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disregard: 9th Street R station to be closed — Brooklynian

disregard: 9th Street R station to be closed

wernberber
wernberber
edited November -1 in Park Slope
i've decided that this is simply untrue and now i feel bad for spreading this TOTALLY UNTRUE rumor after a moment of panic....


I just heard a terrible rumor, and I'm hoping it's not true:

The 9th Street R will be closed this summer for renovations for a year and half?

Does anyone know anything about this? Please say it isn't so...

Comments

  • raw
    raw
    You gotta be F-ing me. There's no way in hell I'm running 10 blocks during rush hour to another station.

    Metro card prices keep increasing as service decreases. Didn't someone almost sit on human poop on the subway last week?

    http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41023

    This renovation rumor better not be true.

    Mc Donald's coming to 9th Street was worse enough.
  • wernberber
    wernberber
    i'm REALLY hoping this guy was confusing 9th Street with the Smith & 9th repairs in 2010.

    i've searched all over the internets and blogland and can't find ANY info about this, so i'm hoping this guy is just a misinformed ass.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    That could easily be the death of any new business on 9th St (I'm looking at you, Piero).
  • raw
    raw
    January — June 2008
    W32683
    UPGRADE COPPER CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE (NYCT)
    46 STATIONS
    $5M - $10M

    This project continues NYC Transit's System-wide Application Migration (SAM) program to upgrade the existing copper cable infrastructure at 46 stations. The work will consolidate all local communication applications to communication rooms at these stations to permit future transfer to the Authority-wide fiber optic system, as modernized under the SONET/ATM Phase I and II projects. This work on this project includes the following stations.

    * ASTORIA LINE: Ditmars Boulevard, Hoyt Avenue-Astoria Boulevard, Grand Avenue-30th Avenue, Broadway, Washington Avenue-36th Avenue, and Beebe Avenue-39th Avenue
    * 4th AVENUE LINE: Dekalb Avenue, Pacific Street, Union Street, 9th Street, Prospect Street, 25th Street, 36th Street, 45th Street, 53rd Street, Bay Ridge Avenue, 77th Street, 86th Street, and 95th Street
    * BROADWAY LINE: Lexington Avenue, 5th Avenue, 57th Street, 49th Street, 34th Street, 28th Street, 23rd Street, Union Square, 8th Street, Prince Street, Canal Street (UL), Canal Street (LL), City Hall, Cortlandt Street, Whitehall Street, and Lawrence Street
    * BRIGHTON LINE: Atlantic Avenue, 7th Avenue, Church Avenue, Kings Highway, Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, and Ocean Parkway
    * WEST END LINE: 50th Street and 55th Street
    * CONEY ISLAND: West 8th Street and Stillwell Avenue

    Duration of Contract 31 Months

    http://www.mta.info/mta/capital/eotf-descrip.htm#W32683
  • mookie wilson
    mookie wilson
    If that's the project the original poster is referring to, it doesn't make sense for the Ninth Street R station to close; they're not very well going to close Canal Street and DeKalb, too.
  • michaelkeys
    michaelkeys
    For the record, this is the Smith & 9th St plan:

    A35994
    REHABILITATE SMITH-9TH STREET STATION (NYCT)
    6TH AVENUE LINE
    $10M - $50M

    This project is to rehabilitate the Smith-9th Street Station on the 6th Avenue line in Brooklyn. The scope of work includes the following tasks.

    Rehabilitate existing NYCT rooms throughout the station; refurbish token booth
    Expand control house at street level to accommodate required program space, and replace control house roofing
    Provide a new canopy at street level to cover control house setback from building line
    Replace sidewalks and roof of escalators and stair enclosure connecting the control house and passageways at the upper intermediate landing
    Repair a limited number of columns at street level, supporting walkways; replace upper platform stairway stringers
    Replace platform canopy roof panels with metal type panels; repair canopy walls along the entire length of the platforms (interior of station only)
    Incorporate artwork into the design of the station
    Paint structural steel and repair corroded steel throughout the station
    Provide new lighting, ventilation, adequate drainage, public address system, and signage throughout the station
    Repair/replace cast in place platform concrete; replace railing at platforms and stairs
    Incorporate progressive Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements

    Duration of Contract 24 Months
    http://www.mta.info/mta/capital/eotf-descrip.htm#A35994

    On the surface it looks like this project would be a lot more invasive and inconvenient than the fiber optic-related work at those other stations. I do feel really bad for those whose stop it is. Especially the Red Hook folk that use Smith/9th St regularly.

    PS: Isn't it at least mildly disturbing that the projected cost is between $10-$50M? Not $10-$20M or $40-$50M but the possible ceiling is five times as much as the lowest amount. Hmm...
  • brooke lynn knight
    brooke lynn knight
    On a related topic, does anyone know why there have recently been, at times, as many as 10 city buses lined up on 9th st, in front of Duffy Funeral Home? The destination scroller on the front said something about the F line, I think.
  • linusvanpelt
    linusvanpelt
    1. I suspect the rumor the original poster heard actually had to do with the real planned closing off the Smith-9th station:

    http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2007/11/man_on_the_stre_4.php

    2. The buses lined up are being used as shuttles during weekend work/shutdowns that have been going on on the F line. Weekends only.
  • raw
    raw
    Brooke Lynn Knight wrote: On a related topic, does anyone know why there have recently been, at times, as many as 10 city buses lined up on 9th st, in front of Duffy Funeral Home? The destination scroller on the front said something about the F line, I think.
    Yeah, right when the MTA raised our subway fares, I hope on the F train to find that it only ran half way to where it was supposed to and then all passengers had to jump out and catch buses to reach their final destinations. Talk about a bunch of crap.
  • carmen
    carmen
    give me a break, G and L train patrons have been dealing with shitty service for months (if not years) with NO improvements. 3 weekends with a shuttle bus for the F train is irritating, but hardly a deal breaker
  • rtraindweller
    rtraindweller
    a friend of mine told me that along with the smith/9th F station that the 4th Ave station will close too, but didnt say anything about the part of the station serving the R line.
  • mookie wilson
    mookie wilson
    did you know that the highest point of elevation in the entire subway system can be found on the stretch of track between carroll and smith/9th?
  • raw
    raw
    Carmen wrote: give me a break, G and L train patrons have been dealing with shitty service for months (if not years) with NO improvements. 3 weekends with a shuttle bus for the F train is irritating, but hardly a deal breaker
    The F train shuttle bus adventure SUCKED. I got on the F train, had to get off the F train, had to get on a bus, then got on an A train (where I was brought) and then got out in Manhattan and had to take a cab. A trip that usually takes me 40 minutes took almost 2 hours. I could have WALKED from Park Slope to Canal Street in less time.
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