Angela Huggins works in Staten Island, but lives in Jersey City, N.J. For her, commuting to work was a hassle.
The 47-year-old used to take the Journal Square-World Trade Center PATH train into Manhattan, then the 1 train to the Staten Island ferry terminal, followed by the ferry to Staten Island, where she would finally take a bus to her job.
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…MEANWHILE, SMALL BUSINESSES FEAR BIG LOSSES By CAROLYN NARDIELLO
NYCity News Service
A few times a week, Joshua Bienstock loads his black, four-door Dodge Neon with a box full of binders, a power-point projector, a briefcase and a laptop.
He then drives his sedan, whose odometer has long clicked past 145,000 miles, from Queens into Manhattan to teach dispute resolution seminars and conduct labor-training classes for city union members.
The commute from Forest Hills that now takes him 25 minutes would take more than an hour and a half by mass transit, and with all those materials, “It would be virtually impossible,†he explained.
Second Avenue from 93rd to 97th streets is lined with pizzerias, supermarkets, locksmiths and hardware stores, all in the shadow of high-rise apartment buildings.
But it’s plans for below ground — the construction of the long-stalled Second Avenue Subway line — that has merchants concerned these days. (more…)
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