Broken Door To Roosevelt Island F Train Subway Station Entrance What will it take for the MTA to fix the street level entrance/exit door of the Roosevelt Island F Train Subway Station? I don’t recall how long the door has been broken but it has been at least a month if not longer. 
Roosevelt Island F Train Subway Station Entrance Could this be the reason why the Roosevelt Island subway station entrance/exit door remains broken? The NY Times City Room blog reported that for years the policy of the MTA was that no single part of a subway station could be repaired, except for an emergency, unless the entire station was completely renovated. According to the NY Times:
…This, in practice, meant that many stations were never touched. A station might get the V.I.P. treatment once every few decades, with only a handful of lucky stations selected for rehabs per year. The rest were left to deteriorate.
No longer. Under a new plan instituted by Jay H. Walder , the authoritys reform-minded chairman, workers will respond to such problems on an as-needed basis. Which means, ideally, a cleaner and more cheerful travel experience.
The best is the enemy of the good, Mr. Walder said at a briefing last week with reporters, reciting a mantra that he hopes will become gospel at an agency long criticized for a perceived culture of waste and bloat…
Let’s see if the MTA will now fix the Roosevelt Island street level subway door. Here’s how to contact the MTA’s F Line General Manager and tell him to fix the door. The MTA also reported that the average weekday Roosevelt Island F Train ridership during 2009 was 5816, average Saturday ridership 3939 and average Sunday ridership 3271. Roosevelt Island 360 reprints a NY Times map showing that the 2009 average daily Roosevelt Island F Train ridership decreased 2.8% from 2008. 