MTA Subway 2/5

They call it Flatbush and Nostrand Avenue, those in the know just call it, The Junction. Two major subway lines connect with 6 bus routes that will bring people to sections unserved by subway as far as Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Brighton Beach, East New York, and Far Rockaway! There is a major CUNY University facility (Brooklyn College) and very large Target shopping center within blocks. The neighborhood is up and coming and flourishing (next gentrification target?). Then why does this station suck?!
For such a main terminus and junction point, this station is terrible. The station itself is filthy, even though there always seems to be cleaning personnel on site. do not know which is the worst scents, that of the homeless occupying the station (which I can forgive, given their plight, and the state of the economy and the treatment of the homeless in general), or the stench from the frequent sewage backwash that comes into the station whenever it rains to the walls that cry crimson tears from the rusted water pouring down them…
The train service is just above passable. For one, the 5 train only runs here during the daylight hours during the week. For a station where at the first stop all of the cars are crowded with seated folk and standees, you think that they could run some more trains during the day. After rush hour service is truly atrocious. Heading home in the evening from Nevins Street or Franklin Avenue, say after 9−10PM, you will find 4 trains (and some 5 trains) running to Utica Avenue every 4 – 5 minutes (with 3 train service heading to New Lots as well), but the 2 train is running every 15 minutes? Is it because fewer people are riding the 2 train? No, every train that comes by is packed with passengers.
Unilocal asked why, with 106 check-​ins I am here so often? Well, there is no other option, which is a shame since this station is terrible and the service sucks.

The trains run frequently and in the mornings there are people who come in every car to sweep and clean up the trash. Overall I feel very safe at this station and there is always someone around.