Man on the Street: Ready for Smith-9th to Close?
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…
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
Wow, that astonishing outburst of racism really contributes to an interesting dialogue about transportation issues.
I am glad I am not the only one who thought that Dominaisha was an odd name.
In addition to being late for school and not havin no money to be takin cabs, her biggest problem will be her name. Why the f**k would her mother name her DOMINAISHA!
For anyone interested in the subway station closing or the lengthening of the B61 and B77 bus routes to Ikea (but with no additional service), you can attend the Community Board 6 meeting on this subject. It’s 6:30pm on Thursday, November 15, 2007. Call the board for the location (it was tbd as of a few days ago): 718.643.3027.
Re: transit from Red Hook, I’d think that the B-77 bus would be re-routed to go to another subway station if Smith & 9th is closed.
Didn’t Red Hook already jump the shark two years ago?
Not escalators for all the levels see http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?207:2659
This station is the highest elevated station in the system, at 91 feet.
The mezzanine is reached by two flights of stairs to the cross under and then two long escalators with an intermediate level between the escalators. The cross under has closed windows and a closed center exit. When we finally reach the fare control we are at street level.
Elevators are too inefficient for moving large amounts of people, and they are smelly (‘cuz they get used as a bathroom) and dangerous during off hours.
it’s funny you mention the elevators. I’ve long suspected there is something fishy w/ the relationship between the MTA and elevator supplier.
The elevators look expensive, and they always have 2 doors even when 1 would have sufficed. It seems like they are just padding the contract for no reason.
um… aren’t there already escalators installed? An elevator connection would be nice – just don’t give me an MTA 6 feet per minute elevator.