Good news, worse news on the G/F service improvement fronts. On the sunny side, the Brooklyn Paper reports that the G’s route will be permanently extended to Church Avenue in Kensington after the Fourth Avenue Station gets a $250 million revamp. (Does this mean that the line’s “culture of victimhood” will reach even farther? Guess we’ll have to wait ’til rider report cards are released next decade to find out.) As for the G, the MTA previously said that its stops at Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue, 15th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway and Church Avenue would only be added to the line while track work to the elevated Culver Viaduct shut down the Smith-9th Street station for nine months in 2010. And then there’s the not-so-good news, which’ll no doubt add to angst about repair work on the Smith-9th station: Aside from being completely shut down for 9 months, the station won’t be fully operational for a year and a half afterwards, with construction alternating between north- and south-bound platforms. Straphangers who rely on these stations and trains think all the hassle will be worth it?
Renovated Fourth Avenue F Station Rendering [Gowanus Lounge]
Fix for Fourth Avenue station looks F’ing great [Brooklyn Paper]
For Riders of a Stepchild Line, Even an ‘F’ Looks Good [NY Times]
Graphic from the Brooklyn Paper.