Brooklyn: F train service is suspended between Church Ave. and Stillwell Ave. in Brooklyn for the next few weekends. This has been happening on and off for the last two years already and seems to be continuing for at least another year.
There is no shuttle bus replacement. The signs, which sometimes go up Wednesday, Thursday or even Friday right before the weekend, say to take a bus to the nearest train (N, Q or D). At stations where there is no bus, such as Avenue P, where I live, it says to walk to the nearest train 15 minutes away. What happens if the next bus isn’t coming for 20 minutes?
Many times, I’ve seen someone with a stroller or shopping cart trying to go to Manhattan on their day off only to get to the station and give up. Older people who have an appointment two miles down the subway line from where they live come to the station and then try to figure out how to get a car service, and get to their appointment late. These people don’t have apps. Every Sunday morning for the last year and a half, I call the MTA to find out if the F train is running past Church Ave.
Every station is supposed to have at least one train servicing it. If not, they have a shuttle bus. You should be able to use the public transportation system no matter where you are. Last year, the F wasn’t running for two weeks between 1-5 a.m. They had a shuttle bus, even during the weekend! Where is it for regular daylight hours? Ezra Shain
Yonkers: S.E. Cupp’s column “Is the New York I used to know gone for good?” (April 20) was alarming, dismaying and, sadly, very possible. Drastic times call for drastic measures. Do you recall after 9/11 how the subways and commuter train lines were flooded with soldiers armed with AR-15s? Dog handlers walked the train cars and platforms and a feeling of confidence permeated these caverns that dissuaded terrorist and thief alike. Maybe it’s time for them to return in order to restore that confidence once again and return our great metropolis to a place where everyone can ride the subways without concern of victimization. Thomas J. Mullen
Brooklyn: Every time they close the Verrazzano and Gowanus bridges for an event, the people in Bay Ridge and others passing through suffer. In Bay Ridge, there are only five overpasses in the first two-and-a-half miles of the Gowanus Expressway. The NYPD provides no support in keeping the intersections of these overpasses from becoming gridlocked. Last Sunday, I got stuck at Fourth Ave. and 92nd St. for 45 minutes. My brother waited an hour to get from Bay Ridge to Dyker Heights. Once the intersections are gridlocked, you can’t escape to find another way. We need traffic agents at these locations to keep the intersections open. I am lucky I didn’t need any emergency services. This is a safety issue that the city needs to fix. People are fed up and some have suggested interfering with the next event to force the issue. Greg Ahl
Mount Sinai, L.I.: For crying out loud! Check out Numbers 5, verses 12-30 in the Bible! Abortion is kosher with the Almighty! Enough already! Karl Bean
Tarrytown, N.Y.: To Voicer Vanessa Pallotto: Where you point out that we are deluding ourselves into thinking that abortion is a right, you’re forgetting about the rights of women making decisions about their own bodies. You make yourself the sheriff of all women’s rights. You can be pro-life, which is fine, but who are you to protect the fetus of someone else? Unless you think that all laws start with you, a woman is not some kind of vehicle to carry a child for your benefit. If it is your religious belief, good for you. What gives you the right to oversee someone else’s unborn fetus? You’re making an argument for your beliefs, and that’s where it ends. Jaime Geiger
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