The MTA is celebrating the 100th birthday of the New York City subway system. Unfortunately, many area commuters feel like their stations have not been repaired in at least that long.
We’re pleased that the MTA has begun to rehab the stations along the No. 4 line, but that is no excuse for ignoring what local residents and transit advocacy groups say are some of the worst stations in the city. We offer just a few photos at the right, but anyone who uses the 205th Street D station or the one at Kingsbridge Road knows what a disaster they are.
But money to fix these stations is nowhere to be found in the MTA’s capital budget. And now the agency is even talking about instituting a fare hike!
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion is speaking out about the awful state of the north Bronx subway station. We urge you to join him by writing to the MTA and attending any upcoming hearing that the Norwood News will inform you about.
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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.