That was my biggest lesson of the L or the 4/5/6. If you wait, the next train will be much, MUCH less crowded. Another trick is that if I'm at Union Square try

That was my biggest lesson of the L or the 4/5/6. If you wait, the next train will be much, MUCH less crowded. Another trick is that if I'm at Union Square trying to get into Brooklyn on the L and the station is packed, it ends up being faster and more comfortable to take the L backwards to 8th ave, and then grab a seat on the Brooklyn bound L at the 8th ave terminus.