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Posted by Union Tpke on Sun Dec 16 15:17:38 2018 According to the subwaynut, a staircase was added to the station in 2002. Is this true? |
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Posted by piyer on Mon Dec 17 08:08:41 2018, in response to Avenue X Staircase, posted by Union Tpke on Sun Dec 16 15:17:38 2018. I believe that there always was something on that end of the station. There was a now-long-ago-removed mezzanine there, which was before my time, and there was an employee-only exit to the shop complex during my time (1980s - 1990s) railfanning, and then that became the exit SubwayNut describes during the Stillwell rebuild. I don't recall for certain if the employee-only exit had stairs to the ground, but I am inclined to say it did. My stronger impression is of an odd (to me) walkway linking the platform with the second or third floor of the building on the corner and there being a pair of ratty looking doors painted in that stock bluish-greenish-grayish MTA paint.NOTE: being a young railfan at the time, and it having been long before the internet era, my recollections and interpretations of what I saw 25+ years ago might be faulty. ~AJK |
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Posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Mon Dec 17 09:36:43 2018, in response to Re: Avenue X Staircase, posted by piyer on Mon Dec 17 08:08:41 2018. There is an exit only staircase added during the last Coney Island station renovation, to allow an easier transfer to the B4 bus on that corner. It's directly next to the pedestrian entrance of Coney Island Yard on the SW corner of McDonald and Ave X.Last time I rode the F train, it was still there. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Dec 17 14:19:01 2018, in response to Re: Avenue X Staircase, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Mon Dec 17 09:36:43 2018. The staircase also provided access to the F shuttle bus. |
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Posted by b1bus on Tue Dec 18 05:18:08 2018, in response to Re: Avenue X Staircase, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Dec 17 14:19:01 2018. THAT was its reason.also, employees can also enter with a gate key. |
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Posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Tue Dec 18 09:29:06 2018, in response to Re: Avenue X Staircase, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Dec 17 14:19:01 2018. That too.I used it for the B4 transfer lol It's still standing right? |
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Re: Avenue X Staircase |
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Posted by Union Tpke on Tue Dec 18 10:23:33 2018, in response to Re: Avenue X Staircase, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Tue Dec 18 09:29:06 2018. Yes. |
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