No. 7 train riders face weekend closures: starting tonight
Update: Oct 5.
Starting tonight, the No. 7 train’s weekend service between Queensboro Plaza and Manhattan is going to be down for five weekends.
Between the hours of Friday 11:45 pm and Monday at 5:00 am, there will be no service between Times Sq-42 St and Queensboro Plaza (in either direction) on the following weekends: October 6-8, October 20-22, October 27-29, November 10-12 and November 17-19, 2012.
The MTA said the closures are part of a four year plan to install a new signaling system and make upgrades to the tunnel that goes below the East River.
The MTA said that the tunnel only has two tracks and is so narrow that there is no room for subway workers to step aside when oncoming trains pass by. Therefore, the MTA has to stop service altogether for the work to be done.
Here we ago again!
what about those entrepraneuring teens selling m&ms??!!
@Woodpecker I stopped riding the trains after over 30 incidents like yours. Self-defense classes wouldn’t have had an effect on any of them. Those guys plan meticulously and strike only when they know you mostly likely can’t respond well. I’ve joined a facebook group called Hollaback. Check it out. Also, report the incident to the police, they need to know.
To all who are surprised at the 7 train inconvenience: welcome to Queens. Now you know how we have been treated by the powers that be for decades. Sorry you believed all the hype about Sunnyside being cool. It might be in some people’s minds, but it is still Queens. We are a doormat for the city, always have been. I’ll bet Bloomberg would still charge you $8.00 to drive in even if the trains were down, we are an income stream for improvements elsewhere. Make no mistake.
@ Backslash Shame on you. Victims of crimes have aftereffect for many years. Victims of sexual crimes can suffer greater injury than other types. Go out and buy yourself sensitivity training, you need it.
@ Old Lady
It was a photo… of her underwear. I’m not even sure that’s technically illegal. Go get yourself a color television and get with the times.
@ Backwards You’re kidding, right?
I mean, even sickos know they are sick. And you write as if you have no idea that the action of the man with the shopping bag was a crime against all people, not just women. How would you like that kind of stuff to happen to your mother or your daughter?
It is beyond me how can anyone not know that photographing someone’s private parts with a hidden camera is the action of a pervert. I think you need a lot more than sensitivity training, if there is any help for you at all.
@OLS
I was never saying it wasn’t wrong or a perverse invasion of privacy. My point is that she wasn’t raped. She wasn’t stalked. She wasn’t even touched. She happened to be somewhere, wearing something convenient for this kid to get off on. Of course it’s wrong but I think you and Woodpecker both are dramatically overreacting. If she had seen this guy on the train multiple times or he had followed her off the train that day… that would be a big deal. In that case I’d be up in arms myself. That isn’t what happened though. If she’s honestly that upset about this, I hope she got rid of all of her skirts and revealing tops. If not she’s an enabling hypocrite for her cause.
@ Backwards You are as flat wrong as anyone has ever been. Keep silent on topics you have no experience in. Have respect for those who have extensive experience or you betray yourself as not only insensitive, but a fool.
CNN.com has a story explaining the subject of “street harrassment.” It does a much better job than I can.
I had to take three trains to arrive at Grand Central on the weekend. I can’t stand this. This is also a business killer in certain neighborhoods. We are just a cash cow for the city council and the mayor. I am sick of this!