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Damaged tunnels after draining. In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused severe damage to New York City, and many subway tunnels were inundated with floodwater.The storm flooded nine of the system's 14 underwater tunnels, many subway lines and yards, and completely destroyed a portion of the Rockaway Line (A train) in Queens, as well as much of the South Ferry terminal at Manhattan's southern tip.
Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations, [34] [35] including Broad Street. [36] From September 30, 1990, [37] to June 14, 2015, the Broad and Fulton Street stations were closed during weekends, making them two of the only New York City Subway stations that lacked full-time service. [38]
[49] [50] [51] During the closure, B39 bus service over the Williamsburg Bridge was free. [52] The closure was anticipated to last until October 1999, but regular subway service was restored one month ahead of schedule. [53] The project cost $130 million, including replacing the tracks support structure, signal system and other equipment. [54]
The IND Crosstown Line or Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It provides crosstown service between western Brooklyn and southwestern Queens and is the only non-shuttle subway line that does not carry trains to and from ...
The Myrtle Avenue–Chambers Street Line (later the 10, then the M train) used the Myrtle Viaduct (pictured) along its route between Manhattan and Middle Village. Until 1914, the only service on the Myrtle Avenue Line east of Grand Avenue was a local service between Park Row (via the Brooklyn Bridge) and Middle Village (numbered 11 in 1924). [6]
The Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue station (announced as the Metropolitan Avenue-Middle Village station on trains) is a terminal station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Rentar Plaza in the neighborhood of Middle Village, Queens. [4]
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One aspect of the New York City Subway Action Plan involved removing seats from the 42nd Street Shuttle (pictured) On July 25, Chairman Lhota announced a two-phase, $9 billion New York City Subway Action Plan to stabilize the subway system and to stall its continuing decline. [49] [50] It expanded on the six-point plan elaborated on in May. [51]