Access to Astoria, Queens is the N and W trains at MTA - 30th Avenue subway station located at 30th…read moreAvenue and 31st Street. It takes you to 'Greek Town' where a coalesced area of Greeks reside and straphangers can find bars with live music, restaurants, cafes, bakeries and coffee shops. This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks. This subway station has been updated modernized and contains simple architecture keeping with function and operational rather than beauty and ornate. My style is traditional, but I do believe individuals and society must adapt with changing times for updated modernization - at least keep it classic and simple which this subway station maintain. The entrance/exit kiosk is modern, but a classic and very simple appeal glass-and-steel canopies with no lavish modern awnings. The artwork for the station, titled "Perasma I and II; Dappleganger," by Stephen Westfall installed in 2018 consists of 47 laminated glass mural panels in the mezzanine, each with geometric designs. It allows color and natural sunlight to be emitted.

Transportation. GOOD. Got off at 30th AVE to visit ASTORIA, leaving LONG ISLAND CITY behind. This…read morewas my old Subway stop, back when I lived just 2 blocks away. RECOMMEND.

The subways are coming along nicely in the big apple. Much cleaner, organized, maintained, and the…read moretrains are a smoother ride and modern experience.

Another MTA station is on 116th Street in Harlem. It seems mostly okay. Less filthy than many other…read morestations. Fairly safe except when it gets later. There aren't too many problems though. Get on here on the way up toward Washington Heights. It serves the B and C Trains. This shares the same track as the A Train, but that often runs express so it doesn't stop here unfortunately. Not to be confused with another station on 116th in Harlem. Over by Malcolm X Boulevard will you find that. Here it's a little busier. This station is pretty close to Columbia University and some other stuff. Basic station with a classic setup that's annoying. It matters which side of the street you enter on. There's no crossovers inside and you'll have to exit and go across the street to get to the other side if you enter wrong.

This MTA subway station is located at Utica Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant,…read moreBrooklyn. It is served by the A train at all times and the C train at all times except late nights. The station has four tracks and two island platforms which is standard for a four-track express station. This station contain three (3) elevators for ADA accessibility and compliance. There is a human operated token booth at this station. There are walkway ramps with exposed "I" beams visible and wall murals and mosaics commissioned by artists. Occasionally, there are NYPD police presence on the platform which fends the illusion of safety and security for New Yorkers during turbulent times for rash of hate or bias assaults. Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train" still resonates through time and tide.

The A Train provides the longest one-seat ride in the MTA system, at 32.39 miles between Inwood and…read moreFar Rockaway. The "A" train has a weekday ridership of 600,000. Back in the day during the Harlem Renaissance the "A" was iconic because it connected historical Harlem and Bed Stuy. Duke Ellington orchestra even performed an song about the A train. My stop is Utica Ave, there are two sides to exit Fulton Park and Utica Ave that connects you to the B-46 bus. I get out on the Fulton side that leads you to Fulton St and Stuyvesant Ave across the street from Boys and Girls High School, adjacent from Fulton Park. There is no token booth, no one for customer service, and seldom NYPD available, however it is anything but grimey (that's Ebonics for dirty) and the four kiosk are always working but please be advised some mornings these kiosks do not take dollar bills. This exit is well lit and clean. The murals are a stationery to the culture of working class people and youth that attend neighboring schools that access the A/C trains daily. 4 stars because the MTA tore down our Token Booth. Welcome to Bed-Stuy.

Interesting train station but it is not as busy as some of the others along the A line. Most people…read morewill tend to get off at 80th street or Rockaway Boulevard and this is the middle stop. Sometimes on the weekends, this station is not accessible and you have to take a shuttle bus to Euclid Avenue or many situations like that. Overall, not a bad subway station and sometimes I get off here and walk a few extra blocks to one of the neighboring buses that I take in this area.

I've been taking this train for years and there's always some type of delay. So i suggest that you…read morecheck the MTA website if there are any changes on the schedule or planned work. Leave early if possible. Upside: above ground station so great phone reception.

I take the train to and from this station fairly often to see my bestie and hairstylist. There's a…read morelot to do and eat in this area and the train station is def located in a central location. It's a pretty large train station and they keep it clean. It's also pretty modern in some areas like the turnstile and machines.

At the Dyckman and Broadway intersection is a subway station which isn't bad. It gets credit for…read morehaving a pretty good location. Mostly safe. Cleaner than most of the other stations are. The Cloisters is a few minutes away up the big hill. Choose either of the Dyckman stations that are here. It serves the A Train. The other one is for the1 Train. Basically this is the nicer one. Mostly clean and safe which is what you want in a station. Also has a great location. Has a whole lot of cafes and restaurants. It's the next to last stop on the A. The 190th Street station is before it. The 207th Street station is after it. Also there's Fort Tryon Park close by. It's one of the big parks around here. The Cloisters is the main attraction here and is what brings most people up this way.

The renovation of the waiting area on the westbound side is completed and I give it an A grade…read more They preserved the original design while updating a few features. Fresh paint, new benches inside and out, lighting, signage, outlets, historic photos.... The new bathroom is spacious, well-lit and goes on my mental map of public restrooms in KG. I believe in going local. And I expect to return. Thx, LIRR.

This station feels like a suburban LIRR station but a with a bit more of a city scene view. I…read morearrived here about 5:25am via the Q10. Shout out to that bus line for running 24/7. It took me a good 5 minutes to find the station. I found the southbound platform somewhat easily but the northbound took a few extra minutes. At that point, I was using instinct to find it and finally I saw a small stair way with door entrances and the elusive sign saying this way to LIRR. The northbound platform is also where you will find your ticket machines. I saw no staff on site but admittedly I did not venture further inward as I had a train to catch. It was pleasant to board here, a lot less crowded then Jamaica Station at this time of morning and now that I know where everything is, I will use this route again.

The 8th Avenue subway stop is a few blocks from the Meatpacking District. This is a hip commercial…read morearea with many high end stores, Whitney Museum and a portion of the High Line. We used this stop as a transfer point.

Grungy and dirty, yes. Super convenient and helpful to use, yes also…read more This station is close to meatpacking and serves the A, E and L trains at all times and the C train at all times except late nights.

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.