under 14th street

If you're on the LES and you want to get home to NoBatt and there is a major rain storm forecast and the drops are beginning to fall, what path do you take?  (No cheating by hailing a cab.)
 
My answer to that question today was to get on the F at 2nd Ave, then off at 14th and take the underground tunnel from 6th ave to 7th ave where my wife and I caught the 1/9 home.

The tunnel was surprisingly not as sweltering and urine-stench-y as I was expecting.  Nice acousitics for fellow singing Beatles tunes near the 7th ave end.
 
(I took this picture while walking so it came a little fuzzier than it should be.  Still impressively clear for a photo in motion.)