by Emma Davey A series of scary incidents has G train straphangers trying to figure out what’s going on.
On Tuesday morning, a Brooklyn-bound G train was evacuated after something brought the train to a stop near the 21st Street station and caused smoke to fill the cars.
An MTA spokesperson told Williamsburg 365 that “the train struck an object on the tracks that has not yet been recovered.”
“The impact caused a third rail contact shoe to…
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