From NY1:The subway is all about connections. But when maps come out, the magic can disappear.
In two new transfer spots, the answer will be to stay underground rather than hit the street to switch trains. NY1 has learned the Jay Street-Lawrence Street connector in downtown Brooklyn is to open ahead of schedule on December 10, while the Citicorp-funded Court House Square link in Long Island City is set to open a year late in February.
Riders will use a new escalator to transfer from the E, M and G to the elevated 7 train, and will no longer have to cross Jackson Avenue, where some improvise.
After years of dealing with the rain, the snow and the cold, riders say the new transfer can't open soon enough.
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Good news for daily riders at those locations. Ugly or not a closed to the elements without the hassle of transfer fares etc. These common sense efforts for the ridership I applaud. Should have occurred years ago.
Its a good addition. I look forward to using it.
You'll still be exposed to the elements waiting on the above-ground 7 platform stupid.
That's what happens when you ride an elevated subway.
Exposed to the elements--the walk from the previously existing subway exit from the G (or E or M, or the lamented F and not-missed V)to the 7 train was all of about 25 feet, particularly after a third staircase was added a few years back. A connector would be far more handy at Queens Plaza and Queensborough Plaza, where more than twice as many lines require a much longer schlep outdoors, in a still-sketchy area.
Exposed to the elements does describe the new exit, on Jackson, which has at least 25 feet of completely open space with no canopy. Going up and down those stairs will be treacherous in all precipitation--I guarantee a slip-and-fall lawsuit in the first year.
You will see a new four block long tunnel built between the Queens Plaza and Queensboro plaza stations sometimes in the next century. This connection was built in exchange for the zoning variance that Citicorp got to build their second building.
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