Laura
05-01-2007, 12:25 AM
from the New York Sun
Brooklyn's Clark Street Elevator Failed 400 Times Over Two Years (http://www.nysun.com/article/53421)
By ANNIE KARNI
Special to the Sun
April 30, 2007
..."In Brooklyn Heights, one working elevator out of three is about par," the executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, Judy Stanton, said. "People are just used to bad service, and I guess people feel that we're lucky to have even one working at this point." The only alternative to waiting is an 80-foot climb up a steep staircase used only in emergencies — and perhaps by mountaineers and marathoners in training.
Over the past two years, the transit authority listed fuses blown due to high temperatures, brake failures, worn-out molding, and general "door problems" as the most common causes of the chronic breakdowns, according to documents obtained by The New York Sun.
Brooklyn's Clark Street Elevator Failed 400 Times Over Two Years (http://www.nysun.com/article/53421)
By ANNIE KARNI
Special to the Sun
April 30, 2007
..."In Brooklyn Heights, one working elevator out of three is about par," the executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association, Judy Stanton, said. "People are just used to bad service, and I guess people feel that we're lucky to have even one working at this point." The only alternative to waiting is an 80-foot climb up a steep staircase used only in emergencies — and perhaps by mountaineers and marathoners in training.
Over the past two years, the transit authority listed fuses blown due to high temperatures, brake failures, worn-out molding, and general "door problems" as the most common causes of the chronic breakdowns, according to documents obtained by The New York Sun.