Mobilizing the Region
Issue 311April 2, 2001


Subway Re-route Fight Knocks at Speaker's Door

The series of running battles that have erupted across Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan following announcement of NYC Transit service change plans due to the new Queens Boulevard connector and Manhattan Bridge reconstruction has engulfed Chinatown in recent weeks. Rerouting of the B, D and Q subway lines due to Manhattan Bridge work would leave the Grand Street station with only a one-stop shuttle train for about four years, beginning this July. Often fractious neighborhood groups have united to demand better treatment by NYC Transit

In an excellent column Thursday, Newsday subway columnist Ray Sanchez said the issue was really up to NY State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose district encompasses the station. Though Silver has gotten transit planners to promise a shuttle bus from Grand St. to the Canal St. subway station, the community is still dissatisfied. It wants shuttle service from Grand St. to provide access to more lines. Sanchez wrote that "When the dust settles in the battle over the Grand Street station, Silver will emerge as either the hero or the villain."




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