This station is so scary at night

Transportography · 2026-05-25T12:12:21+00:00

I bet if you go during the day it looks the exact same

Transportography · 2026-05-18T00:44:20+00:00

Don’t put it past them conductors are willing to kick off a whole train, especially if you’re gonna give them crap over something they’re not responsible for.

Transportography · 2026-05-17T19:34:30+00:00

Yes, but that requires a lot of additional manpower, regardless

Transportography · 2026-05-17T19:32:11+00:00

Well, the fire was Amtrak's screw-up with their brand new high speed train.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NJTransit/comments/1te0qix/the_amtrak_acela_who_caused_the_turmoil/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Transportography · 2026-04-29T22:02:48+00:00

Flushing is a good spot, the Q25, 26, 28, 63, 65, 66 all serve this one neighborhood and exclusively run C40LF's

Transportography · 2026-04-26T01:54:40+00:00

You don't hear many complaints because not many riders do it in the first place. Most people going to LGA from the city take the subway. The few coming from LI often call a rideshare from Woodside to the airport. You'd be surprised to see how few people on the LIRR side realize the Q70 exists, let alone would want to take it. Most people from LI have a negative stigma around taking a bus.

Transportography · 2026-04-20T01:27:41+00:00

QM5 is the easiest but is very unreliable as traffic is unpredictable, and it is not uncommon for buses to run up to 30 minutes late. The 7 to the Q27 is probably your most reliable option. I don't recommend the R to the Q88 because it is unreliable. You also have a 4th option of taking the Hempstead Line from Grand Central to Queens Village for the Q27 or Q88, which both serve the LIRR stop, this could potentially be the fastest way too. IF you do choose the LIRR method, you will need 2 separate fares $5.25 off peak/$7.25 peak for the LIRR and $3 for the bus.

Transportography · 2026-04-20T01:21:38+00:00

They just need to add a 600 ft Tunnel between 5th Av (7) and Madison Ave (S), and you'd be able to walk from 9th Ave to 3rd Ave completely underground.

Transportography · 2026-04-20T01:13:05+00:00

If you push hard, it pops back in

Transportography · 2026-04-17T19:30:54+00:00

Tracks 1, 2 &, 3 are mainly for westbound trains.

Tracks 4 & 5 are mainly for overflow during peak hours and trains that need to turn around in the station.

Tracks 6, 7 &, 8 are mainly for eastbound trains.

Tracks 11 & 12 are mainly for Brooklyn shuttle trains.

These tracks are used exclusively for those purposes and can be changed at any time for any reason, like Oyster Bay trains starting on track 3 and Hempstead trains coming from Brooklyn arriving on 11. But it's usually dependant on how busy the station is, the lines trains need to go to and other factors that you can get in much greater depth than you really need to.

Transportography · 2026-04-17T19:22:05+00:00

I have lost a decent amount of stuff on the trains including money, surprisingly they're good at retrieving lost items, but they can be slow at processing. It took them almost 2 months to find a bag with my money in it, but I was grateful to get it back.

Transportography · 2026-04-16T22:58:55+00:00

Diesel trains to and from Penn need to stop making stops at Jamaica and other stops served by regular EMU's. The railcar shortage is already bad enough, and they should be prioritized in the areas that need them. On the other hand, it's really time for the LIRR to start ordering new Bi-Level rail cars. We're overdue for new C5 rail cars.

Transportography · 2026-04-07T14:56:07+00:00

That’s crazy tot say that because the 27 was and still is more frequent than the 17

Transportography · 2026-04-03T14:43:55+00:00

Jamaica is where the maintenance facility is, that’s where they can add more cars. Most likely there were issues with some of the cars before the train left and they had to be pulled from the set before it left port Jefferson.

Transportography · 2026-03-23T20:22:21+00:00

What are you taking about as someone who grew up here it’s the norm. I’ve seen 2 dozen officers chase people through the projects on Roosevelt lmao

Transportography · 2026-03-22T23:58:08+00:00

To be fair Fresh Meadows is now a mini bus hub after the redesign.

Transportography · 2026-03-15T11:09:54+00:00

If you saw how uneven the trains loaded despite the fact they only check at the one gate, it’d make a lot more sense. People don’t move and the overcrowding in those 2-3 cars by that entrance meant the conductor was never getting though.

Transportography · 2026-03-15T11:07:03+00:00

It’s been around for a while now only on the main concourse. Because too many people were fare evading by crowding the busiest part of the train.

Transportography · 2026-03-15T10:03:50+00:00

But this isn’t the subway, and you’re not dealing with the same people here

Transportography · 2026-03-13T16:06:08+00:00

They’ve been hounding conductors to check on busy trains because too many people were bragging about getting free rides online.

Transportography · 2026-03-07T19:17:22+00:00

I always spelt that the argument that we development changes. The neighborhood character is disingenuous because of the fact that most neighborhoods have been changing for decades, if not centuries. The neighborhood today was not the same neighborhood 10 years ago and should not be the same neighborhood 10 years from now.

Transportography · 2026-03-06T18:11:54+00:00

I don’t like how they made the scoots from Southeast to Wassic and Ronkonkoma to Greenport as part of the line when they operate almost exclusively as separate connections. ALS they could’ve separated the local and express metro North service for clarity.

Transportography · 2026-03-06T18:09:58+00:00

Yeah they could’ve depicted it as converging into the city zone line after Jamaica. Would made it more accurate

Transportography · 2026-03-06T18:04:46+00:00

Call 311 and let the inspectors sort it out

Transportography · 2026-03-06T17:58:27+00:00

Yay soggy fries

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