Two LIRR Stations Deemed Unsafe

New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. announced last Friday that two Queens Long Island Railroad stops – the Broadway and Murray Hill stations – have unsafe conditions.
The Broadway station was found to have a platform shelter with protruding rusty nails, puddles of water, uneven platform sidewalk with pavement gaps, Plexiglas and a metal frame missing from a platform shelter, broken concrete on platform and broken glass in front of a staircase.
The Murray Hill station had cracked and crumbling cement, chipped steps, a loose metal plate on the platform, graffiti, a leaking staircase ceiling, fallen tree berries that posed a slipping hazard, and a large piece of concrete broken from a support beam.
A LIRR station in East New York, Brooklyn, was also cited, as were Metro North stations in Fordham, Riverdale, Tremont, Wakefield, and University Heights.
Comptroller Thompson was incredulous at the findings.
"Given that the City paid MTA over $65 million last year for station maintenance, I am appalled by the conditions cited in these audit reports," he said.