“In opening these entrances, it would send a clear signal that the subway is open for business,” said Jaqi Cohen, campaign director for the Straphangers Campaign. A representative for the building said the MTA had requested the entrance and elevator remain closed. The entrance and elevator are maintained by 7 Bryant Park, home to the Bank of China.
“We’re at a point where so many people have been vaccinated and where ridership has gone up exponentially from a year ago, we most definitely should open that entrance.” “Are they going to wait for September or for everyone to be vaccinated?” asked Alex Santiago, 50, after he encountered the closed subway entrance at 42nd Street-Bryant Park. Jose Martinez/THE CITY CLOSED: An entrance to the 42 St.-Bryant Park station (at 39th St. At 7 Bryant Park, metal barricades at street level block the 39th Street entrance to the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station, where an elevator is out of service. “We work with the property owners on a case-by-case basis to make decisions about when to reopen entrances that have been temporarily closed.”Īt 33 Maiden Lane, escalators leading to an entrance at the Fulton Street stop on the J and Z line are cordoned off.
“There are a large number of entrances to our 472 stations and these include a small number of privately maintained entrances,” said Andrei Berman, an MTA spokesperson.
Seven privately maintained station entrances - including ones that connect to the Fulton Center in Lower Manhattan and to 34th Street-Penn Station in Midtown - remain closed by building owners, according to the MTA.
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