Coney Island Representatives Urge MTA to Implement Shuttle Service Amidst F Train Service Cuts

This week, several New York elected officials called on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to offer weekend shuttle services to Southern Brooklyn residents who depend on the F-train between Church Avenue and Coney Island-Still Avenue stations. This comes amidst the MTA's recently announced service cuts to perform upgrades along the line, which are expected to last through the summer. 

In a letter made out to the MTA by Councilmember Ari Kagan, State Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, and Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny, the three elected officials say that, while they support the planned upgrades to the F line in support of the Culver Line Signal Modernization Project, they cannot fully back it unless adequate transit alternatives are put in place. 

“It makes no sense that the MTA wouldn’t provide weekend shuttle service during this service disruption. Adding shuttle service is a very reasonable change the MTA can make, especially when you consider this is all happening during our community’s busiest, most congested time of year. Once the needs to our residents are met, I think we can all be glad to fully support the work to upgrade the signals to make F-train service more reliable," said Kagan, Scarcella-Spanton and Brook-Krasny in a statement.

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