Bowling Green 4,5 IRT Subway Station

Can summer of 2015 just hurry up?
What I’m here lol
Subways usually come pretty often during the day… To help speed things up as well… and to accomodate all of NYC… there are Express trains (ex. 4,5 Train. just hope on the train and have a wonderful day ;)

For a group of silly tourists like us who were looking to get from Battery Park to Union Square on a Saturday this station could not have been more perfectly located for the 4 & 5 trains. Other than the location the trains came frequently, weren’t too crowded and the Metro Card machine worked like a champ.
Subway station bliss achieved.

My work subway station.
Biased because this place gets me to and from work on the ⁴⁄₅ five days a week. 24 hour attendant (safe), red walls (makes it look a bit friendlier than some other stations), and plenty of entrances all around Bowling Green and Battery Park. It’s the first/​last Manhattan stop on both lines and usually has some pretty large crowds going to and from Brooklyn during peak hours. And hey, you’re left in a really old park and surrounded by food carts when you exit!

Yeah buddy! Express trains back to the Upper East Side when I’m a bit tipsy.
I think this is the first stop for the 4 and 5 trains on the subway line.
Considering it’s age and constant traffic here it looks a lot better than the station I use on 86^th Street on the UES! I even noticed this one still has an MTA attendent in the booth. A bit safer feeling.
4 or 5 get me home before I pass out!

It’s the first stop on the 4,5 subway lines in Manhattan and is a very busy subway station, especially on weekdays. From the period of October 2013 — October 2014, it’s extremely crowded during rush hours due to the fact that the R train is not operating between Manhattan and Brooklyn, so all commuters who normally take the R are alternatively taking the 1,2,4,5 trains. In addition to the overcrowding during rush hour, it’s a fairly older station, but relatively well kept. If you’re headed either way from this station during rush hour, the chances are that you won’t find a seat to sit in. If you’re headed downtown, commuters from uptown and midtown Manhattan will have already occupied the trains and if you’re headed uptown, commuters from Brooklyn will be on it. It’s a no-​win situation, so be prepared.