When the F train just isn't coming for 40 minutes, can't they let us know in a way we can understand?

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The other day I was riding the F train home when a group of teenagers with a boom box scooted me out of the way.

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Robin Moulna, 38, a manager at a fast-food restaurant, was surprised to receive a call from his brother while waiting for an F train in the Rockefeller Center subway station, two levels underground.

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The island can be reached from Manhattan on the F train, only three stops after Rockefeller Center, but according to a 2009 report on the island's infrastructure conducted by the department of urban affairs and planning at Hunter College, the subway was even then running at full capacity.

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The statue is located outside MCU Park, where the minor league Cyclones team plays at Surf Avenue and West 17th Street, near the last stop on the D, F, N or Q train to Coney Island.

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Next, catch the G train and transfer to the F at Bergen Street station to cross the East River into Manhattan.

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The jinx appears to follow his every journey: "Train manager on Tannoy: "To those with reservations for coaches F, G, H, I and J, as you can see, they're not attached to this train.

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