Editorial: On a roll
We join our neighbors in celebrating the re-opening of the Montague Tube, the tunnel connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan, that allows the R train to carry commuters between the two boroughs.
Closed for the last 13 months, the tube – which was seriously damaged by floodwaters during Superstorm Sandy — reopened to general applause on Monday, September 15, amazingly not only ahead of schedule but actually under budget.
This is great news for residents of Brooklyn, and particularly the southwestern part of the borough, who have had to transfer in downtown Brooklyn to get across the river ever since the tube shut in August, 2013, prolonging their daily commute and making it generally less convenient to go to and from Manhattan.