Subway stations to avoid (Ridge, Vernon: safest neighborhood, live in, dangerous)
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Because it's so easy to get to any part of the city by subway, there really isn't any such thing as a 'station to avoid.' Anyone--and by anyone, I mean anyone with the intention to cause some kind of trouble--could be anywhere. It doesn't make a difference if the station happens to be located in a poor or wealthy part of town. If it's late at night and the station looks fairly well deserted, then a good move would be not to exit the train there!
I'll say this much: I can relate to the notion of taking subway rides around New York completely at random. I've done that for years.
^^ hum on this point i can understand people worrying about their safety when they know they gonna walk through some bad reputed area, but i agree on the "is it safe taking this or that train" threads...
If you live and work in NYC and every once in a while have to visit a place outside of your cultural enclave like myself, there is never really a station to avoid. If I have to get something done in that area, it is what it is. It's not about so called "safety". $hit happens everywhere, so don't kid yourself.
To me, the stations to avoid are the ones that never provide the service they are designed for - a freakin' train! Or the ones where the metrocard machines are out of order or the jacked up turnstiles rip you off. Or how about any station on the 4/5/6 line where there's standing room only at rush hour and a train never arrives on time in the AM? Or 34th Street Herald Sq Rat Zoo where the rodents run wild on the B/D platform amongst passengers. Get real. If I could, I'd avoid ALL NYC subway stations, but then I'd be missing out on what truly makes NY.
With that said, I must admit though my LEAST favorite stations for a number of reasons are 42nd Grand Central, 42 Times Square, Canal Street, E. 125th 4/6, 2nd Ave F Train (WEIRDOS!), any station on the L train line, and any station where a terrorist attack would make a really huge impact.
Someone quoted from this article in the thread that describes safety concerns in the stations and makes note of the affluent area stations having high crime. I don't know how much affluence is a factor in addition to high traffic/low traffic - those affluent area stations also happen to be high traffic stations. New York Subway Safety - accidents, crashes, suicides and deaths
A better question, which stations have the less amount of homeless, felons asking for money, aspiring rappers, kids hustling stolen candy bars, failing high school/middle school students, rambling preachers, police that search bags, loud hood women/girls, men that do nothing but stand without taking the train, and roving drummers/guitarists.
That's the difference between a comfortable ride and one were you constantly have to be annoyed and stressed.
Well, keep in mind that those midtown stations have the most passengers/foot traffic. As a result, there are going to be more crime incidents. The article even mentions that in the first sentence of the excerpt posted by bluedog. Only Penn Station seems to be legit due to the article mentioning it as tops in incident per traveler.
As to particular stations, I'd say any in low-income, high crime neighborhoods. I can speak for my 183rd stop on the 4, in which there is always shady people standing by asking you to swipe them in. Stepping out of the train and you're in what some like to call an underworld. Recently, I've heard that the 182nd-183rd stops on the D had teen gang members following, harassing, and robbing passengers as they stepped out.
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