Gothamist Warns 1 Million World Cup Fans About NYC Infrastructure as Matches Rely on NJ Transit
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Updated · Gothamist · Jun 11
Gothamist Warns 1 Million World Cup Fans About NYC Infrastructure as Matches Rely on NJ Transit
1 articles · Updated · Gothamist · Jun 11
Summary
More than 1 million expected World Cup visitors got a Gothamist guide to New York’s weak spots, from airport construction and confusing subways to crumbling roads and Penn Station.
JFK remains a construction zone, while the subway’s 24/7 network still runs on a patchwork design and, in some junctions, signals dating to the 1930s.
Penn Station is the key choke point for fans heading to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, with NJ Transit charging $98 roundtrip and insisting it is ready despite recent tunnel and operations-center fires.
The warning also flags chronic structural trouble above ground, including the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever, which has needed major repairs for years, and falling debris near the George Washington Bridge approaches.
The piece frames those problems as the cost of a 400-year-old city built over buried streams, wetlands and layers of utilities that workers constantly patch to keep functioning.