What subway do you have to take to get from 1st Avenue in Manhattan to Carroll Street in Brooklyn?

Answer 1

First Avenue is a very long avenue. It runs up and down almost the entire East Side of Manhattan. So you will probably need to take a look at a New York City subway map (see the Related Link below) to find out which subway stop is closest to you.

The easiest way to get from the East Side of Manhattan to Carroll Street is to take the 4-5-6 (the dark green line), which runs up and down Lexington Avenue (above 42nd Street) and Park Avenue (below 42nd Street), and then transfer to the Ftrain (of the B-D-F-M, the orange line). The F train stops at Carroll Street.

There are three main ways to transfer from the 4-5-6 to the F train in Manhattan:

1) Take the 4-5-6 to 59th Street-Lexington Avenue, and then walk through the tunnel that connects the 59th Street-Lexington Avenue Station to the 63rd Street-Lexington Avenue Station on the F train. Free transfer is available only if you pay by Metrocard; otherwise, you will have to pay two separate fares. Take the Downtown F to Carroll Street.

2) Take the 4-5-6 to 14th Street-Union Square, and transfer there to the Manhattan-bound L train (the grey line), one stop, from 14th Street-Union Square to 14th Street-6th Avenue. Transfer at 14th Street-6th Avenue to the Downtown Fto Carroll Street.

3) Take the Downtown 6 train to Bleeker Street. On the Downtown 6 only (NOT the Uptown 6) you can transfer from the Bleeker Street Station to the Broadway-Lafayette Station. Get the Downtown F at the Broadway-Lafayette Station.