Comments on: A look at the Bleecker St. renovations

By: wendy

wendy — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:15:47 +0000

Hi. I am looking to move into this building (298 Mulberry) but I am fearful it will be too noisy. I have trouble sleeping and need a quiet apt. Do you feel the apt is noisy? do you like the building? thanks
Wendy

By: Jessica P

Jessica P — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:29:17 +0000

I live at 298 Mulberry St (corner of Houston) and while there’s been a lot of construction on Lafayette and Houston since I moved in a year ago, now it’s directly on Mulberry. This is a huge hinderance to just getting around, not to mention the noise and huge eye sore that I now call my home. Do you know how long the construction is going to actually be ON Mulberry St? Also I just resigned an 18 month lease and now I’m worried that this construction is going to ruin my entire time there. I’m furious that the property manager did not mention this AND even had the nerve to jack our rent $300 a month! Do you have any further information for things tenants can do?

Does anyone have any information?

By: Sara Nordmann

Sara Nordmann — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:15:24 +0000

Can you explain the difference between a “MetroCard transfer” and the other thing you’re talking about? I’m confused.

By: katiebakes

katiebakes — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:58:40 +0000

Great pictures and update.

You know what REALLY irritates me about this subway renovation?

Before it began, they had JUST finished the Houston Street Reconstruction Project in the Bowery to Broadway area. This had been going on for years and years. Finally it was completed, and quite lovely: smooth streets, Greenstreets islands in the middle of the road with big old trees, etc etc.

Literally a few weeks after we Nolita/Noho residents began to enjoy the peace and quiet and all that, I walked out of my apartment and men were CUTTING DOWN THE GIANT TREES. A week or so later, they dug back up everything that they had just put down.

Cripes, do any of these agencies communicate with one another? What a colossal waste of time and resources.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:05:42 +0000

The project was planned in the 1990s and an approved part of the 2000-04 capital plan. When that plan over-ran, it was eliminated — but then put back in the 2005 to 2009 capital plan. It should have been open in 2004.

By: Kai B

Kai B — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:26:00 +0000

MetroCard transfers confuse people greatly. Often when I get out of the G-Train at Court Square, confused passengers are standing by the HEETs to the 7, horribly confused. They think MetroCard transfer means they have to swipe their MetroCard again. Granted if the signs read “Free”, this would be mitigated (although I think some people never will grasp the concept that the turnstiles are “smart” enough).

Nevertheless – this in-system transfer makes sense.

By: Katie K

Katie K — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:33:03 +0000

It’s inaccurate to say that Broadway Lafayette is the only place the IND and the IRT connect in Manhattan. They also connect at 53rd Street and Lex.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:09:13 +0000

Oh, I see what you mean by MetroCard transfer. That terminology confused me.

But yeah, not a MetroCard transfer in that sense as it is at 59th/63rd Sts. with the F and N/R/W/4/5/6.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:08:01 +0000

It’s not a MetroCard transfer.

MetroCard transfers are generally only instituted to compensate for lost transfer opportunities when trains are rerouted (hence the transfers instituted in 2001 at the then-new north terminal of the G and the then-new out-of-system transfer point between the F and the 6). Especially in a neighborhood like this, the revenue loss (among people visiting the area and reentering the system for free, deliberately or not) would be considerable.

I’ve made this “transfer” with an unlimited MetroCard, and it’s a pain.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:59:24 +0000

It’s already been a MetroCard transfer, but it’s an above-ground MetroCard transfer that requires people to walk about a block or so and swipe back in. The station was due for an ADA upgrade anyway, and this project made sense. This is the 25th most popular station in the system, and thousands of people a day will benefit from this more convenient transfer.