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Posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Thu Apr 19 10:30:27 2007, in response to Re: Whining......, posted by RonInBayside on Thu Apr 19 09:03:54 2007. Obviously Matha531 is correct on every aspect regarding the lack of subway service in the southeastern section of Brooklyn and anything east of Parsons Blvd in Queens (save for a small section on Hillside Ave). He was not talking about capital programs, he was talking about subway expansion. Try finding a subway at Kings Plaza, Spring Creek Towers, Gateway Mall at Erskine Place and Seaview Ave, the neighborhoods of Flatlands, Mill Basin, the southern section of East New York, Spring Creek, East Flatbush, Gerritsen Beach, Remsen Village, Brookdale Hospital, anything on Linden Blvd east of Nostrand Ave, or even anything on Utica Ave south of Empire Blvd. If you even get your head out of the sand and notice something else; Brooklyn has the largest 24/7 overnight bus service in the 5 boroughs, with nearly 75 percent of all bus routes operating at all times, and nearly all routes that were formerly 2-fare zones (with the exception of the B2/13/20/83) operate overnight service.I was born, raised, and lived in Brooklyn all 37 years, 5 months and 19 days of my life (give or take a few days), and I have learned the entire Brooklyn bus network. Given the fact that the current B82 and B47 bus routes now offer 24/7 service, something that was not offered in the predecessors (B5/50 and B78 respectively), and the expansion of bus service in Eastern Brooklyn, there is a valid reason why Brooklyn and Queens are shut out on the subway expansion plans. Look at the routes that travel in areas where there is no nearby subway service: B2/3/4/6/7/8/9/13/15/17/20/35/36/41/44/46/57/60/61/74/77/82/83. Some like the B61/77 in Red Hook or the B36/74 in Coney Island serve a small section that does not justify subway expansion. But routes like the 6/7/8/17/35/41/44/46/82/83 serve out-of-your way areas that are deficient in any nearby subway station. Please read the posts correctly and you won't respond with wrong information. Thank you. |
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