Brooklyn Riders Getting F'd (And G'd)
Riders of the F and G lines in Brooklyn have a tough few months ahead. As part of the MTA’s plans to rebuild the run-down station, there will be no F train service at Smith-9th Street; in addition, Manhattan-bound F trains as well as Queens-bound G trains will skip both the Ft. Hamilton Parkway and…
Riders of the F and G lines in Brooklyn have a tough few months ahead. As part of the MTA’s plans to rebuild the run-down station, there will be no F train service at Smith-9th Street; in addition, Manhattan-bound F trains as well as Queens-bound G trains will skip both the Ft. Hamilton Parkway and the 15th Street-Prospect Park stations until the work is done, which will hopefully be in May. More info on the MTA website…
the link doesn’t seem to work anymore…
“4-5 min walk to the A…in Manhattan in 12-15 minutes.
34th Street in 25!”
If you live in Brooklyn Heights you’re in even faster. Hell even Williamsburg can claim a faster commute to Manhattan.
That’s true; when I used that stop I lived at 13th, and later 14th, bet.PPW and 8th.
Exactly, dixiecup. I live right next to the Fort Hamilton station… Walking to 8th Avenue isn’t an option unless I have a good 30 minutes to burn, and Church isn’t close, either. This plus the rate hike, all in one week? I don’t understand why the MTA has to do construction at 15th St and FHP at the same time.
I live in WT, and have been aware of this project and knew that this was coming for awhile now. Since I take the G to work, the extension was great for me, and I knew that this was going to be a trade off at some point (and will be again next year, in the other direction).
I figure on nice days I’ll walk to the 7th ave stop, on crappy days, I’ll hop on the B61. Also, since I go to the Y in the mornings, I can still catch a train at 4th Ave or 7th Ave.
My complaint is that we were only given a week’s notice that it’s starting next Monday!! Way to keep everyone informed of what’s going on, and give us time to plan our adjustments. Also, I saw the “temporary platform” at 4th Ave this morning — there is ONE staircase from the Coney Island bound platform to the new temporary one. That is going to be a PITA during rush hour!
Depends on where you are, Bob — that’s a long walk from, say, Prospect and 10th Avenue.
“Holy shit, so if you’re down in WT and usually use the 15th Street stop, you have to take the train two stops backwards to get to work???”
It’s not a very long walk to the 8th Avenue and 9th Street entrance of the “7th Avenue” stop.
4-5 min walk to the A…in Manhattan in 12-15 minutes.
34th Street in 25!!!
If you live in Carroll Gardens as someone was worried about, this won’t really matter to you. The F and G will still be stopping at Carroll and Bergen in both directions.