Pondering Monday at Grand Central
When the 7-Train pulled into Grand Central Station, an announcement overhead said transfer is available to the LIRR. A later announcement said the LIRR would not run due to the strike.
A flurry of riders moved through the station at around 7:30 a.m., a fraction of the traffic that would occur if the strike stretched into the work week and Long Islanders trudged to the subways to get into the city.
Michelle Corleone, of Queens, said she takes the E train daily for her job as a receptionist. The train is already crowded, she said, and she worries it would add headaches to her commute.
“I gotta leave extra early,” she said.
The escalators that lead down to the LIRR were cordoned off with MTA police stanchion ropes. A digital screen displaying MTA trains to Long Island was blank.
Joseph Ostapiuk covers the Town of Oyster Bay and the city of Glen Cove. He joined Newsday in 2023 after spending more than six years at the Staten Island Advance.
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