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Old 03-02-2009, 10:37 AM
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What station/ stop or Terminal would you live near?

If money (or schools or family obligations either) wasn't an object and you could could buy a 2 BR apt anywhere in NYC strictly for being able to ride the Subways whenever you wanted where would you buy? There are a lot of good reasons to be in a lot of neighborhoods and whether you wanted to be near one of the yards might influence your decision. Favorite lines might also affect your choice. If it were me I would buy in Prospect Heights or Ft Greene in Brooklyn, as close to Atlantic and Flatbush as possible. From there it would be a short walk to almost any service:

: Atlantic Ave
: Lafayette
: Pacific St
: Fulton St
: Pacific St
: Atlantic Ave
: Pacific St
: Atlantic Ave
: Atlantic Ave
: Atlantic Ave
: Atlantic Ave

If you were the type of person who didn't mind walking a little You could also catch:

: Hoyt/ Schemerhorn ( & also)
: Smith/ Bergen

and maybe even the Franklin Av Shuttle

you also would have the bonus of the Atlantic Ave LIRR and be within walking distance of the Transit Museum. Really the only services you wouldn't be close to (aside from the Times Square and Rockaway Shuttles, would be the , , / and

Times Square would be a good choice but I wouldn't want to live in that amount of congestion. (Ditto for Chinatown, lots of choices on Canal St but too crowded). Coney Island would give you 4 routes to Manhattan and the yards but no IRT.

The Village, just north of the Washington Square Arch would probably be my 2nd choice with W4th St and Sheridan Square IRT Express & local. In good weather you could also walk to Union Square for the plus you get the bonus of the PATH at W 9th St.
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Old 03-02-2009, 10:41 AM
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1. W 125th Street or W 145th Street
2. Coney Island
3. W 135th Street
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Old 03-02-2009, 11:12 AM
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I'd live in The Bronx by the Pelham El
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Old 03-02-2009, 12:01 PM
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Old 03-02-2009, 12:01 PM
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Ha I'm lucku enough to live within a block of the 15th Street Prospect park station on the and if need be, I can walk down to the 4th Ave BMT.
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Old 03-02-2009, 12:58 PM
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I used to live by Jamaica-179th Street subway station

I would love to live by either:
Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer subway station
Crown Heights-Utica Avenue subway station
Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue subway station
Pelham Bay Park subway station
Woodlawn subway station
Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard subway station
Flushing-Main Street subway station
Midtown 57th Street-7th Avenue subway station
Lenox Terminal-148th Street subway station
Inwood-207th Street subway station
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Old 03-02-2009, 03:36 PM
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I live near the:
East Broadway Station
Delancey Street Station
Essex Street Station
Grand Street Station
Bowery Station
Canal Street Station
All of the above are within walking distance. The East Broadway Station is actually on my block.

My school is near:
Bedford Park Boulevard Station
Bedford Park Boulevard Station

Where I would love to live near?
I prefer to live around the Central Park West Stations (My girl lives near Cathedral Parkway-110th Street)
Especially Columbus Circle-59th Street.
I'd say Flushing-Main Street
14th Street-Union Square
Yeah... that's about it
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Old 03-02-2009, 04:12 PM
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Commuter Rail Car(s): Wat...........................
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I live on Avenue J:
Avenue J
, , Flatbush Avenue.

Would love to live near, Union Square, Marine Park, or Sheepshead Bay.
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Old 03-02-2009, 04:57 PM
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I live in a town at the end of a rail line.

As for subway, probably the .

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id move to Pelham Pkway on the
67th Ave on the
Co-op City near the Pelham
Dyre Avenue Branch
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I'm fine were I live right now. I'm only a block and half away from the 53rd St Station.
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Old 03-02-2009, 07:16 PM
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come on guys did you froget? times square!

times square:
14 street union square:
atlantic avenue-pacific street:
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Id love to live by the:

Carroll Gardens-Carroll/Bergen Sts Stations
Coney Island-Stillwell Av Station
71 or 79 St Stations
Queensboro Plaza

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Id love to live by the:

Carroll Gardens-Carroll/Bergen Sts Stations
Coney Island-Stillwell Av Station
71 or 79 St Stations
Queensboro Plaza

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those interesting places man
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