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Re: Rode Queens Blvd yesterday |
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Posted by gbs on Sun Aug 21 14:38:55 2022, in response to Re: Rode Queens Blvd yesterday, posted by R46 5636 on Sun Aug 21 11:16:10 2022. The skylights were wonderful and unique, and it remains a shame that they covered them over. There had to be a better solution to deal with the glaring light other than closing it off completely. The suspended walkway may be "creative", but it makes exiting the station very annoying. The stairs and elevator from the platform to the mezzanine are near the south end of the platform, so if you exit the train near the rear, first you have to walk the length of the platform to the stairs there. Then when you reach the mezzanine, you're not near either exit to the street. If you want Hillside Ave you have to walk along that walkway, backtracking towards where you got off the train. If you want Jamaica Ave, you have to walk through a long tunnel further south. The problem is that the station platform ought to be located between Hillside and Jamaica Avenues, but it's not, it starts north of Hillside Ave and doesn't reach Jamaica Ave, so the two street exits don't line up with the platform and there's lots of walking involved. Entering at Hillside Ave presents the opposite situation. You're at the start of the overhead walkway and see your train below, but you can't get to it because there's no stair there to the platform. Instead you have to walk along that walkway to the fare control further south, missing your train along the way. Who designs these stations? College interns? Surely it's people who don't use the system regularly. All we want to do is get in and out as quickly as possible. (Maybe college interns would be an improvement.) |
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