Three Bay Ridge subway stations will not be included in a $52 million project that would put a fresh coat of paint on the city’s subway stairways, platforms and mezzanines – according to this week’s Brooklyn Paper.

The world class outhouse that is the 86th street station, and its equally effervescent counterparts at Bay Ridge Avenue, and 95th street were excluded from the rehab program – with only 77th street qualifying for the paint job.

Without commenting specifically as to why the Bay Ridge Avenue, 86th, and 95th street stops were excluded – MTA spokeswoman Deidre Parker said the MTA did not consider stops that suffered from ‘larger problems,’ such as leeks leaks, as suitable for the program.

“It depends on when they were last painted, or if they were rehabbed recently… If they need other extensive work, they’re not going to paint over existing problems.”

Councilman Vincent Gentile was decidedly disappointed that the MTA was focusing on aesthetics, and not more serious problems at the ‘rancid’ 86th street station.

While Gentile’s new communication’s director, Dena Libner, wasted no time telling the Brooklyn Paper what she really thought of the MTA’s rehab plan, saying:

“We won’t refuse a little paint on the walls to make it look nicer, but it kind of feels like the community is getting the brush off… The R train is basically a joke. It’s unreliable, it runs as a shuttle at night — there are other issues more important than peeling paint.”

(photo courtesy: Brooklyn Paper)