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For two weekends only, you can take the G to the sea!
The city’s only subway line exclusive to the outer boroughs will be extended five miles to take northern Brooklynites to the beach for two weekends in August.
“We plan carefully to keep service disruptions to a minimum,” said Demetrius Crichlow, New York City Transit’s acting senior vice president for subways. “But there are times when service changes can actually result in localized improvements for riders. When that happens, we like to promote it! In this case, we are extending the G line and giving customers from Greenpoint and Williamsburg a direct route to Coney Island.”
For two weekends only, you can take the G to the sea!
The city’s only subway line exclusive to the outer boroughs will be extended five miles to take northern Brooklynites to the beach for two weekends in August.
“We plan carefully to keep service disruptions to a minimum,” said Demetrius Crichlow, New York City Transit’s acting senior vice president for subways. “But there are times when service changes can actually result in localized improvements for riders. When that happens, we like to promote it! In this case, we are extending the G line and giving customers from Greenpoint and Williamsburg a direct route to Coney Island.”
On the weekends they should extend it also in the other direction to Forest Hills (Queens) when the M line isn't running in that area.
Sounds like they are trying to steer some of the hipster types to Coney Island instead of the Rockaways, unless there is some special event I don't know about on those weekends. They should do this on Mermaid Parade day (Sept. 12) too.
On the weekends they should extend it also in the other direction to Forest Hills (Queens) when the M line isn't running in that area.
Woke Minnesota Bradley and BLM California Becky, after they colonized Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy and Fort Greene always wanted a faster way to go to the beach in Coney Island, not Forest Hills. What would they do in Forest Hills anyway, it is not a high consumer area, and is nowhere to be seen in any Spike Lee movie, not Instagram-worthy.
Just take the G and transfer for the F at church avenue. The G train will be redundant between church avenue & Coney Island while taking away service on its main designated route.
Remember when the G train actually ran that far in Queens.
Me too and taking it directly from Queens to Brooklyn back and fore.
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Originally Posted by Robert.Dinero
What would they do in Forest Hills anyway, it is not a high consumer area, and is nowhere to be seen in any Spike Lee movie, not Instagram-worthy.
It would be convenient for those along Queens Blvd to be able to get to Brooklyn on the weekends without having to go through Manhattan or change trains at 23rd/Ely (which isn't the most convenient transfer point).
Woke Minnesota Bradley and BLM California Becky, after they colonized Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy and Fort Greene always wanted a faster way to go to the beach in Coney Island, not Forest Hills. What would they do in Forest Hills anyway, it is not a high consumer area, and is nowhere to be seen in any Spike Lee movie, not Instagram-worthy.
Spike Lee shoots in Brooklyn.
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