G is for, \u201cGive us a break!\u201d<\/p>\n
Straphangers who rely on the Brooklyn-Queens crosstown G train line in hipster neighborhoods from Long Island City to Greenpoint could be hit with more service shutdowns during what would be their third straight summer of hell.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn straphangers who rely on the G train line could be hit with service shutdowns for the third summer in a row. Robert Miller<\/p>\n
The MTA is \u201clooking\u201d at plans for G trains to halt each weekend in June, a local pol warned. Kyle \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
The MTA is seriously \u201clooking\u201d at plans for G trains to halt each weekend in June as well as two weekends in August and one weekend in May, as heavily delayed work on the key line continues to slowly modernize its century-old signal system, state Assemblymember Emily Gallagher said Sunday.<\/p>\n
Future shutdowns of the outer-borough line \u2014 which bounces between Court Square in Long Island City, Queens, and Church Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn\u00a0\u2014 are already planned each weekend in December and for one week in September, the pol said.<\/p>\n
An MTA rep told The Post on Monday that the potential disruptions are just that \u2014 potential \u2014 and that any updates will be posted on the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
But Gallagher, who represents North Brooklyn, fumed on X<\/a> that even the thought of disrupting service again \u201cis unacceptable.<\/p>\n \u201cThese shutdowns have disastrous impacts on our community. Small businesses lose customers in their busiest months,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n The MTA is telling straphangers to monitor its website for updates. Robert Miller<\/p>\n \u201cThese shutdowns impact social connections, weekend work shifts, and our wallets. They punish people for choosing to live in Greenpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n The bad news comes after commuters affected by previous line work \u2014 and given the lose-lose alternatives of slowpoke shuttle buses or pricey bike-share memberships<\/a> \u2014 were told the 2025 summer shutdown would be the last, Gallagher said.<\/p>\n The pol said her office is working to organize a town hall \u201cso we can discuss these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n The infamous G train summer shutdowns \u2014 a bane for riders since 2024 \u2014 are designed to update the line\u2019s signals to a \u201cstate-of-the-art\u201d system that is projected to cost $368 million.<\/p>\n The G train summer shutdowns involve updating the line\u2019s signals to a \u201cstate-of-the-art\u201d system that\u2019s projected to cost $368 million. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n \u201cThe nearly century-old signals needing replacement on the line have been a frequent source of service disruptions and delays,\u201d the MTA has said.<\/p>\n The transit agency previously estimated the signal update will be completed by 2027, but a report published last year from an independent engineering consulting firm found the project is two years behind schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not happy. The G train is down so frequently,\u201d said Kensington resident Mitchell Highbam, who estimated it took him 2.5 hours \u2014 an otherwise 50-minute journey \u2014 to get home from Greenpoint during a previous G train suspension.<\/p>\n The 36-year-old said he is even looking to move neighborhoods because of the frequent shutdowns.<\/p>\n Riders are furious over the potential fresh disruptions in service. Dorian Geiger\/NY Post<\/p>\n