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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat Jul 26, 2014, 01:25 PM Jul 2014

G Subway Line Shuts Down For 5 Weeks For Superstorm Sandy Repairs

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A portion of the G subway line that connects Brooklyn and Queens has been shut down and will remain out of service for five weeks.

The MTA said there is no service between the Nassau Avenue station in Greenpoint and Court Square in Long Island City until Sept. 2.

The shutdown is necessary so the agency can make repairs to tunnels that were flooded by Superstorm Sandy. About 3 million gallons of salt water flooded the Greenpoint tunnel at the height of the storm, according to the MTA’s Kevin Ortiz.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/07/25/g-subway-line-shutting-down-for-5-weeks-for-superstorm-sandy-repairs/

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