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Photograph of one of the wooden platform rubbing boards boards at the Kings Highway subway station by Triborough on Flickr
In the wake of a 14-year-old's fall into subway tracks after the platform edge crumbled, giving way, concerns are being raised over dangerous platforms at other stations. amNew York listed nine in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan:
Brooklyn, Q line:Naturally, the MTA points out it warns passengers (the website says "While you're waiting, please stand behind the yellow protective strip, away from the platform edge.") and told AMNY, "If a platform edge rubbing board is found to be in disrepair, it is replaced." (Whether that happens in a timely fashion is unclear.)
- Avenue J: boards are separated from the platform and warped.
- Avenue M: boards are rotted; one had a hole around a bolt holding it in place.
- Kings Highway: boards are splintered, separated from the platform and rattle.Bronx, 6 line:
- Cypress Avenue: boards wobble and are separate from platform.
- East 143rd Street: boards move and are separated from the platform.
- East 149th Street: boards are partially rotted, separated from the platform and wobble.
- Longwood Avenue: boards are loose; one section is hanging by a nail.
- Hunts Point Avenue: boards are separated from platform and loose.Manhattan, C/E lines:
- 23rd Street: boards are loose; one board was hanging below the platform edge
However, City Councilman John Liu, who chairs the Council's Transportation Committee, pointed out people might step on them if they are boarding or leaving trains, "Nobody should be walking on those. But people inadvertently step on them, and that doesn't absolve the transit authority of disrepair."
The MTA has had trouble with the platform trouble before, but mainly with platform gaps at its LIRR stations; in 2006, a teen fell through the gap at Woodside and was killed by an oncoming train she tried to crawl to safety.
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Ever heard of "Watch where you're going"?
As great as the nyc subway is, some of the stations are down right scary. I remember a station's roof being held up by braces and plywood somewhere in manhattan. The cost of upgrading all of those stations sounds pretty high but not as high as, I dunno, financing the 2nd avenue subway. Maybe the MTA should fix those stations first before they build new ones.
If you're going to mention the LIRR incident (which I don't think is relevant, but I know the -ists are always reaching to link to past articles), you should mention the teen was drinking. It's an important piece of the story.
8th Avenue on the N.
Half of the station is curving, so they can't put up boards. There's about a foot-long gap between the doors and the platform towards the front on the Manhattan-bound side.
7 train platform at Court Square. Wooden platform extensions all appear intact, but about 2 of every 3 supporting blocks are just MISSING. Really needs to be tended.
It's the worst run large public transit system in the world. Why does the MTA make Mexico City look competent?
Didn't we read a week or two back that the MTA has something around 60,000 employees? I would think they could figure out how to get a few of them to inspect these platform edges, determine if they need to be replaced, and do it. Seriously, what would that take?
Have someone who works in each station walk the edge to see if repairs are needed. Assign 200 people to do repairs where needed. Divide the 200 into 20 teams of ten to perform repairs at one station a day. In 5 days, the MTA could take care of 100 of the 460 or so stations.
That would leave 25,000 to sell metrocards, pickup trash, run the trains, and do whatever else needs to be done and 34,800 to stand around and do nothing.
ugh, what a disgrace
BTW, the Union Square station's escalators have been disabled for ages...supposedly Zeckendorf Towers is responsible for the maintenence of them, but in the meantime everyone is forced to squeeze onto the stairs next them; you can't walk up the escalotors, they are blocked off and strewn with garbage. Can't the MTA hold Zeckendorf responsible for this? so annoying....!
C'mon all New Yorker's claim to be...Edgy. Now's your chance to prove it!
the 62nd street D station is HORRIBLE. the ground is horribly cracked. I had fallen once before, but about 2 weeks ago i tripped and fell and literally almost fell over the platform. I scrapped both my knees. Of course was on my way to a meeting and have to go with wholes in my dress pants. I called the MTA they took my complaint and that was the end of it. What if i were an elderly person that could have bad. its really horrible the way the city maintains our transit system.
the 62nd street D station is HORRIBLE. the ground is horribly cracked. I had fallen once before, but about 2 weeks ago i tripped and fell and literally almost fell over the platform. I scrapped both my knees. Of course was on my way to a meeting and have to go with wholes in my dress pants. I called the MTA they took my complaint and that was the end of it. What if i were an elderly person that could have bad. its really horrible the way the city maintains our transit system.
@thenamesdave
ummm because the NYC subway system is the largest in the world that runs 24/7 sans stupid accident prone kids who don't watch where they're going.
I was on the Herald Square FV platform a month or two ago when I saw a bunch of concrete crumble and fall off the platform onto the tracks. If someone had been on that part of the platform they would have gone down with the concrete. What was really amazing was that the trains kept running like normal, and people were just stumbling over the broken section. I would be surprised if nobody got hurt. This was on a Friday, and when I came back on Monday it was "fixed" with a wooden board. I would feel better if I wasn't worried about the rest of the platform doing the same damn thing!