OPINION: Bringing back an old option could help R Train service
I recently heard several Bay Ridge residents complain about the R train, the local subway line that travels between Bay Ridge and Forest Hills, Queens. Two of them, in particular, said that service has actually deteriorated in the last six months or so.
One said that when taking the R back from Downtown Brooklyn during the evening rush hour, if he misses a 95th Street-bound train he has to wait about 25 minutes for another one. “The later you are, the worse it gets,” he said.
The second resident said that when he starts his trip in the morning from 95th Street, “The platform has two tracks. In the past, it was certain that there would be a train waiting on at least one of those two tracks. Now, we sometimes have to wait 10 minutes for a train to pull in, and by the time you get to 36th Street, the train is jammed.”