Hi, I tried to find a current thread but didnt. My D and her roomates are looking into off campus house on Cambreleng. Looks like .5 miles from school. Anyone know anything about this area and walking? What about at night? She does work in Manhattan and might have to take the train to the Fordham stop at night, will that be a huge safety risk? Any help would be appreciated.
That may be located in the 46th Precinct. I would call the Community Relations desk and just ask. You could also see of Fordham offers shuttle buses. Some schools in NYC have buses that run from campus to surrounding areas.
Here is the contact info for the precinct–
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_046.shtml
Will she be taking the D train?
In general, the D train is pretty safe and is a fast, express train. The train runs express down into Manhattan and connects with other major lines. (You can take it to Midtown and connect with the E train to JFK airport, for example. Very convenient!) The line carries high school students up to one of the more prestigious high schools near Lehman College from Manhattan and elsewhere in NYC in the mornings and afternoons. They would travel by themselves and walk from the train to Lehman. In other words, parents feel that’s safe for them. The train would also carry many people to the Yankees games, as it runs by the stadium.
Walking from the station to Cambreleng street, I’m not sure. Probably in the day it’s okay, but I just haven’t personally been there at night.
The B train doesn’t run on Sundays . . . weirdly. I know. It’s just how it is. There’s a lot of repair work on weekends throughout the City anyway, so all bets are off on train reliability.
She can download the Citymapper app and that can help her get around NYC fairly easily until she gets used to it.
Okay, so if she takes the D train to Fordham at night, and if she feels nervous, there’s the bus!
http://web.mta.info/nyct/maps/busbx.pdf
She can transfer–no need to pay more–to a bus. There are about four or five buses that run that 1/2 mile. So probably as soon as she gets off the subway, one of those five buses would be waiting to take her to her street.
Also, you should know that she can tell in advance where the buses are before she arrives at the stop. She could for example wait in a building–a store or a library or another warm safe place–and only come out when her bus is due. That is, if she feels nervous for some reason.
There’s a system in the City such that each bus stop has it’s own unique code. When you text that code to the MTA, they text back when the next bus is due at that stop. Easy as pie!
:-B