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JMZ Train
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Category: Public Transportation [Edit]
Neighborhood: Williamsburg - South SideMarcy Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
- Nearest Transit:
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Marcy Ave (J, M, Z)
9 reviews for JMZ Train
Super fast, not to much disruption, only on the weekends.
You can get to Middle Village Queens in less than 20mins, not much to do when u get there, but you can get there, lol.
The J/Z is a much longer ride but very easy to get to the Long Island railroad or the JFK shuttle. The J train is a quick easy way to save money. Headed to Manhattan it gets a little crowed, but there is always one coming, you never wait more then 10mins trust me, i live across the street from it. Not stop noise. Ahh there goes the Queens bound Z right now.
The only time i've been on the JMZ was when I got on it by accident. I never made that mistake again.
If you're in the LES or Williamsburg, the JMZ is definitely the best train option if you're trying to decide between it, the L or (god forbid) the G. As a morning commute goes, standing above ground at the Marcy or Hewes stops and watching the snow fall is certainly more pleasant than tromping underground and heaving forward to get on the L with the smelly masses. If the light hits just right you can pretend you're in a Bruce Davidson photograph. When the weather really sucks and I can't ride my bike, I'll gladly walk a few extra minutes or take the B61 and get the J.
Oh JMZ, I used to be a hater but now I am a lovah...the JMZ is like the L train's uncool little brother: it lives near the L, is sometimes interchangeable but is usually annoying and fairly awkward and you'd rather just not deal with it.
So for real, the JMZ used to never, ever ever come and I avoided it as much as possible. Well now it actually comes! Sometimes!
Here are some other reasons why I am a lover of the JMZ:
- Easy access to male suitors on the Lower East Side (one stop- yay!)
- The view as you ride over the Williamsburg Bridge is really pretty amazing. You get a crystal clear view of the Manhattan skyline, the Domino Sugar Factory, all of Williamsburg proper as well as the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
- If you get off at the Marcy Stop drunk at midnight, chances are that you will walk the wrong way and wander into the Hasidic section of Williamsburg. It is quite remarkable to witness firsthand (albeit a little embarrassing when you are clad in a halter top and ipod. Note: this did not happen to me. Ahem.)
- Sometimes you have to step over drunk, passed out guys to climb up the stairs to the platform. This gives you additional street cred, particularly when accompanying your out of of town friends into Manhattan.
Finally, I was on the JMZ platform the other day when I noticed them test driving the brand new trains, just like the L. Well, well it looks like the JMZ is growing up after all and it has never looked so fine...
This trian shows up 24/7 al lthe time. I like this trian just wish it had more stops in downtown manhattan. Canal is the only useful manhattan stop.
I hate, hate, hate this train. I've been suckered into looking at too many apartments off this train line.
It's hipster hell. Down with hipsters!!!
This train gets me to the LES when I need/want to go. It also gets me to the F, which I tend to need a surprising amount, actually. It's less reliable than the L and a slightly further walk, so I myself don't tend to use it very often. The view over the Williamsburg bridge is beautiful as well. And to those saying this is hipster hell, you have clearly never been on the L or the G. JMZ is the LEAST hipster train of all in this area. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
I live between the JMZ and the L. Frankly, I'm not feeling this train, pretty much just because it is overground. Because it is overground people feel the need to get on their cellphones and I frankly don't want to hear it. A quick, "I'll be home in 20 minutes." is fine, but the back and forth., it makes me want to rip my eyeballs out. I like an underground train that keeps that stuff in check.
i too heart the JMZ line.....
kind of uncool, weird....eh....at first
eventually you appreciate being able to take one train to work (wall street)- 5 stops into manhattan -
the JMZ train, to me, out of all the trains come so often!!! I am so happy that it does! Surprisingly I am never late for work - Even when i am late myself it's like the train helps me get there on time.
i love you JMZ. (especially the new Z trains!)