Image of Broken Door at Roosevelt Island Subway Station Entrance From Trevre Andrews The door to the entrance of the Roosevelt Island subway station is still broken but that has not stopped resident Trevre Andrews from trying to get the attention of the MTA F Line General Manager to fix the door. Last month Mr. Andrews emailed the F Line General Manager asking:
The street level door at the Roosevelt Island F train station has been broken for more than a year now. Could we please have it fixed? Thanks.
See below, it looked about the same this morning.
Last week, Mr. Andrews tried again emailing the F Line General Manager:
I went through the F-train station today on Roosevelt Island and see that now 2 out of the 3 doors are broken. Can you let me know what the plan is for repairing them? Thanks.
The Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is now on the case as well but Mr. Stringer is going right to the top of the MTA with this letter to MTA Chairman Jay Walder. ( Link to letter in Google Docs) Roosevelt Island Subway Station Letter to MTA Mr. Stringer’s letter is as a result of this meeting held last month in which the Borough President spoke with a group of Roosevelt Island residents about a variety of issues concerning Roosevelt Island. At the meeting, Mr. Stringer promised to contact the MTA about the subway door and platform leak which he mentioned in the letter. Another subway issue which was discussed at the meeting with Mr. Stringer was the disgusting perennial pigeon poop plaguing the Roosevelt Island station but that unfortunately has not made the letter to the MTA Chairman. We shall see if Borough President Stringer has any better luck in getting the Roosevelt Island subway door entrance fixed than our own resident Mr. Andrews. If he does, then let’s start working on the pigeon poop. Have you ever wondered how subway service came to Roosevelt Island in the first place? Here’s a fascinating video via Second Avenue Sagas showing how the F Train came to Roosevelt Island by way of the 63rd Street Tunnel.
You Tube Video on Making of East River Subway Tunnel via 2nd Ave Sagas