NYCRailfan523 Posted September 17, 2012 Share #126 Posted September 17, 2012 Nope. It's still going to be Bleecker St on the and Broadway-Lafayette on the . That's what I thought. I thought they are going to be a complex. Too bad.......I imagined the name of the "new complex" was Bleecker - Broadway Lafayette.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted September 19, 2012 Share #127 Posted September 19, 2012 That's what I thought. I thought they are going to be a complex. Too bad.......I imagined the name of the "new complex" was Bleecker - Broadway Lafayette.... Well...If anything, it should just be Broadway / Bleecker-Lafayette Streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACEVE14 Posted September 19, 2012 Share #128 Posted September 19, 2012 Big news: I read a short article of the Bleecker St/Broadway-Lafayette St transfer complex at the Second Avenue Sagas website and we finally have our answer. It is scheduled to open on Tuesday September 25th. http://secondavenues...treets-big-day/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterious2train Posted September 19, 2012 Share #129 Posted September 19, 2012 You're a little late to the party The first announcement was 2 days ago, in post 124 [11 posts above yours]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concourse Express Posted September 19, 2012 Share #130 Posted September 19, 2012 Nice to hear they're finally gonna wrap up this project. Methinks the rehab of the line plats are coming along very nicely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted September 19, 2012 Share #131 Posted September 19, 2012 Well...If anything, it should just be Broadway / Bleecker-Lafayette Streets. And that's what I hoped.... Anyway, I hope the Bleecker Street transfer will open nice and smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted September 19, 2012 Share #132 Posted September 19, 2012 Will it be a long transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubwayStation Posted September 19, 2012 Share #133 Posted September 19, 2012 Will it be a long transfer. Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted September 19, 2012 Share #134 Posted September 19, 2012 Good thing it's not a long transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted September 20, 2012 Share #135 Posted September 20, 2012 Finally the F will have a real in system transfer to the 6 line. There shouldn't be anymore out of system transfers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbr40 Posted September 20, 2012 Share #136 Posted September 20, 2012 i was there today and it still close off but you can see some part of the hallway visible from the grand street bound track. there is permant sign directing to uptown train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted September 21, 2012 Share #137 Posted September 21, 2012 Found out today while working on the that the new transfer from the Uptown to the will open at 10am on Tuesday. So now we not only have a date but a time too. Fantastic news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted September 21, 2012 Share #138 Posted September 21, 2012 Found out today while working on the that the new transfer from the Uptown to the will open at 10am on Tuesday. So now we not only have a date but a time too. Fantastic news! Cool! Cannot wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted September 23, 2012 Share #139 Posted September 23, 2012 UPDATE: The new transfer will be opening at 12 Noon Tuesday, not 10am. There are signs at the Bleecker St station and a few other stations along Lexington Ave letting people know that the transfer is opening that day and that they will be able to use the escalator and elevator with this transfer. We are getting closer and closer to history. being made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted September 23, 2012 Share #140 Posted September 23, 2012 I've learned that they often jump the gun on those official opening times. Dyckman St was supposed to reopen at 5AM on a Monday, but we were making stops there the Sunday evening before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted September 23, 2012 Share #141 Posted September 23, 2012 I wonder if 12 is just the tima of the “official” opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted September 23, 2012 Share #142 Posted September 23, 2012 I've learned that they often jump the gun on those official opening times. Dyckman St was supposed to reopen at 5AM on a Monday, but we were making stops there the Sunday evening before. I remembet that and I was like "Really?" lol But yeah the is good for starting things earlier than planned. I wonder if 12 is just the tima of the “official” opening. I think that's the case right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4 Via Merrick Rd Posted September 23, 2012 Share #143 Posted September 23, 2012 The Bleecker-Lafyette transfer is a mistake corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted September 23, 2012 Share #144 Posted September 23, 2012 Not to get off topic but IMO the station should be called one name. It would have called Bleecker-Lafayette for entire station on both and . They done it at Jay St and Fulton-Lower Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted September 23, 2012 Share #145 Posted September 23, 2012 Just call the whole thing Houston St..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted September 23, 2012 Share #146 Posted September 23, 2012 Just call the whole thing Houston St..... That works too. Anything to have '1' damn new name for this station complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overclocked Posted September 24, 2012 Share #147 Posted September 24, 2012 IMO, the reason why they did not name the complex, is that they intended to restore "original IRT feel" to the Bleeker St. Unlike Jay st. this is harder to accomplish since the tiles at both stations indicate the current naming scheme, and if renamed having those "old" signs would be pretty damn confusing to some, unlike Lawrence St. which to this day has no tiling whatsoever. But who knows, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted September 24, 2012 Share #148 Posted September 24, 2012 A Vexing Flaw in the Subway Is Finally Fixed Tina Fineberg for The New York Times A new connection between the Broadway-Lafayette and Bleecker Street stations opens Tuesday. For more than half a century, it has stood out as a singularly vexing flaw of the subway system, a glaring inequity that has frustrated generations of riders and has even puzzled transit officials, who have wondered how the situation ever came to be. MetroCard swipe. But with the completion of a construction project of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that included a platform extension and the installation of new elevators, the system’s only such incomplete transfer point has been made whole. “It’s the last kink,” said Peter Tashjian, 41, a No. 6 rider from the Upper East Side. “It’s like you’re smoothing out the wallpaper and the last little bubble is pressed out.” The downtown transfer between the IRT and IND subway lines was built in 1957. In 2005, the authority approved a plan for the uptown one. Its opening, advertised months ago as early summer, has faced persistent delays. Patience appears to have run out; at the station one afternoon last week, at least two signs announcing the transfer, papered over for now, had been partly uncovered, perhaps by curious travelers, who unwrapped them like Christmas gifts. More on this article: http://www.nytimes.c...ml?ref=nyregion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted September 25, 2012 Share #149 Posted September 25, 2012 It's now a complex, named Bleecker Street / Broadway – Lafayette Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West End Posted September 25, 2012 Share #150 Posted September 25, 2012 Just used it the new transfer. Easily shaved 10-15 minutes off the commute. Best thing since sliced bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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