Comments on: Praising the G train Church Ave. extension http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:51:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63184 Richard Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:38:44 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63184 AHHH None of you know the history of the G train.... Long Island city used to be the Manufacturing hub with all types of businesses everything from stereos TV washers dryers car parts and more were made in LIC, so 20 years ago before everyone shipped out jobs overseas the G train was a very busy train All those big console stereos you parent had magnovox GE made here...classic stereos Marantz, McIntosh , Fisher, Harmon Kardon Parts suppliers Lafayette, Radio shack, LIC/sunnyside even had a BRA manufacturer on 39th st right in back of the citybank queens blvd, till they moved out 2-3 years ago and a self-storage facility tore the building down. Standard auto parts on 36th & northern. almost 500 people worked there till they sold the building Even Zenith made picture tubes in LIC, so the G train was for the factory workers living in BK or out in Forest hills AHHH None of you know the history of the G train….

Long Island city used to be the Manufacturing hub with all types of businesses everything from stereos TV washers dryers car parts and more were made in LIC, so 20 years ago before everyone shipped out jobs overseas the G train was a very busy train

All those big console stereos you parent had magnovox GE made here…classic stereos Marantz, McIntosh , Fisher, Harmon Kardon

Parts suppliers Lafayette, Radio shack, LIC/sunnyside even had a BRA manufacturer on 39th st right in back of the citybank queens blvd, till they moved out 2-3 years ago and a self-storage facility tore the building down.

Standard auto parts on 36th & northern. almost 500 people worked there till they sold the building

Even Zenith made picture tubes in LIC, so the G train was for the factory workers living in BK or out in Forest hills

]]> By: Andrew http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63065 Andrew Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:24:20 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63065 The G isn't a bad circumferential line, since it isn't a circumferential line at all. Obviously, there's room for improvement - although there was just an improvement at the south end (direct transfer to the M and R) and an improvement is in the works at the north end (enclosed transfer to the 7). But I don't see why you consider it circumferential. What does it circumfere, if that's a word? The G isn’t a bad circumferential line, since it isn’t a circumferential line at all. Obviously, there’s room for improvement – although there was just an improvement at the south end (direct transfer to the M and R) and an improvement is in the works at the north end (enclosed transfer to the 7). But I don’t see why you consider it circumferential. What does it circumfere, if that’s a word?

]]> By: The G Train: Not Perfect, But Closer :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63048 The G Train: Not Perfect, But Closer :: Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:13:39 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63048 [...] As Benjamin noted last week, many riders are happy with the new G train extension to Church Avenue in Brooklyn. I live in Williamsburg close to the Metropolitan G stop, and I’ve been a longtime fan of the train – my boyfriend of two years lives in Long Island City, and I’ve told people we might not be together if dating him meant I had to go into Manhattan and switch trains twice. I’ve also had a soft spot for the G train ever since reading Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn, where the protagonist notes that the G is the underdog of the subway system, suffering from insecurity because it’s the only train that doesn’t touch Manhattan. [...] [...] As Benjamin noted last week, many riders are happy with the new G train extension to Church Avenue in Brooklyn. I live in Williamsburg close to the Metropolitan G stop, and I’ve been a longtime fan of the train – my boyfriend of two years lives in Long Island City, and I’ve told people we might not be together if dating him meant I had to go into Manhattan and switch trains twice. I’ve also had a soft spot for the G train ever since reading Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn, where the protagonist notes that the G is the underdog of the subway system, suffering from insecurity because it’s the only train that doesn’t touch Manhattan. [...]

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63047 Alon Levy Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:24:43 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63047 The connections are not good enough. A good circumferential line, like the Yamanote Line, the Koltsevaya Line, or the Circle Line, will maximize transfer opportunities to other lines as well as to major stations. A bad one, like the G or Shanghai Metro Line 4, will minimize those opportunities. The connections are not good enough. A good circumferential line, like the Yamanote Line, the Koltsevaya Line, or the Circle Line, will maximize transfer opportunities to other lines as well as to major stations. A bad one, like the G or Shanghai Metro Line 4, will minimize those opportunities.

]]> By: lalaland http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63038 lalaland Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:29:09 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63038 As someone who rides from Kensington to Clinton Hill fairly frequently this is a great change. The people who are happiest though, I guarantee, are the workers who used to take the G to Smith/9th, transfer to the F, and then transfer AGAIN to the R/M/? at 4th/9th. Those guys (mostly construction worker types, and many immigrants) probably won't voice a lot of thanks on Blogs or anywhere else, but I'm sure it's cutting 10 minutes off their commutes (and the mental anguish of waiting for a stalled/slow F to take you 1 lousy stop). As someone who rides from Kensington to Clinton Hill fairly frequently this is a great change. The people who are happiest though, I guarantee, are the workers who used to take the G to Smith/9th, transfer to the F, and then transfer AGAIN to the R/M/? at 4th/9th. Those guys (mostly construction worker types, and many immigrants) probably won’t voice a lot of thanks on Blogs or anywhere else, but I’m sure it’s cutting 10 minutes off their commutes (and the mental anguish of waiting for a stalled/slow F to take you 1 lousy stop).

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63035 Jerrold Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:24:04 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63035 I think he meant that when the F was NOT going to Coney Island, the G train WAS going to Coney Island, and so they decided to put longer trains on the G. I think he meant that when the F was NOT going to Coney Island,
the G train WAS going to Coney Island,
and so they decided to put longer trains on the G.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63034 rhywun Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:13:58 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63034 I am kind of puzzled that there isn't more demand for a Bkn/Qns crosstown. Then again, I've only taken it once or twice myself. Maybe the connections just aren't convenient enough that a detour through Manhattan isn't really a worse option. In my case I often travel from Bay Ridge to Astoria--the G is kinda useless for that. I am kind of puzzled that there isn’t more demand for a Bkn/Qns crosstown. Then again, I’ve only taken it once or twice myself. Maybe the connections just aren’t convenient enough that a detour through Manhattan isn’t really a worse option. In my case I often travel from Bay Ridge to Astoria–the G is kinda useless for that.

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63031 Jerrold Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:17:25 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63031 I see that it's been corrected by now. I see that it’s been corrected by now.

]]> By: Jerrold http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63030 Jerrold Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:16:05 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63030 Hey, that's good! But wait, I think you counted one guy twice. Hey, that’s good!
But wait, I think you counted one guy twice.

]]> By: abba http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/07/27/praising-the-g-train-church-ave-extension/#comment-63027 abba Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:56:22 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3421#comment-63027 Adam, you mean when it was going to coney island? Adam, you mean when it was going to coney island?

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