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Here’s a simple fix for North Brooklyn’s brutal weekend transit: just extend the G train

A rider proposal suggests extending the G train to Forest Hills or Coney Island during weekend shutdowns to avoid shuttle buses, helping North Brooklyn and Western Queens commuters and businesses alike.

Here’s a simple fix for North Brooklyn’s brutal weekend transit: just extend the G train

A rider proposal suggests extending the G train to Forest Hills or Coney Island during weekend shutdowns to avoid shuttle buses, helping North Brooklyn and Western Queens commuters and businesses alike.

If your weekend has ever been wrecked by a subway shutdown in North Brooklyn, there is a proposal making the rounds you might like. Instead of dumping G train riders onto a shuttle bus when a neighboring line closes, extend the G itself, all the way out to Forest Hills or Coney Island. That is exactly what the proposal argues.

The G is the only major subway line that never touches Manhattan. It serves North Brooklyn and Western Queens, and it is forever getting truncated, rerouted, or replaced by buses…

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