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F Train Express Returning To Southern Brooklyn Next Year

Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]After a decades-long absence, F Express service will be returning to Brooklyn next year. Regular F express service should be in place by Fall 2017, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz confirmed today, and will run during rush hours between Church Avenue

Gentile Calls On MTA To Repair R Line, Claims Agency Has $1 Billion Surplus

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has money to burn, according to Councilman Vincent Gentile. Citing a $1 billion surplus, the councilman is calling on the MTA to put the money towards the R line, which he says is “suffering from drastic dysfunction and neglect.” “I am glad to know that

Perpetually Bumpy C Line May Get New Cars In 2017

Photo by kittymckinley [http://instagram.com/p/yZrkD7jI9t/?modal=true]The outdated, infrequent and bumpy C line train cars will be replaced some time in 2017, if what Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) spokesperson Kevin Ortiz told WNYC [http://www.wnyc.org/story/lament-c-train-rider/]‘s Kate Hinds is true. > “We

Elevator Coming To New Utrecht Avenue Subway Station

New Utrecht Avenue subway station. (Source: MTAphotos via Flickr).Subway riders gasping for air while climbing the five flights of stairs at the New Utrecht Avenue subway station are getting some sweet relief… in about five years. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/mta-building-elevator-new-utrecht-ave-subway-station-2013-10-15-161500] that

Will The N Train Run Anytime Soon?

Source: rosetintedvisor.tumblr.comWe have gotten several emails inquiring about the state of the N line. After the Sea Beach line suffered extensive flooding [/photos-n-line-submerged-in-water/] during Hurricane Sandy, the train has not been operational. Other MTA lines have also been inactive, like the L train and G train, but progress

Rats Along New Utrecht Avenue Still Prove To Be A Problem

image by Linda S.The presence of rats along New Utrecht Avenue – which allegedly originated from MTA construction work [/exposed-d-train-columns-making-merchants-residents-anxious/] and has been exacerbated by at least one local business [/mess-of-the-week-part-deux-rats-gone-wild-on-new-utrecht/]– continues to be a problem. The MTA began excavating the area around support columns for the elevated tracks that