G Route, Smith-9th Renovation Getting Extended
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…
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.
No, no, no. What’s needed is not a G train extension but an extension of the largely useless V train to Brooklyn and an F express. What the $@%# is wrong with the folks in the MTA? Come look at the damn trains! The G is for the most part fine as it is, since it’s running below capacity 4 car trains most of the day and night (although it could do without that terrible transfer at the end in Queens). The F, on the other hand, is SRO most of the time, with a real serious crush on rush hour trains caused in part by less frequent than possible service, because the V has to end at 2nd Ave. for some unfathomable reason.
It’s necessary and will be good in the long run. The shutdown of Smith St. doesn’t affect me, but I have a lot of sympathy for those it does. I love that the G will get extended to the current F stops I use (4th and 9th Aves). But what would really be excellent would be to extend the V into Brooklyn as a local, turn the B back into a local in Manhattan, and run the F express along its whole route.
This was one of the worst written bstoner posts I’ve read. Gabby… what gives?
Thrilled that Park Slope will be better connected to Greenpoint. Once that priority’s been accomplished how ’bout better connecting Park Slope with Manhattan with the F Express.
I often take the G (if it pulls in before the F) from Bergen St. to 53rd/Lexington Ave.
with admittedly bad transfer in LIC.
But for most of my ride I have a seat – G train runs fast compared to the F/V crawl thru midtown at rush hour.
Same thing going home. May take a couple more minutes – but much more comfortable than standing in crowded train that seems to move very slowly as goes down 6th Avenue.
i like the G! i think this is great news for parents – can hop on and off the G and take your kids to more programs, shops, etc..
also, great news for foodies in brooklyn. explore 5th ave in PS to Williamsburg.
Here’s a cool video on the subject…http://www.facialrama.com/movies/13oops/movie1.wmv
the g is the future! as the bk waterfront grows, the g will improve–the mta will have no choice but to make it good. go ahead g haters…laugh, but you’ll see…
The stations are in dire need of rehab, so whether the hassle will be worth it is irrelevant. I don’t like the fact that my daily commute will be seriously impacted for who knows how long, but there’s really no other option. The decay is too far gone and must be remedied. The history of shuttle bus service in CG during past (albeit minor) F train disruptions is laughable, so I’ll probably end up walking to Borough Hall and taking the No. 4 into the city.