The MTA is adding more NYC subway stations to have cellphone access. We already have these station stairs and platforms with cellphone access:
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F/M and L platforms on 14th St. and Sixth Ave., |
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1/2/3 platform at 14th St. and Seventh Ave., |
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L and A/C/E/ platforms at 14th St. and Eighth Ave., and |
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C/E platform on 23rd St. and Eighth Ave. |
New stations will be:
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B/D and F/M platforms at Rockefeller Center, |
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1/2/3, 7, and N/Q/R platforms at Times Square. |
You should be able to access your cellphone in these NYC subway stations by late July or early August 2012. After that, about 5-6 stations a month will begin to offer cellphone service.
Margot Tohn of Park It spends her day coming up with ways to make driving, parking and walking in NYC easier. Check out her musings at www.parkitnyc.com.