Subway relief? Say it's so!

The MTA will be reopening four lines of subways on the Manhattan Bridge by February 2004. N-train riders will be able to ride express from Brooklyn into midtown - instead of going through Chinatown. B and D trains will now go south of Herald Square, connect at Grand Street again, and move on into Brooklyn. This should ease the traffic on 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Straphanger However, the Daily News says, "The improvements - which will affect B, D, M, N, Q, Q-Diamond, R and W train riders - won't come without some confusion, officials said. The D will replace the W in Brooklyn and the B will replace the Q-Diamond in Brooklyn." Gothamist is already confused. We'll just follow the herd.

These lines on the Manhattan Bridge haven't been open for 17 years, which leads Gothamist to realize that sometimes we measure time by subway construction periods, like "Jeez, I've been unemployed so long, the MTA has finished the subway improvements to the N/R/Q/W...My life sucks..."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 16, 2003 10:52 AM

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jeff

when will the stillwell station in brooklyn re opening.also the normal sevice over the manhattan bridge stopping at grand street station t/y

subadub

it makes me wonder why those lines were closed 17 years ago--sketchy, no?

hy

i suppose construction on the 2nd avenue line (scheduled for the end of 2004) is going to mess things up again...

but then again, with all the weekend/late night service changes lately, it'll be hardly noticeable.

Mike

Wha? The N will still stop at Canal Street, just like it does now, only it'll be at the bridge (current Q/W) platform. That's more or less in Chinatown, and as much in Chinatown as the current Canal Street stop. The skipped N stops will be between City Hall and DeKalb Avenue.