Manhattan-bound R coming by end of month
It will be a very happy new year for R train riders.
Charles Seaton, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, told this paper that the Montague Tunnel, which runs under the East River to connect the Court Street and Whitehall Street stations, will be cleared out “before the end of December.”
R-train service below 34th Street in Manhattan was restored to Whitehall Street on Monday, December 3, but riders from Brooklyn destined for Manhattan still have to make a transfer at either Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street or at Jay Street/MetroTech for a line that is running under or over the river.