Agent Booth Removed from Carroll Street Station

Earlier this month, the station agent booth was removed from the Carroll Street F/G station’s President Street entrance as part of a money-saving plan, but now residents aren’t feeling so safe, according to the Brooklyn Paper.

The booth was set to be scrapped two years ago, but after protests from residents, it was to be saved until , according to the report.

Pardon Me for Asking has some before-and-after photos of the station, with and without the station agent booth.

But will subway riders still feel safe without a station agent? MTA spokesman Charles Seaton believes it’s the NYPD’s responsibility to keep riders safe, according to the Paper.

And consider the case from 2009, when Lisseth Choez was brutally beaten at the Lorimer Street J station while station agents called the police but did not leave their booth to help, according to the NY Post. Choez filed a lawsuit the City for $1 million, though a transit spokesperson said that station agents are not allowed to leave their booth, according to the Post.

Assemblywoman Joan Millman, D-Cobble Hill, who helped stall the removal of the booth two years ago, told the Brooklyn Paper, “Without a station agent, a victim would have to leave the station to find a cop.”