The NY Post wrote a nice, upbeat article about PLG that appeared today. Not surprisingly, the article appeared in the Real Estate section - as relatively affordable housing is still PLG's biggest draw.
Though it's perhaps a minor gripe, ATP's only issue with the article concerns the last sentence of this paragraph:
"Filled with homes that have backyard gardens, Prospect Lefferts is bordered by Empire Boulevard to the north, Clarkson Avenue to the south, Ocean Avenue and the park to the west and Nostrand Avenue to the east. And it's all a half-hour subway ride to downtown Manhattan on the Q train."
If it takes you 30 minutes to get to downtown Manhattan from PLG, then your commuting strategy is seriously flawed. We clock the ride to Canal St. at 15 minutes.
Take that, Post!
They also got the eastern border wrong - it's New York Avenue, not Nostrand.
Posted by: Dan | June 15, 2006 at 03:33 PM
I think they are including the walking time to the subway. The train ride may be 15 minutes but if you are sitting at home on Midwood and realize that you were supposed to meet a friend in Chinatown in 15 minutes you should probably call and say that you are going to be a little late.
Posted by: Charles | June 18, 2006 at 11:27 AM
But Canal St is not downtown Manhattan. If you work on Wall St. the Q and B are pretty useless. If you're at Union Square, however, it's ideal -- I clock it at 20 -25 mins, including the interminable crawling from Atlantic Ave to the bridge (why does it always do that?). Over on Nostrand, however, once the 2 or 5 arrives, and you're actually able to get on, Wall St. is only 20 mins away or less.
Posted by: babs | June 21, 2006 at 09:57 PM
No, the Q and B are NOT useless if you work on Wall Street. Don't you see everyone get off every morning at DeKalb Avenue? They cross the platform, and take the M to Wall Street. After DeKalb it's two local stops in Brooklyn (Metrotech and Court Street) before you reach Wall Street/Broad Street. I bet it takes LESS time to get to Wall Street than it does 14th Street because the train doesn't cross the bridge.
Posted by: Ed | June 23, 2006 at 10:37 PM
Ooh, that's an alternative I never thought of -- so not used to this M train thing. However, you do have to commute during the hours the M is running. Like the 5, it stops relatively early in the evening (I think) -- like by around 6:30 they're already turning all the 5 trains into Utica Ave bound at 14th St, even though the signs say that it runs there until 7:45.
Posted by: babs | June 25, 2006 at 07:19 PM
I've caught a 5 at 42nd St. up unitl around 7:15 maybe even 7:30. I think it runs until 8 pm (ie the last train that gets to Flatbush at 8), if I'm not mistaken. So it might depend on where you are on the line, but yeah the rush hour service creates a wrinkle.
I too didn't know about this M option, thanks for the tip.
Posted by: livin 11225 | June 25, 2006 at 11:19 PM