Hide behind a pillar or in the stairwell till your train arrives. Leveled with the street, a passerby may ask you for change. Not a big deal, but I was asked thrice in 30min. Not cool.
The gap was a whole foot away from the platform. BE CAREFUL. and you have to cross the street to get to the L train. Took me a while to figure out how to gtfo of the station itself.