4 AUGUST 24, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
M line between Ridgewood & M.V. will be restored Sept. 1
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
What started as the “Summer
of Hell” will continue into
next year for residents of
Middle Village, Ridgewood and Glendale
as the MTA wraps up Phase 1 of
the $163 million reconstruction project
and begins Phase 2.
Work is nearly complete — and is
expected to be fi nished on Sept. 1 as
scheduled — on the Fresh Pond Bridge
overpass that carries the M train from
the subway car storage yard to the
Metropolitan Avenue stop in Middle
Village.
Over the course of this phase of the
project, the MTA successfully rebuilt
the century-old Fresh Pond Bridge
using modern building materials that
will provide the nearly 60,000 daily
M train customers a smoother and
safer ride.
The completion of the initial phase
will see M train service restored between
Middle Village and Ridgewood,
as the M will operate a shuttle train
service making all stops between the
Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue
station and Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues.
The shuttle is expected to run every
10 minutes during the day, and every
20 minutes at all other times.
Phase 2 of the project is set to kick
off on Saturday, Sept. 2, which will
replace the deteriorating century-old
Myrtle Viaduct which connects the
M train with the J and Z trains. The
310-foot-long concrete structure is
suff ering under decades of heavy use
(the viaduct was built in 1913 and has
seen non-stop use since), and exposure
to the weather.
“Work is on schedule for this critical
M line reconstruction project that is
sorely needed on the Myrtle Avenue
Line,” said MTA managing director
Veronique Hakim. “Without rebuilding
the Myrtle Viaduct and the Fresh
Pond Bridge, we would not be able to
continue to run M trains safely because
the deteriorating condition of
these structures are getting to a point
beyond what our crews can fi x during
routine maintenance. We thank our
customers for their patience and we
hope they will agree that the shortterm
inconvenience now will be
worth the improved reliability moving
forward.”
In order to repair the Myrtle Viaduct
— which is situated between the
Myrtle Avenue J/Z/M and Central Avenue
M stations — the MTA will build
a concrete deck structure and safety
walkways, install a new third rail,
low-vibration tracks, steel columns,
new foundations and new drainage.
This work is expected to last eight
months, ending in spring 2018, and
The M train will be coming back between Middle Village and Bushwick, but will be down on other parts of the
line for more construction.
will require the full suspension
of M train service between Myrtle
Wyckoff Avenues and Myrtle
Avenue-Broadway for the duration
of the work.
Along with the special shuttle train
between Middle Village and Ridgewood,
the M line will also operate
weekday service between Broadway
Junction and Forest Hills-71st Avenue.
Shuttle train customers can switch
to the L train at the Myrtle-Wyckoff
Avenues station or transfer to one of
the free shuttle buses for service to
the Myrtle Avenue J/M/Z station at
Broadway in Bushwick.
According to the MTA, customers
who exit at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues
or the Myrtle Avenue-Broadway
stations and transferred to the free
shuttle bus can re-enter the subway
system at the end of the shuttle bus
route without have to pay a second fare.
For service to Knickerbocker
Avenue or Central Avenue, which
will remain closed during this phase,
Photo via Wikimedia Commons
customers can transfer to one of the
free shuttle buses to the Myrtle-Wyckoff
Avenues station to get the L or M
trains, and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway
and get the J/M/Z trains.
Transit personnel will be on hand
at the aff ected stations and shuttle bus
stops ahead of the service change to
provide information, assist customers,
and answer their questions.
For more information on these
changes and how they will aff ect your
commute, visit mta.info.
Multi-family building in Ridgewood
listed for more than $2.5M
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
Things do not seem to be cooling
off in the red hot rental
market in Ridgewood, as
this two-story, four-family home
on Jeff erson Avenue is listed for
$2.6 million.
The approximately 2,800-squarefoot
building is located at 16-76
Jefferson Ave. and contains a
two-bedroom apartment with three
baths, and a three-bedroom with
three bathrooms on the fi rst fl oor;
and three-bedroom, two-bath and
three-bedroom, three-bathroom
apartments on the second fl oor.
The gut-renovated building also
comes equipped with a laundry
room, gym, furnished roof deck
and backyard with a barbecue as
common space for the tenants.
Aside from the entire building being
listed north of $2.5 million, each
of the apartments is currently being
rented out an insane $3,900; $4,650;
Photo courtesy of Greiner-Maltz Investment Properties
The building at 16-76 Jeff erson Ave. is listed for over $2.5 million,
with rental units going to an equally insane amount.
$3,200; and $3,600 respectively, according
to Greiner-Maltz Investment
Properties.
The apartment is located near the
Myrtle/Wyckoff Avenue transportation
hub where renters can access
the M and L trains as well as several
bus routes.
Prices like these may soon become
the new norm for Ridgewood, as
The Mill, a seven-story residential
building on Madison Street which
is set to open in September, is listing
studio apartments starting at $1,750,
one-bedroom units at $2,000, and
two-bedroom apartments at $2,500.
