Dumbo Subway Stations Need Repairs


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From the Dumbo Improvement District:

Repairing DUMBO’s Subway Stations: We Need Your Help!
The York and High Street subway stations that serve DUMBO and our surrounding communities are in very bad shape. Over the coming years ridership at these stations is going to greatly increase as more residents and businesses move into the neighborhood, and more visitors come down to DUMBO to enjoy our growing community and expanding Brooklyn Bridge Park. We need to make sure that our transportation infrastructure is prepared for these changes.

This past spring I asked the MTA to include overhauls for the York and High Street subway stations that serve DUMBO in their capital improvement plan for 2010-2014. A community letter to MTA President Lawrence Reuter has been drafted by the Dumbo Parents’ Organization supporting our request for complete overhauls of these stations. If you would like to sign the letter and support this request please stop by Half Pint (the children’s store on the corner of Washington and Water Sts.) or the DUMBO General Store (the coffee shop on Front St . between Washington and Adams Sts. ) to add your name and signature.

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  • You should consider dropping a copy at the Concord Village office…

  • You should consider dropping a copy at the Concord Village office…

  • Might also want to introduce the letter to the various condo associations in the neighborhood.

  • Might also want to introduce the letter to the various condo associations in the neighborhood.

  • Market forces. Let the developers bankroll the subway station improvements. They’re going to have to if they want residents to buy their properties, no?

  • Market forces. Let the developers bankroll the subway station improvements. They’re going to have to if they want residents to buy their properties, no?

  • Has there ever been talk of making a dumbo stop on the manhattan bridge for all the express trains that pass through? Can’t help but imagine how awesome it would be to jump on the D or N from there.

  • Has there ever been talk of making a dumbo stop on the manhattan bridge for all the express trains that pass through? Can’t help but imagine how awesome it would be to jump on the D or N from there.

  • Forget your worries about repairs. I’m an MTA worker who feels the High and York St stations are in excellent shape (the employee facilities, not seen by the public, are evident of that). I can name quite a few stations in Brooklyn which are indeed in a dilapidated state (go look at the 86th St station in Bay Ridge, R line). What you need to worry about are the lack of exits in case of an emergency!

  • Forget your worries about repairs. I’m an MTA worker who feels the High and York St stations are in excellent shape (the employee facilities, not seen by the public, are evident of that). I can name quite a few stations in Brooklyn which are indeed in a dilapidated state (go look at the 86th St station in Bay Ridge, R line). What you need to worry about are the lack of exits in case of an emergency!

  • Market forces. Let the developers bankroll the subway station improvements. They're going to have to if they want residents to buy their properties, no?

  • Market forces. Let the developers bankroll the subway station improvements. They're going to have to if they want residents to buy their properties, no?