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Editorial: Bring back the B37!

June 20, 2013 Editorial Staff
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It’s time for the MTA to listen to the people and restore the B-37 Third Avenue bus route.

The line was axed in 2010 because of budget constraints, but recently it was learned that the MTA had a $40 million surplus.

To restore the B-37, and make life easier for the many residents of southwest Brooklyn who cannot walk subway stairs or who prefer to ride aboveground to their destination, is not only logical, it is supremely fair.

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Bay Ridge is a NORC, a naturally occurring retirement community, so it has an especially large population of senior citizens who have aged in place, in large part because the neighborhood has so many resources available to them.

They, their counterparts in Sunset Park and other neighborhoods along the route, and the numerous residents with mobility limitations who also call the area home have been particularly hard-hit by the elimination of the B-37, which enabled them to have easy access to downtown Brooklyn, and a host of places in between.

Add to that the impending diversion of the R train, which will send commuters scrambling through tunnels at Atlantic Avenue to get to downtown Brooklyn or Manhattan for a whopping 14 months, and it’s easy to understand why commuters want their bus back now.

If the MTA needs a reminder, may we add that commuters are now paying more than ever to utilize the city’s transit system, which has shrunk as fares have risen. Commuters now fork over a base fare of $2.50 every time they board a bus or subway. We think they should get their money’s worth, and soon!

An amazing catch!

Wednesday morning, Cristina Torre – the daughter of former Yankees manager Joe Torre – happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Torre was walking on Third Avenue at 91st Street when she saw a falling baby, who had tumbled off a second-floor fire escape. Acting quickly, Torre reached out and caught the infant, saving the one-year-old from hitting the ground.

While she may be seeking anonymity, the unassuming heroine has already become a local hero. We join our neighbors in saluting her.


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