Will MTA Make Changes to Upcoming F/G Platform Closures for Safety Reasons?

F and G at Ft Hamilton Parkway, originally uploaded by amberc.

Last winter, Councilmember Brad Lander presented a petition signed by over 1,200 people and asked the MTA to make some changes when the northbound platforms at the 15th Street-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway stations were to be closed. Unfortunately after consideration, the MTA said that they wouldn't make any changes because the cost was too high to justify them.

Following the recent string of sexual attacks in the neighborhoods around those stations, Lander is hoping safety will be enough to justify the changes in the next round of closures, which begin next month at the southbound platforms of those stations.

To see Lander's ideas for solutions, as well as his full letter to New York City Transit, please visit the Windsor Terrace Blog.

If changes aren't made, and you normally end your ride at the southbound platform of the Fort Hamilton station in the evening, will you make a change in your commute this winter? Will you double back at Church Ave, or take a bus if you can?