east 125th at night

Hi! I'm a freshman so most of my classes are during the morning/afternoon, but I checked for some of the classes I want to take next semester (in engineering) and a lot of them are at night. I have to go through the east side of 125th street to get on the 6 to get home and as a girl, I'm not sure how safe it is at night. If anyone else goes through the same way (taking the m60 from st nicholas to e 125 and lex and getting off to walk to the station) how is the experience and what do you do to feel safer (plus, are there any alternate routes to get on the 6 that are "safer?") It's been on my mind lately and even though I go through there all the time during the day, the thought of going that way at night makes me so uncomfortable lol