MTA’s ‘lowest-rated’ subway stations are caverns of fear for commuters

The subway stations uptown are on the quick observe to hell.

A bunch of soiled and troubled practice stops in Higher Manhattan and the Bronx have been ranked Monday because the 5 “lowest-rated” of New York Metropolis’s 472 subway stations, in keeping with the MTA’s newest rider survey.

The worst-ranked station within the system is the No. 2 and three practice station at West one hundred and tenth Avenue — which had only a 19% satisfaction score as straphangers ripped it for its lack of “private safety” and “cleanliness” and the disturbing variety of “individuals behaving erratically,” the survey stated.

One rider instructed The Submit the issues there have been not possible to overlook.

“I as soon as bought referred to as a reputation after which spat on within the face,” an Higher West Sider named Emily, 39, recalled Monday as she waited for the practice on the station.

“I instructed the conductor and he was like, ‘Properly, would you like me to name the police and so they’ll come speak to you?’” she stated. “I used to be like, ‘No I’m going to get on the practice. I’m not going to remain right here.’”

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NYPD arrests subway rider.
The MTA rider survey ranks the 5 “lowest-rated” New York Metropolis subway stations.
William Farrington

Marjorie, 51, a faculty employee from Westchester, stated of the issues on the Harlem station: “It will get worse daily.”

“I don’t take trains at sure hours,” she stated.

The difficulty-plagued station checklist’s backside 5 are rounded out by the stops at East 116th Avenue in East Harlem, Third Ave.-149th Avenue within the South Bronx, West a hundred and twenty fifth Avenue in Harlem and 191st Avenue in Washington Heights. Every had an total satisfaction charge of 29%, transit officers stated.

On the Third Ave.-149th Avenue No. 2 and 5 practice cease — a significant hub serving over 11,000 riders per day — simply 12% of straphangers surveyed stated they have been happy with the state of homelessness within the station, the MTA reported.

Homeless people in subway station.
The subway stations have been cited for lack of “private safety” and “cleanliness.”
Stephen Yang

Tashia Wells, 48, shook her head a convincing no when requested by The Submit if she felt protected on the Bronx transit hub.

“There’s individuals on the practice passing out or they need to reduce you. They’re loopy,” stated Wells, a Bronx lady who works as a guard in Manhattan. “It’s scarier when there’s no cops.”

However Wells stated she has given up on the town taking any motion to handle the issue.

“They actually don’t care so long as we hold working,” she stated.

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one hundred and tenth Avenue is formally the worst-ranked station within the system.
Robert Miller

The MTA’s survey discovered simply 26% satisfaction with “private safety” at West a hundred and twenty fifth Avenue.

“It’s very a lot hold your arm in your belongings,” defined Diamond Martinez, 29, as she waited for the practice on the station. Martinez stated she sees a number of medicine together with paraphernalia and other people utilizing.

“I’m sort of scared once I stroll by, individuals will speak to me or ask me for cash,” she stated. “These days once you say no to individuals, they react sort of unhealthy, so it’s scary.”

The highest-rated stations, in the meantime, are concentrated in Brooklyn. 

Surveyors at Japanese Parkway-Brooklyn Museum station in Crown Heights reported 91% satisfaction, adopted by 88% satisfaction at Wilson Avenue in Bushwick, 86% at Gun Hill Street within the Bronx, and 85% at East 96th Avenue in Manhattan and Beverly Street in Brooklyn.

Riders on the highly-rated stations expressed excessive charges of satisfaction with each safety and cleanliness, the MTA stated.

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