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Did you know... that in the 1920s, a guard was posted outside the New York City Subway's Clark Street station to prevent sailors from using it at night?
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Sourced used are from transport agencies or NYT. Both reliable.
"The Clark Street station" - I note the article keeps adding the article "The" before the station name. Is it nomenclature for NYCS station articles in general? I find just saying "Clark Street station" more natural. E.g. "Clark Street station is about 80 feet (24 m) deep" instead of "The Clark Street station is about 80 feet (24 m) deep".
Reading through the history, you might want to mention the former name (Brooklyn Heights station) in the lead and unbold the former name in the history section of the body.
"Soon after the station opened, the Public Service Commission began planning to install an escalator there, as passengers had to climb 71 steps to exit the station." - I guess no follow-up on this plan?
Just curious, what's wrong with sailors using the station?
When the station opened, it was the closest subway stop to the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, which was about half a mile or nearly a kilometer away. Thousands of sailors worked at the Navy Yard, but the Clark Street station's only access point was via two elevators. As such, when sailors traveled to the station all at once, they overloaded the elevators, causing crowding.
Epicgenius (
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14:56, 4 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Ah I see. Hmm now the passage becomes: "using it from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to reduce overcrowding.[33] The station's existing elevators had become overcrowded by 1930." To prevent repetition, suggest "The station's existing elevators had become overloaded/reached beyond capacity by 1930".
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00:41, 5 August 2023 (UTC)reply
"The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced plans in 1956 to add fluorescent lights above the edges of the station's platforms.[42] The lights were installed the next year.[43]" - Suggest merging these sentences to: The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced plans in 1956 to add fluorescent lights,[42] which were installed above the edges of the station's platforms in the subsequent year.[43]
"The MTA hired a new contractor." - was it said whom?
Unfortunately, no. The NYT source just says The Clark Street project was designed in 1982. After the year and a half originally allotted for its completion, only 25 percent of the work had been done and the contractor was banished. A new contractor has now been hired. One stop away is the Borough Hall station, similarly behind schedule and already showing signs of premature aging.Epicgenius (
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14:56, 4 August 2023 (UTC)reply
"The new fans had to be modified, as required too much electricity and could not turn on." - This sentence seems worded weirdly. Suggest "The new fans had to be modified, as they required too much electricity and could not be turned on", if I guess that's the original intention.
Minor nitpick, but I wonder if you can just have the "20th century" header to be "Post-opening" and have the "21st century" header to be a subsection of that.
I just realized the article section on station layout didn't say much on the location and its surrounding landmarks. Are there official sources on what the station serves (such as
for Singapore).--
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00:44, 5 August 2023 (UTC)reply
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ALT1: ... that in the 1920s, a guard was posted outside the New York City Subway's Clark Street station to prevent sailors from using it at night? Source: "Plunkett Forbids Gobs At Clark Street Station". The New York Herald, New York Tribune. November 13, 1924. p. 3.
ALT2: ... that in the 1920s, sailors were banned from the New York City Subway's Clark Street station at night? Source: "Plunkett Forbids Gobs At Clark Street Station". The New York Herald, New York Tribune. November 13, 1924. p. 3.
Date (GA) is fine, a lot of stuff AGF-ed per GA review, so focusing on hooks. The main hook I feel is (sorry for being blunt) mundane and not very interestng. Ditto for ALT3. As such, I'd prefer ALT1 or 2, with preference to 1, since I am not sure if "ban" is the correct terminology. So in the end - review pass for ALT1. All that remains is the QPQ. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here02:32, 12 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the review
Piotrus. I have done a QPQ. No worries about being blunt, by the way; I proposed multiple hooks because what may intrigue some readers may not interest others.
Epicgenius (
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13:41, 17 August 2023 (UTC)reply