Smith-9th Closure Slated for Late June
The MTA has announced that starting June 20th, the Smith-9th subway stop is going to be closed until next March. (The earlier word on the station’s closure was that it was set for sometime this month.) Patch ran an article with more info from a Community Board 6 meeting last week: “MTA representatives, and Allyson…
The MTA has announced that starting June 20th, the Smith-9th subway stop is going to be closed until next March. (The earlier word on the station’s closure was that it was set for sometime this month.) Patch ran an article with more info from a Community Board 6 meeting last week: “MTA representatives, and Allyson Bechtel, Senior Transportation Planner, explained that transportation would be supplemented by the B61, which will provide more frequent travel late nights during the nine month period. Daytime frequency will remain the same. ‘People assume it’s a high volume station, the truth is its in the lower third in terms of ridership,’ said Inglesby. Both officials were confident that the B61 will be enough to provide commuters with their needs, although Inglesby noted that the MTA would be willing to look at alternatives ‘if travel patterns are exacerbated.'” The closure is part of the $275.5 million Culver Viaduct rehabilitation project that involved the suspension of Manhattan-bound F and G service at the 15th Street and Ft. Hamilton Parkway stops beginning this January; northbound trains at those two stations were set to start running again this morning, though southbound service at them will be suspended for several months starting in the fall.
MTA: Culver Viaduct Project is On Schedule [CG Patch]
they should extend the B57 to 4th avenue/9 street.
“can’t think that there are any Brownstoner readers who are affected by this closing”
plenty of people who live on lower court street might be…technically i live closer to this station than the carroll street f/g…but i’d rather go out of my way then have to deal with this depressing shithole everyday.
It was not built underground because of the fact it connects two hilly areas. In order to have an acceptable grade for the trains, a tunnel would have to have been very deep relative to the surface on either side of the canal, meaning more expensive construction and less convenient stations at Carroll, 4th/9th, and 7th/9th.
It is the only section built for the IND system that was not underground.
Proabably because of the Gowanus. I hear that the reason it’s so high is that the Gowanus is some kind of federal waterway (!!!) and overbridges have to have a certain clearance.
It’s about time they are fixing this.
I wonder why this wasn’t under the ground when the subways were built, would have looked better without this eyesore above ground???
…then you are not familiar with the station and who uses it.
I can’t think that there are any Brownstoner readers who are affected by this closing…