Partial Collapse on the Culver-18 Av Station

[Sea Beach]

A hug slab of concrete fell from the platform at the 18th Avenue station in Borough Park, Brooklyn on Tuesday morning.

 

The subway line, southbound, is currently skipping the 18th Avenue station.

 

Northbound trains are running normally.

[INDman]

Oh no the sky is falling! Wait, its only the Culver El.

[Joe]

Oh no the sky is falling! Wait, its only the Culver El.

 

Gee that sounds familiar.

 

Welcome to 1970, people.

[Luis1985]

A hug slab of concrete fell from the platform at the 18th Avenue station in Borough Park, Brooklyn on Tuesday morning.

 

The subway line, southbound, is currently skipping the 18th Avenue station.

 

Northbound trains are running normally.

 

if you look at it, its like an actual square.

[Amtrak7]

The subway line, southbound, is currently skipping the 18th Avenue station.

 

I got an email saying that service has resumed normal operations. Time of email was 9:47.

[UlmerPark B6]

Yea, wait a few years, the Culver is gonna be like the old elevated Franklin line, if the wants to save money, and do nothing about it.

[RokuSix]

Was anyone hurt?

[trainfan22]

I knew this was going to happen sooner or later to the Culver line. Those stations are in horrble shape same goes for the West end line and some IRT outdoor stations.

[metsfan]

They should add some support beams under there to prevent it happening again.

 

- a

[R110B]

wow if these stations fall into disrepair now albany can see the needed funding of the REgion.

[Queens Surface]

I knew that was gonna happen on the Culver Line.

[Dave160]

I see a lot of stations on the Culver in need of repair. The yellow edges are becoming weak and falling off, and parts of the cement holding the concrete slabs together is missing, and even pieces of the concrete slabs are missing by the edge of the railing.

[metsfan]

If you notice something that you think could be dangerous please contact police or immediately.

 

- A

[MTR Admiralty]

To be honest, the MTA should start paying attention to some of its infrastructure. This should be a wake up call for the MTA. If necessary actions are not taking place, similar problems can surface on other elevated lines as well.

[R110B]

they want more but the system is falling into disrepair again.

[KeystoneRegional]

Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters

[MTR Admiralty]

they want more but the system is falling into disrepair again.

Yeah, really, the MTA wants expansion. But again, maintenance is needed. It's hard to maintain such a system like ours. You have to upgrade signals, do trackwork, clean the trackbeds, repair ageing infrastructure... so it's hard.

[Forest Glen]

Had people been standing on that platform that would've been a lawsuit

[R110B]

 

Yeah, really, the MTA wants expansion. But again, maintenance is needed. It's hard to maintain such a system like ours. You have to upgrade signals, do trackwork, clean the trackbeds, repair ageing infrastructure... so it's hard.

true but its all the blame of albany for lack of goverment funding.

[MTR Admiralty]

true but its all the blame of albany for lack of goverment funding.

You can't just blame Albany. Even if the MTA has the money for it, it will spend the money on pointless things. I recall vividly in 2005, when the MTA had some surplus. It used the money for holiday bonuses.

[R44 5278]

Even before, BMT never maintains their stations b/c they didn't have the fund. Not to mention, the West End literally had slabs of concrete falling off back in the 90s.

[R32 3838]

The needs to stop ordering new crap and stop giving more money to their directors and all of that crap and they need to fix the platforms on the elevated lines

[MTR Admiralty]

The needs to stop ordering new crap and stop giving more money to their directors and all of that crap and they need to fix the platforms on the elevated lines

Well look here though, you can't simply say, stop procuring for new equipment. If the ageing equipment fails, what would happen? In the long term, maintaining older equipment will turn out to be more expensive than procuring new equipment. Look at the older equipment, they will have to undergo frequent SMS if they are to last, say another 20 years. I don't see that happening, honestly.

[MattTrain]

Oh man, that's scary. That station needs some serious repairs. Same as for most elevated stations along the and lines too.

[Trainmaster5]

Yeah, really, the MTA wants expansion. But again, maintenance is needed. It's hard to maintain such a system like ours. You have to upgrade signals, do trackwork, clean the trackbeds, repair ageing infrastructure... so it's hard.

 

Unfortunately most posters on these forums, and the public at large, ignore what you said. Most guys are worked up about new subway cars or CBTC or new buses and overlook the obvious. All this new equipment is useless if the doesn't maintain it's infrastructure and NYC doesn't maintain it's roads.Common sense would tell the average person to forget about the flashy new stuff and take care of the basics first. The new top dog at the should tell Mr. Roberts to scrap the wish lists of new gizmos and technology and straighten out the basics first. It's this constant problem of the buying new overpriced and un/undertested things that must be modified after purchase that causes the budget shortfalls. Why don't they take care of really necessary things ? The is like the Port Authority or the last few mayors of NYC who want brand new stadiums or buildings done on their watch while everything else crumbles. Who in their right mind would run a hi-tech subway train , under a hi-tech signal system, on a rotting structure ? 1 guess.