Subways are back – sort of
Subway service returns to Brooklyn today – but without through service to Manhattan.
When this reporter was living on the Bronx side of the Number 1 train, and the Broadway Bridge was being repaired, the 1 line ran in two sections, one on either side of the bridge.
The same dynamic is being played out in the city today, with train service restored in Manhattan north of Midtown and east of Downtown Brooklyn.
The reason for this, of course, is because the subway tunnels in Lower Manhattan and under the East River all filled with water during Hurricane Sandy and have to be pumped out. There is no word about when the job will be totally finished.