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I'd do it this way. as is to Far Rockaway for the Brooklyn Connection -Metropolitan Ave-Rockaway Pk. -QBL Local to 71st Ave - Howard Beach/JFK- 161 Yankee Stadium, via. RBB, Junction Blvd-LGA, Rikers Island, 161st Street. This line would connect with the at Junction Blvd, LGA Airport, any new Rikers Island development once the jail closes, Hunts Point Ave , Intervale Ave , and Yankee Stadium .

If there's money for a new tunnel, that is

In the suggestion I proposed, Montague would only have two services, and . No need for anything else. can end in Hanover Sq or be extended to South Ferry for transit connections.

And leave 2nd Ave as is, with an extension from Hanover Sq to South Ferry

Yes. Many many MANY times. If you REALLY want to do that, have your run from Bay Ridge-Broadway Junction, and then have the real (which we will call ) run from Astoria-Euclid Ave. Save the cost of building a whole new tunnel.

Or just connect Fulton Local to Montague. There's spare capacity anyway.

I propose a "Shore Parkway Line", making the following stops: 1. Rosedale LIRR 2. Springfield Blvd 3. Farmers Blvd 4. Brewer Blvd 5. Rockaway Blvd 6. 150 St 7. 134 St 8. Lefferts Blvd-Airtrain 9. (Westbound Only) Cohancy Street 10. Cross Bay Blvd 11. Gateway Center 12. Rockaway Pkwy-Canarsie Pier 13. (Eastbound Only)-Riding Academy 14. Flatbush Ave/ ToysRUs parking lot 15. Knapp Street 16. Sheepshead Bay 17. Ocean Pkwy 18. Bay Pkwy 19. Bay Ridge-95th St

On weekends, there's no harm no foul with this plan, though more crews would be needed. The doesn't go to Queens weekends anyway. It would actually provide expanded service.

Or here's another plan (that actually might operationally work better than the current plan): -207th St-Far Rockaway, via 8th/Fulton EXP (no lefferts service) -Brighton Beach-Jamaica Ctr, via. Brighton/6th/63rd/QBL EXP -205th St-Lefferts Blvd, via Concourse LCL/8th EXP/Fulton LCL -145th/BPB-Coney Is. -168th St- Coney Is, via. 8th LCL/Culver LCL, switching at W4. -Jamaica 179th-WTC, via 6th Ave LCL, switches to 8th after West 4th -Extended to Forest Hills via. QBL Local -Broad St-Jamaica Center. Express in peak direction between Marcy Ave and Broadway Jct. -Metropolitan Ave-Chambers St. -unchanged -unchanged -Bay Pkwy-Forest Hills, via. West End/4th Ave/Bway/QBL LCL -unchanged - Bay Ridge- Broadway Junction via. 4th Lcl/Nassau LCL

It’s not any worse than the switching at Queens Plaza

This means losing service and Qns Plaza express service however

Remember, this assumes a complete shutdown of 53rd, meaning only the and would be serving Queens Plaza.

A more frequent could even run skip-stop service on crosstown, youd have a and a . After Ct Squ- serves Greenpoint Ave, Broadway, Classon, Fulton serves Nassau Ave, Myrtle Willoughby, Clinton Washington Both serve Metropolitan Ave, Bedford Nostrand, Hoyt, and all stops to Church Ave.

The connects with the 8th Ave Line at Hoyt-Schermerhorn, the at Times Sq, Cortlandt, and Jay Street, and the at West 4th St (the also at Jay St)

And the could run on 63rd. So in total -QBL Local/ 63rd -QBL Local/Crosstown -QBL express/63rd -QBL express/Broadway