than it is to make transfers. Usually.

username: * · March 2007

BrooklynJack wrote: You'll save time and a fare by taking the A/C from Broadway/Nassau to Jay Street (only 2 stops) ...

I was going to suggest this. Taking the R directly, too, seems better than your uptown/downtown dosey-doe. But that is beside the point.

...The train should be O.K. for you that late at night. And I feel like an expert on this subject. I work in Times Square until 1 in the morning, usually (later, if I go on a drunk), and am otherwise often on the subway (especially the D, F and N/R) between here and there at late hours. (To get home from work, I walk to Bryant Park to catch the D or F to Brooklyn. I live near the Prospect Avenue Station [M/R] and the D runs local in Brooklyn that late. And the F stop at Fourth Avenue is close enough for me to walk.)

Subway traffic drops off precipitously after the midnight hour, but there are still enough normal people aboard that you shouldn't be bothered. Unless you count having your stomach turned by a foul smell or passenger. And, anyway, you are talking about earlier in the evening when the F still bustling, like it is during the afternoon. The problem is once you get off the train. And that's a whole other kettle of fish: stick to busy streets, well-lighted, blah-blah-blah.

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