Smith-9th Street station reopens to cheers and criticism
The Smith-9th Street station is back and shinier than ever, but the excitement is tempered by some mixed reviews from straphangers, who while happy to have their transportation hub back, almost universally lamented the lack of elevators to make the 87.5-foot high station — the highest in the world — handicapped-accessible.
At 11 a.m. this morning, the first F train to stop at the newly renovated station in two years was greeted at the above-ground platform with cheers and camera flashes. Riders getting off had had no idea what awaited them until their conductor told them in the moments before pulling into the station.