Transit authorities unveiled a shiny new entrance and mezzanine inside the Nostrand Avenue subway stop on the A/C line, following a months-long, $2 million project to restore the long-shuttered Bedford-Stuyvesant entryway.
The new access point on the corner of Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street aims to cut the commute time for people who live west of the station, and reduce crowding at the existing entrances, said bigwigs at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Even a two-minute walk to a different entrance could cause someone to miss the train, said MTA Chief Customer Officer Sarah Meyer at a Feb. 4 press conference. “That’s taking precious minutes off of someone’s commute, and when that makes a difference between catching a train and missing it, that savings in time adds up even more,” she said.