Commuting from Carroll Gardens, a few questions
My husband and I have looked at a few new homes in Carroll Gardens but we are still learning about the area. The one thing I’m particularly concerned about is the commute on the F train. So if you happen to live in CG and work in Manhattan, can you tell me what its like…
My husband and I have looked at a few new homes in Carroll Gardens but we are still learning about the area. The one thing I’m particularly concerned about is the commute on the F train. So if you happen to live in CG and work in Manhattan, can you tell me what its like on the F train in the mornings? Can you get a seat or is it just packed? Also, do you know roughly how long a commute for central CG to midtown Manhattan would take (on F train)? HopStop says 45 mins which seems incredibly long- just wanted to verify that. Finally, how does one commute to the financial district on the F train- is it even possible?
Thank you very much for your responses!
“Are you seriously going to base your home buying decision on whether you can SIT on the train at 7:30 in the morning? I think there are many many other more important things to sway your decision. What a stupid post.”
TOTALLY disagree. What’s stupid is ignoring such an important amenity as transportation when you’re investing huge amounts of money buying a place. Transportation is only going to become more and more important in NYC, not less. Maybe you get defensive about it because you live on the sucky F train, 8:05, but believe it, transportation is important to people. Otherwise you know what? They’d be buying in the suburbs and commuting an hour to work with no problem. The desire to have better quality of life and not have a long commute is exactly what has fueled the revival of Brooklyn.
Are you seriously going to base your home buying decision on whether you can SIT on the train at 7:30 in the morning? I think there are many many other more important things to sway your decision. What a stupid post.
Thank you all for your detailed and informative responses!! And my husband works in midtown by the way (51st and 7th) but if he ever switches to a downtown firm, we were curious about the commute on the F.
(For the poster who recognized my name and thought I already bought in PS, we actually had an accepted offer and walked away from the place. It just wasn’t the right fit and we got nervous about the market. We are still pretty leery about the market so we’ve slowed down our search and are waiting to see what the next few months bring. But we can and will move fast for the right place. I’m sure it’s a very similar scenario to most other potential buyers right now.)
I commute from Carroll to Bryant Park, and it takes me 25-30 minutes door to door. I can almost always find a seat after Jay.
Takes a good hour and a half to walk home from east Midtown. Better than the subway and cheaper. Walk down 3rd Avenue..to Canal – walk across Manhattan bridge then down Jay/Smith St.
Great exercise and cheap.
Agreed about using a driver but I prefer not to work. Labor is fitting only for the proletariat
Agreed about using a driver but I prefer not to work. Labor is fitting only for the proletariat
He should have his driver take him — much quicker and much less riffraff to deal with.
He should have his driver take him — much quicker and much less riffraff to deal with.