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The Montague Street Tunnel (/ ˈ m ɒ n t ə ɡ uː /) is a rail tunnel of the New York City Subway under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, connecting the BMT Broadway Line and BMT Nassau Street Line with the BMT Fourth Avenue Line.
LOWER MANHATTAN, NY — A car burst into flames on the upper level of the Manhattan Bridge around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, shutting down all Brooklyn-bound lanes on the bridge's upper level and causing ...
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall: all 4 5 6 <6> October 27, 1904 [14] J Z (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street) originally Brooklyn Bridge, then Brooklyn Bridge–Worth Street There were two side platforms that accommodated 5 car local trains. Also, there are closed platform extensions to the south.
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. [42] A renovation of the Queensboro Plaza station were funded as part of the MTA's 1980–1984 capital plan. [43] The station was repainted in 1986. [44]
A short-lived B service marked with a yellow bullet ran via the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the BMT West End Line in Brooklyn from 1986 to 1988 due to Manhattan Bridge renovation, while orange B service traveled the pre-1967 route between 168th and 34th Streets.
The MTA funds were described as a "piggy bank" for the state, with the issuance of MTA bonds benefiting the state at the MTA's expense. [156] By 2017, a sixth of the MTA's budget was allocated to paying off debt, a threefold increase from the proportion in 1997.
By mid-July, the MTA had only conducted one meeting with Connecticut officials and none with New Jersey officials. [122] MTA officials had publicly stated in mid-2021 that the agency was earning enough from state taxes to pay for its capital upgrades and that it did not need congestion pricing funds for its 2020–2024 Capital Program. [123]
The Wall Street Journal wrote in 1907 that, even as the rapid transit tracks lay unused, vehicular congestion on the Williamsburg Bridge rivaled that on the Brooklyn Bridge; [261] another critic said that only ten percent of the bridge's capacity was actively being used. [262] The underground streetcar terminal in Manhattan opened in May 1908 ...