Metro

Feds on board with $850M for Sandy subway fixes

The feds are going to give New York straphangers a break by kicking in more than $880 million for Hurricane Sandy repairs, officials announced Tuesday.

Much of the money will go toward fixing three subway tunnels devastated by the superstorm in October 2012.

The MTA will receive $802 million to repair and strengthen the Montague, Greenpoint and Steinway tunnels, used by the R, G, and 7 trains.

The Montague tube is the most damaged, and is slated to be shut down until October.

R train service between Manhattan and Brooklyn has stopped, and its riders have been crowding onto other subway lines.

The 7 train will have no service between Times Square station and Queensboro Plaza on about 13 weekends through July.

There will also be some weekend work on the G train this year.

An additional $84.2 million will be used for other projects to strengthen the subway tunnel.

The money is the first amount the MTA will get from the Federal Transit Administration for Sandy repairs.

The authority will get a total of $3.9 billion.

“The subway is New York City’s beating heart, and Sandy’s floodwaters left severe long-term damage,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer.