Sunset residents, groups, Menchaca cry foul on 53rd Street subway station closure
When the MTA fails Sunset Park, it stands up and fights back.
As the authority begins its long-awaited work on three train station in the $72 Million Station Modernization Project, Councilmember Carlos Menchaca was joined by residents, local leaders and organizations outside the 53rd Street station on Thursday, March 23 to express their disappointment with the lack of communication and alternatives, given that the stop will close during the six-month renovation period that begins Monday, March 27 at 5 a.m.
“The MTA promised to bring subway stations improvements but they’ve delivered an insult to Sunset Park and the thousands of people who depend on the R train and the 53rd Street station for their livelihood,” Menchaca said, contending, “They failed to communicate about the six-month closure of this subway station in any effective way.”