Should I use a car service or yellow cab to get from Penn Station to Bushwick in Brooklyn? -

I will be traveling to NYC from Philly in a week or so to visit friends who live in Bushwick in Brooklyn (a few blocks from J train Gates Ave. subway station). I will be arriving at 5 on a saturday evening, but it gets dark early now, I m going to have at least two bags, and I do not feel comfortable navigating the subway and then walking through an unfamiliar and not so great neighborhood alone. I ve only been to NYC a few times and always stayed in Manhattan.I ve heard horror stories about the city cab drivers refusing or getting pissed off when you say you re going to Brooklyn, especially an area like Bushwick. Also, I m concerned that the driver wouldn t know the exact location, and I wouldn t know how to tell him to get there.However, I m also wary of car services. They seem overpriced, and I don t want to be stranded somewhere for an hour. I also have NO IDEA which ones are reliable, fairly priced, and will actually take me to Bushwick.Please help! Do you think I will have problems getting a taxi to that part of Brooklyn? If so, can you recommend any reliable and safe car services that will take me there? Thanks!

At Penn there ll be a taxi stand, so you won t have to flag a cab on the street. When you go out from either of the main exits you ll see a line of people waiting and a line of cabs at the curb. Just take your place in line, and when it s your turn the attendant will point out which cab you should get into. He also should give you a slip of paper with the cab medallion number, which will also be on the TAXI sign on the roof and displayed in the cab itself. If it s not given to you, make a note of it.Once you re in the cab, just give your destination. While it does happen that in some locations in the city a cabbie might suddenly tell you that they re going out of service or give some other excuse if you ask for a destination he considers inconvenient, it won t happen under those circumstances, at a taxi stand line. Expect the fare to be close to $30, maybe more as traffic may be heavy. All yellow cabs in NYC now accept credit cards, so it s not necessary to have cash on hand to cover. Don t forget to tip.

Take at taxi, from Penn Station. Just make sure you have your friend address and a Google map from Penn Station to your final destination in Brooklyn so you can tell driver where you going. Also, make sure you have plenty of cash, because it might cost you a pretty penny.Good luck

I d say they re both pricey but I d take a taxi. I ve been to bushwick, my best friend lives there I d say you re gonna feel uncomfortable either way. It s wayyyyyyy different than Manhattan so don t expect to see some kind of similarity between the two. lol uhmm i m pretty sure, the taxi driver will know their way around there, so that shouldn t worry you. when have you heard of having difficulty of catching a cab in NEW YORK ? that s a first. lol they re all around. I suggest you take enough money for the taxi, they re rip-offs if you re not careful.hope you have fun hun 3

Taxi cabs cannot refuse a pickup because of location. If they do, you should take down their Taxi # and report them.Secondly, 5pm is not late, there are lots of people on the train. That s a 40min train ride which is not so bad. And Bushwick is not as bad as it used to be, lots of white kids there. I m sure you re visiting some :PYou are looking at $30 + tip as the other dude mentioned. And as mentioned before, get the google directions printed out just in case. Learn the route.