If a person could choose a favorite train, mine would be the Q. Here's why:…read more-- My stop, 86th Street is really subterranean. There are three steep escalators that take you to the street without ever climbing a step. (If you think I'm lazy, I'll remind you that I'm no spring chicken.) -- I frequently go between Philadelphia and NYC via Amtrak. The Q is a couple of blocks from the Moynahan station, and leaves me minutes from my building. -- The Q goes practically everywhere I want to go: Carnegie Hall (57th Street), Times Square (42nd Street), Macy's (34th Street), Chinatown (Canal Street .... though I usually take the bus) and Coney Island. -- In Brooklyn, the Q follows the same route that the D formerly did, which is what I took growing up. (I'm nostalgic!) -- Going downtown I always get a seat -- though I'm happy to relinquish it when someone boards who needs it. The train seems clean. Or clean-ish. Climate-controlled, too. Years ago cars were dirty and filled with graffiti. Hot in the summer, cold in the winter. So yeah, I'm happy. The Q has it going on!

I've been using this station a lot lately. The Q Train @ 57 Street…read more Going home this Station lets me off close to my 96th Street Q Train Stop near East Harlem and Yorkville. I can get off here at 57th to go to Nordstrom and much more. I seldom take the subway. If I plan to enjoy shopping in this neighborhood this winter I better get used to this station. Winter came early this year. I'm usually in a hurry to get out from underground. I haven't noticed the condition. I feel like it's always being renovated. I'm just glad I have door to door service because this station is located at 57th Street. I'll probably be here today with my daughter.

As Aretha proclaimed- "It's all about RESPECT"!…read more You see the signs of RESPECT on the tiled walls of this subway station which serves the 1 train in the Tribeca neighborhood. This station features beautiful old tile work on the walls and on the platform floors. Very different from most of the other MTA stations. There is even a picture box here with city scenes that looks like it was a long time ago art installation. Other than that it's pretty empty later at night and can give off a creepy vibe if alone. I noticed the safety mirror has also been removed on the stairwells.

Franklin Street is an old MTA station that's cool to look around. It just is a station of course…read more Sure there's not that much. Cold or hot. The trains come fairly often. Has cool tiles and stuff like most older stations do. It serves the 1 Train. This is kind of a confusing place if you don't know the correct way. Be sure you enter on the correct side of the street. There's no crossover inside so it means you would have to go back out and go across the street and pay there. If you have an unlimited MetroCard, the mistake doesn't hurt. Pay attention to the sides of the street. They take advantage of people who don't know so they squeeze more money from these victims.

From End To End Everyday riding the A train…read more31 miles of track From Richmond Hill, Queens to Inwood, Manhattan Encountering all walks of life First one up at sunrise Last one in the house at dusk Off peak hours in the morning Rush hour service in the evening Pushing to get in and out like squeezing an adult elephant into a sedan car "It's showtime!" so I attain another seat to evade Panhandlers scuffling passengers for money Babies and children wailing boisterously loud without end Gargantuan backpacks and duffle bags occupying unnecessary standing space The unemployed, Yuppies and teens bouncing their heads to music blaring deafening loud Religious garb froth the mouth emitting into the void The strong stench of burgers and French Fries fills the air and the floor for pollution The lack thereof courtesy and communication skills without the standard "excuse me" creates a malice world From End To End My long haul 2 hour train ride Passing through Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan This station is the other end of the A train in Richmond Hill, Queens. Continuously undergoing renovations with upgrading the station with elevators for the physically challenged the stairhall is narrow and utterly crowded creating pedestrian congestion. There is no waiting area upon swiping your MetroCard for entrance. Like all Queens stations on the A train (including the Rockaways), this station is elevated. Nota Bene: Upon discharge from the stairhall and onto street level, straphangers beware of sketchy livery cab drivers vigorously soliciting by loitering at the foot of the station staircase as many willfully block the method of egress and street screaming "cab?!" At this station straphangers can connect with Q10 bus for a journey to JFK Airport.

This used to be the go to A stop always on time, lately it's became one of the worst lines. To many…read morehomeless people on the train, everyday we gotta deal with that nonsense.

Yea, even before the gentrification this station was always sus. I never really liked to switch…read morehere when the G ran at this station. Do you guys remember that back in the day? If you're lucky you can catch the train on the other side to go local. I appreciate that the F & E run at this station again. Expect the trains to be super packed between 7am and 9:30am worst rush hours ever!

This is sort of a crossroads type station and thus is quite busy. Located near the 59th street…read moreBridge, LIC, and the like. Multiple trains stop here, and it was cleaner than most. It also has an elevator which is not always the case. Aside from that its another of the busy MTA stations that make traveling NYC both easy and challenging at time lol

These are the trains I take going back home and to work for my whole life! The J and Z trains go…read moreall the way to Jamaica Avenue and Broad Street. The M train goes to Metropolitan Avenue and to Manhattan and back to Forest Hills. Sucks that they go midtown and to upper Queens instead of to the financial district and to Bay Parkway, Brooklyn like back in the days when it was a brown M train. I miss that. The M train is now orange and they are all the new R160 trains by the Japanese so no wonder they have blue plastic seats that smell so damn strong like formaldehyde! When they were built, the plastic produced a strong smell for my liking. It sucks. Also it is very lit and the conductor does not announce the train stops anymore for these trains. The train has automated announcements unlike the J trains that are still the old R42 ones with the long bench seating, which is limited seating for customers. The gray benches are solid and there's heating underneath them and sometimes the heat blows my feet. These trains got a lot of scratches on the door windows. I think the old R42 trains are cleaner and lot fresher than the blue plastic benches on the R160 trains. Sucks that the old trains got to go. The blue seating is getting dirtier especially during the pandemic when sitting was impossible. The blue seats are all smeared with dirt and oil and ointment in almost every spot. Blood and poop too on them! It's like what the hell. The MTA should definitely impose a special cleaning crew project to clean the filthy dirty blue seats.

JMZ subway line at Marcy Avenue is above ground so you are subjected to the elements and probably…read moreget pretty pissed off when it's raining, windy, cold, or snowing and you're stuck on that platform waiting for the train to come. Plus, the long ass climb up the stairs to get to the platform doesn't help matters too much. At least you can get cell phone reception along this elevated line. Other then that there is nothing at all that makes this subway station stand out or any different from the many along this line. Plus, the hood surrounding it is kind of sketchy at night. Oh yeah there is one thing. The subway lets out right across the street from Duff''s Heavy Metal bar! It's the only reason I ever take this train to begin with and gets three stars just for that. Rock On! \m/

This station is one of 3 or 4 that were totally renovated on the R-line several years ago,…read morere-opening around 2017. I've visited them all and they are all really nice. Each has improved seating, with "stand up boards" that let you simply lean without fully sitting. The bench seats have arms to help us old heads pry our bodies out of a sitting position. There is also improved recessed lighting that is not quite as harsh as the old fluorescent bulbs. The displays are also bright and back lit now, with some handy USB chargers if you need one in a pinch. Finally, each of the refurbished stations has some interesting and quite pretty art installation. It just looks so much better! In fact, when I stepped off the train the other day, I almost felt like I was in another cities metro system. It just looks clean and slick. That's a pretty big score for the MTA. Commuters and tourists should use it and enjoy it....you could do a lot worse.

One of the smaller stations on the "R" line in Brooklyn. Wait times for the "R" can be a pain since…read moreit is a local train and it's one of the worst subway lines in the system when it comes to reliability. The "M" train use to run with the "R" back in 1987, but as time went on the "M" no longer ran with the "R" in Brooklyn due to MTA's budget cuts in 2010. On the weekends and late nights the "D" & "N" provide extra service (unless stated otherwise) to help the "R" since it acts as a Shuttle train that terminates at 36th St & Bay Ridge-95th St while it skips 53rd & 45th Sts towards 36 St but stops at these two stations only if it's going towards Bay Ridge.

I frequented this train station back in the Summer of 2015 after working at the place one of my…read morefather's former coworkers worked at the time. The station is a 15-minute walk from the place. It is not wheelchair accessible and the staircase is very similiar to some commuter rail stations.

Man, I don't even know what to really write for this review. It's a regular train station in…read moreBrooklyn. Haha, maybe it's because I've passed this train station so many times.