http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/18/g-train-now-with-less-waiting-more-inconvenient-transfers/ A New York City Subway Blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/18/g-train-now-with-less-waiting-more-inconvenient-transfers/#comment-27521 Jim Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:14:51 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/18/g-train-now-with-less-waiting-more-inconvenient-transfers/#comment-27521 Don't underestimate the benefits of extended G service to Church Ave. This is an outstanding improvement! It manages to link two fast growing neighborhoods (Park Slope and Williamsburg), it gives Kensington and Slope residents another option for local Brooklyn service (the F is like a grandma, reliable, but slow). It also changes the G turn-around from the elevated (and friggen scary) Smith-9th to the underground Church stop. This will prevent the consistent F train delays at Smith-9th, where the train leans on the track and overlooks a drop into the Gowanus canal. Don’t underestimate the benefits of extended G service to Church Ave. This is an outstanding improvement! It manages to link two fast growing neighborhoods (Park Slope and Williamsburg), it gives Kensington and Slope residents another option for local Brooklyn service (the F is like a grandma, reliable, but slow). It also changes the G turn-around from the elevated (and friggen scary) Smith-9th to the underground Church stop. This will prevent the consistent F train delays at Smith-9th, where the train leans on the track and overlooks a drop into the Gowanus canal.

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/18/g-train-now-with-less-waiting-more-inconvenient-transfers/#comment-23866 Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » Brooklyn pols push G tunnel at Atlantic Ave. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:49:17 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/18/g-train-now-with-less-waiting-more-inconvenient-transfers/#comment-23866 [...] the G train is also a big tease. For the next few months, until the Church Ave. extension is in place, the G doesn’t quite make it to Park Slope. And it stops tantalizingly close to [...] [...] the G train is also a big tease. For the next few months, until the Church Ave. extension is in place, the G doesn’t quite make it to Park Slope. And it stops tantalizingly close to [...]

]]> http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/18/g-train-now-with-less-waiting-more-inconvenient-transfers/#comment-18243 Harlan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:15:35 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/01/18/g-train-now-with-less-waiting-more-inconvenient-transfers/#comment-18243 For me in Astoria, this is a big improvement. The G-7-N combo has always suffered from very spotty G service, and a 50% increase in trains will be great! Also, there's a free underground transfer from the G to the E/V at Courthouse Square, so that's only a minor issue (2 minute walk instead of accross the platform). The only real issue is that the V only runs weekdays, so on the weekends there will be no easy way to get to the local stops on the R. People will have to walk over to Queens Plaza, I guess, or take the E to Jackson Heights and the local back to their stop. For me in Astoria, this is a big improvement. The G-7-N combo has always suffered from very spotty G service, and a 50% increase in trains will be great! Also, there’s a free underground transfer from the G to the E/V at Courthouse Square, so that’s only a minor issue (2 minute walk instead of accross the platform). The only real issue is that the V only runs weekdays, so on the weekends there will be no easy way to get to the local stops on the R. People will have to walk over to Queens Plaza, I guess, or take the E to Jackson Heights and the local back to their stop.

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