Cortlandt Street R Re-Opens… Sorta
Kimberly Rae Miller

I’d all but forgotten that there was an R Train stop at Cortlandt Street in Lower Manhattan. Here I am, going along my merry way using the Rector Street and City Hall stops for all of my Lower Manhattan needs. Now, the MTA goes and gives me a shiny new train station… it’s like Christmas!

Actually, it is like Christmas, so yeah, I guess it was appropriate station giving timing from the Train Gods.

Don’t get too excited though, it seems that the Cortlandt Street Station, which opened for service last Wednesday after 5 years of construction, only works in the northbound direction. If you’re looking to go towards Brooklyn, you’ll have to find another station. The southbound station isn’t due to open till September 11, 2011 – the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center.

Half a train station is better than none, that’s what I always say, especially when it means door-to-door service to Century 21 come holiday shopping time.

Thanks MTA, it’s just what I always wanted!

By Kimberly Miller for 92.3 NOW