Brooklyn's Dekalb Avenue Subway Ceiling Is Raining Concrete

Photo courtesy of the MTA

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Chunks of concrete began raining from the ceiling of the Dekalb Avenue station in Fort Greene, near Dekalb and Flatbush avenues, around 2:45 p.m. Monday, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

And unfortunately for the mobs of Monday-evening commuters hoping to take the B, D, N, Q or R Trains home from work, MTA crews were still taking care of the falling-debris situation at Dekalb by the time the sun began to set.

"The debris is cleared, but we're still working with test trains in the area" to make sure the station is safe, MTA spokesperson Amanda Kwan told Patch around 7 p.m.

She assured us that the concrete crumbling from the ceiling at Dekalb is "non-structural," and doesn't speak to a larger issue at the station.

"It doesn't have cables, and it's not load-bearing," Kwan said of the concrete layer.

The B, D, N, Q and R Trains were re-routed in a complex manner for hours, but had resumed normal service "with residual delays" by 7:10 p.m., according to the MTA.

However, subway riders were reporting a nightmarish backup at stations across Brooklyn well into the evening.