A recent social media post has ignited debate on the absolute latest New Yorkers will board the subway,
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Yorkers → ignite → subway
“Anybody who lives or has lived here and takes the subway, what is your last call at night to take the subway?
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call → live → subway
The latest you will take the subway?” asked _becsandthecity in a TikTok video.
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becsandthecity → take → video
Becca referenced an earlier post in which she discussed taking the subway a little after midnight on a Saturday, a time she considers within the range of “safe subway hours.
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she → reference → hours
“You can get on there at 12:15 and not even see a single crazy person,” she shared, noting that while midnight feels like fair game for her, the subway can be suspect at any hour.
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subway → get → hour
“You can argue there are no safe subway hours.
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You → argue → ?
You can get on the subway at 7:00 am for your morning commute and see something crazy.
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You → get → something
Trust me, I have.
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I → trust → me
She added that certain variables influence the safety of an after-hours ride.
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variables → add → ride
What neighborhood are you going to?
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you → go → neighborhood
What train are you taking?
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you → take → train
Where are you getting off?
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you → get → ?
How far is your walk from when you get home?”
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you → get → ?
She shared that in the comments section of her previous post, people called her out for being unhinged and unsafe transplant to the great city of NYC.
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people → share → NYC
Undeterred, Becca maintains that on certain routes with a quick walk home, she’s taking the midnight train.
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she → maintain → train
“I’m probably gonna do it again.”
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I → go → it
Inviting commenters to share their opinions, she ended the video with the request: “Tell me your last call for the subway.”
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she → invite → subway
Predictably, people had thoughts.
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people → have → thoughts
“As long as I’m sober enough to fight,” one commenter said.
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commenter → ’m → ?
Another cautious rider said her latest ride time is 3 pm in the afternoon.
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time → say → afternoon
“I fear the cutoff for a woman alone is 11 pm-6 am,” shared another.
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another → fear → woman
Others argued the train is a safer bet than a ride-share.
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train → argue → share
“24/7,” said a third, noting that she would rather risk her safety on the subway as she is more afraid of being assaulted or trafficked by a ride-share driver.
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she → say → driver
“If you don’t ride the subway whenever you need to, you’re not a real New Yorker,” said a rank puller.
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puller → ride → subway
“This is a transplant convo,” another commenter said.
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commenter → say → ?
“There’s a reason our city runs 24/7.”
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city → ’ → ?
“Midnight, but my rule is if the platform is empty after 11 pm, I’m not taking it,” strategized another.
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another → take → it
“It depends on where I am,” noted a long-time resident, sharing that in Manhattan she takes the train 24/7, but in Brooklyn or Queens she’s ponying up for an Uber.
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she → depend → Uber
Others suggested the best offense is defense.
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offense → suggest → ?
“A true New Yorker I’ll go at any time because I’m not scared; I’ll show the crazies I’m crazy so they leave me alone,” admitted one rider.
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rider → go → me
“I ride at any time; I just sit in the middle car with the person who operates the doors,” said another
One NY native eloquently distilled her own subway experience and her advice for others.
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native → ride → others
As a woman, I don’t take the train by myself past 11 pm.
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I → take → pm
I’m taking an Uber no matter the price.
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I → take → price
Anything can happen at any time, but you have fewer people to help you if something happens late at night,” she reasoned.
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she → happen → night
“People say New Yorkers won’t help you, but that’s absolutely not true.
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that → say → you
I’m not even cautious about the crazy people…what I want to avoid is the men who can’t take no for an answer…
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who → ’m → answer
They get emboldened when there’s no one around.
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They → embolden → ?
Indeed, grim stats back subway safety concerns.
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stats → back → concerns
From 1997 to 2019, the decades before Albany implemented criminal justice “reforms,” New York City experienced an average of two transit murders each year.
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City → implement → murders
But from 2020 through last year, perpetrators have killed an average of seven mass-transit riders annually — and we’re on track to meet or exceed that figure for 2026.
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we → kill → 2026
…and 3 more, not listed.
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