Commuter headache: MTA to renovate N train stations
Construction project expected to take four years to complete
Straphangers in southwest Brooklyn who ride the N train to work will have to put up with rerouted trains, closed subway platforms, construction noises and other commuter headaches starting in 2015.
But there will be a big reward at the end: several newly renovated subway stations making for a more pleasant commute. And one of the stations, New Utrecht Avenue, will be getting an elevator.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is preparing to perform major renovations to nine stations along the N line from Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park to 86th Street in Bensonhurst starting in the winter of 2015. The stations to be renovated are: Eighth Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway, New Utrecht Avenue, 18th Avenue, 20th Avenue, Bay Parkway, Kings Highway, Avenue U and 86th Street.