Why no yellow cabs in Brooklyn?
Why can’t we have yellow cabs in Brooklyn, too? Today yes it was raining, but I don’t think I should have to wait 45 minutes for Arecibo, calling them repeatedly only to hear “five minutes” every time, only for the car to never show up so I finally trudge to the subway. With all the…
Why can’t we have yellow cabs in Brooklyn, too? Today yes it was raining, but I don’t think I should have to wait 45 minutes for Arecibo, calling them repeatedly only to hear “five minutes” every time, only for the car to never show up so I finally trudge to the subway. With all the new development in Brooklyn, and AY getting built, surely there must be a plan to put yellow cabs in Brooklyn, right? The whole car service thing is not adequate for this borough’s needs. It’s impossible to get a car on a cold or rainy day, or on a weekend night. And yet Bloomberg wants fewer residents of NYC to own their own cars. Why do they make us live this way?
yep and if the police see the livery taxis picking up a passenger that flagged them down on the streets they’ll issue a ticket
Where I live (PLG) livery cars are our taxis. They and dollar vans drive by all the time (on Flatbush Ave.); we don’t ever need to call a car service.
Cabs are not going to cruise where there are no people on the street. Why should they do that? So what do you want? A yellow radio cab? Then there is no difference between your ordinary car service and a yellow cab. Did you ever think of finding a better car service?
Taxis routinely turn on their off duty lights as soon as they drop a person off in Brooklyn. A taxi in Brooklyn is rare and one with its available light on is even rarer. Even when available, they often ask where you are going before they let you in the car.
Rules are routinely flouted.
Who says you can get a yellow cab in manhattan during the rain and cold? I know when i lived in manhattan this was always a problem.
Welcome to Brooklyn. There was a time you couldn’t get a cab in Manhattan to come here. We’re slowly making progress!
Um, who is the “they” that is “making” you live this way? No one is going to “put” yellow cabs in Brooklyn — if there was enough demand, they would be here. Anyway, there is more than enough traffic in Brooklyn without yellow cabs cruising around. Find a better car service or take the subway.
yes carroll gardens and cobble hill are chock full of yellow cabs on their way to the brooklyn and manhattan bridges.
You must live in the wrong part of brooklyn. In cobble hill yellow cabs come by all the time