We asked regular straphangers at the Smith-9th Street subway stop what they thought of the recent news that the station’s going to be shuttered in the near-ish future for nine months to a year. Shockingly, no one was thrilled.

“Well, it’d make me late for school. I live in Red Hook and don’t have the money to be taking cabs, so it’s going to be a real problem.” -Dominaisha (right)

“This station needs to be repaired, but it’s typical of the MTA to hit us with surprise news like this. I don’t trust them to get anything done, but they keep raising the fares.” -Rachel

“The community, which has a lot of old people in it, really needs this train. I use it every day, and I don’t know what I’m going to do when they close the station.” -Julio (right)



“That’s more walking.” -Catherine(right)

“This area is cut off enough from the rest of Brooklyn. The city better have a good plan for keeping us connected when this goes down–but I’m not holding my breath.” -Bill