5 train
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
3 reviews for 5 train
3 reviews in English
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Review from Becki W.
Everett, MA
8/11/2008
If you have taken the 5 express train, you must have come across thse guys from time to time.
They are the breakdancing group that normally are in a car from 42nd street to 59th St. Their show lasts for only one stop.
But oh what a show. Flips, spins, and jumps, no matter how crowded a car is.
I normally carry a buck or two if I know I am taking the 5, just for them in case I get a show. Even though I don't live in NYC, I have caught their act at least a half a dozen times.
Yesterday was particularly impressive. We had a crowded car, with not one or two baby carriages, but FOUR baby carriages, and that still not stop them from doing their trick where two guys become a wheel and roll from one end of the car to the other, and didn't touch one of the baby carriages.
Sometimes the car is a little too crowded for the trick where one jumps, pastes himself against the top of the car and lingers before dropping down again, but they have enough tricks up their sleeve to keep the show moving until pulling into the next station.
Go Showtime Express. -
Review from Tina C.
1/25/2009 1 photo
Number Five Train you are EXACTLY like your brother #4 Train--always packed like sardines every single time during rush hour, as I can never squeeze my petite body into your cars on Broadway-Nassau Fulton Street station. Yet you carry more passengers than you can hold and still move, as the #6 train does not alleviate any congestion. Number Five Train passengers force their way inside your cars it was literally like trying to squeeze and adult size elephant into your door.
The body of your train is somewhat narrower unlike the A or F thus; congestion dwells during rush hour service. You have somewhat adequate heating and cooling system at times and minimal vagrants. -
Review from S L.
New York, NY
11/26/2009
I hate the 5 train in the mornings. Don't even bother trying to go for a seat in the morning because there will be some young, Caucasian female who believes it is her god given right to sit down on the train. Never mind that she will be getting on a Grand Central and getting off at Union Square. Heaven forbid you manage to get a seat because she will give you a stare down like you just killed a puppy.
To the future T train, please come NOW.
