![]() ![]() If you want to see real wildness, ride the A line Friday and Saturday nights in Brooklyn. All in all my guess is you should be ok as long as you avoid the drunks and kids looking for trouble on Friday and Saturday nights. Just look like you are alert and paying attention and stay near the motorman or conductor if you are scared and alert them if you are in any danger. I have not personally seen any incidents at the Myrtle Ave train station - I also did M shuttles at night and changing ends at Myrtle Ave, but I would on occasion see police activity by the turnstiles and down on the street below.Īll in all it is rough on that line in comparison with other neighborhoods in Brooklyn BUT it is much better than it was 10/20 years ago. Broadway Junction can be dangerous at all times of the day. In 6 months I had 4 incidents at that station that I had to either personally get involved in or call the cops for. is like being in two different worlds.Īs far as stops go, ironically most problems I saw occurred in Manhattan at Essex street. That line from what you see on a Saturday night into Sunday morning from 2-5 a.m. Once Sunday morning came after 5:30am it was a different world with the drunks and troublemakers gone and seeing people dressed up for church and going to work and families out. I have seen gangs get on the train, I have had fights occur on the train, and there was a gang assault-homicide at 85th-Forest Parkway last summer that made the news although it was not front page material and if memory serves me I believe the victim was a case of mistaken identity.Īs other posters have stated, if you look street smart and pay attention, you should generally be ok. The line itslef goes through some rough areas. I am a train operator and I worked the J line Saturday nights into Sunday morning for 6 months last year so my opinion is based on actual experience working the line. Plus who robs at gunpoint on the subway? I'm betting that it was more than likely a bluff (wallet or watergun pressed in the back where the victim can't see it) Really, the L train feels way more sketchy in the same sort of area, but again, I've never been robbed. ![]() Plus there's a police station embedded in Broadway Junction, so yeah.Īnd to be honest, I never really felt any danger on the J train, But I suppose some people always feel danger somewhere, like people who claim that the neighborhood is unsafe unless they live in a doorman building. There is a transfer point at Broadway Junction (where you can transfer to the A) and that particular station can be dangerous but there are many cops that patrol that part. The "danger" stops run from Marcy Ave to about Cypress Hills. As long as you are alert you should be fine. ![]() Just mind your business and avoid altercations. I used to get off at Forest Parkway-85th street at all sorts of hours. I used to ride the J train day and night for many years when i commuted to law school and my job on Wall Street. ![]()
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