These Are NYC's 'Most Stressful' Subway Stations, Study Says

NEW YORK, NY — Every straphanger has experienced the right-of-passage anxiety of shoving themselves into a smelly, crowded train platform in the grimy underground that is the New York City subway system.

But, as most New Yorkers know, some subway stations elicit more of that familiar commuter stress than others.

In fact, there are a handful across the five boroughs where stress levels reach an all-time high, at least according to a new ranking of the city's "most stressful" subway stations.

Transportation researchers at Fleetlogging scoured Google Maps reviews of train and metro stations across the world to measure the level of stress commuters feel when using the transit stops.

In New York City, Queens' Jamaica Center station took the cake. Nearly 68 percent of straphangers left a review brimming with frustration from this subway stop.

The Bronx's Burke Road station and Queens' 67th Avenue stop in Forest Hills were not far behind, both with more than 63 percent stress ratings, the study shows.

In all, the top 10 most stressful stops included two in Queens, one in the Bronx, three in Manhattan and four in Brooklyn.

The researchers measured anxiety in the Google reviews by using TensiStrength, a tool that measures stress levels of text.

Their study included transit stops across the globe. Surprisingly, New York City did not make the cut as one of the most stressful in the world.

The highest stress score was found at a station in Belarus and in Prague, where 100 percent of customers reported anxiety.

The report also measured stress by subway line. Again, Queens straphangers in Jamaica had it the worst, with the line along Archer Avenue reporting the highest levels of stress. The Archer Avenue line serves the E, J and Z trains.

Check out the full study here.