New York City Subway G Train (to Church Av) Front View
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- čas přidán 25. 12. 2023
- Embark on this unique subway journey with the G train, the only line that exclusively serves Brooklyn and Queens, connecting diverse neighborhoods without passing through Manhattan. This video showcases the G train's route from Court Square in Queens to Church Avenue in Brooklyn, offering an insider's view into the heart of these dynamic boroughs.
🚆 Key Highlights of the Route: (Train Equipment - R160)
Starting at Court Square: The journey begins in the bustling area of Court Square, known for its mix of modern high-rises and historic buildings in the heart of Long Island City.
Brooklyn’s Eclectic Mix: As the train enters Brooklyn, witness the diverse array of neighborhoods, from the trendy Williamsburg and artsy Greenpoint to the family-friendly Park Slope, each with its unique character.
Church Avenue Terminus: The trip concludes in the vibrant and culturally rich area of Church Avenue, capturing the essence of Brooklyn’s spirited community life.
Off the Beaten Path: This ride offers a glimpse into the less-traveled parts of NYC, highlighting the G train’s role in connecting some of the city’s most creative and diverse neighborhoods.
🔔 Discover the G Train’s Charm: If you enjoyed this exploration of the G train’s unique route, feel free to LIKE and SHARE this video. For more in-depth explorations of NYC's subway lines and innovative experiencing, feel free to SUBSCRIBE to our channel.
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**NYCT Employees - "Thank you for your continued service to New York City."
The Church Av yard tour is probably some of the most delicious footage you've ever posted. To the best of my knowledge never been filmed like this, let alone in hi-def. This is such a great little present... like a hidden track on your favorite 1990s compact disc. Thank you WTAE for tantalizing all us transit nerds!
Or Vynul record
Indeed the yard footage was a Christmas 🎁 present from wtaenyc! Thank you!!!
Thank you for your continued support and a happy holidays to you and the family. 🏆🫡
@@wtaenyc Y'all should show us the yard in every subway line that goes into a yard at the end
Fun facts about the G line (according to Wikipedia):
1. G trains had originally ran to Forest Hills-71st Av starting in 1937, with late night service cut back to Queens Plaza. In 1990, G trains replaced the R to Jamaica-179th St during late nights (N and R trains swapped to their current terminals in 1987). Starting in 1997, G trains began to permanently terminate at Court Square on weekends. Late night service to/from 179th St was cut back to Court Square later in 1997. In 2001, G trains were cut back to Court Square on weekdays in order to make room for the V; when the V was not running on weekends and late nights, the G was extended back to Forest Hills. Starting on April 29, 2010, G trains were permanently cut back to Court Square due to the MTA's financial crisis at that time.
2. Additionally, G trains had originally terminated at Smith-9th Sts, but they were extended to Church Av in 1968 with the introduction of the F express. They were cut back to Smith-9th Sts in 1976 due to budget cuts. In 2009, G trains were extended back to Church Av due to an overhaul of the Culver Viaduct.
Excellent data. Thanks. Aarre Peltomaa
Thank you so much for sharing with the community 💯🫡🏆
Another cool fact - Nassau Avenue was once the original southern terminal for the G/ IND crosstown line, hence why the interlocks right north of the station.
Thanks! More yards! More yards! More yards!
34:12-end was the best part imo. Thanks for showing what happens to the train after it reaches the last stop.
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I like that add ❤
Another great video 😊
Love the extra little trip to Church Avenue yard. I love when you include extra stuff one usually doesn’t get to see.
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Best gift this Christmas!
Happy Holidays 🏆
Really like the graphic animation overview of the route. Well done.
Thank you for the appreciated feedback. 🫶🫡
Me too. Aarre Peltomaa
Hey, just chiming in a huge thank you for the peek at the Church avenue yard. This is exactly what I was asking for in a previous comment, a little behind the scenes footage like this. A real treat, thank you!
Still dying to see those tail tracks past the IND 179th Street station! I took those trains for 30 years and always wondered what went on back there!
Or the D train beyond 205th Street.
Maximum respect and a happy holidays to you and your family. 🫡🏆
25:06 Those grinded rails gives off London Underground vibes.
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Wow I did realize until watching for the 2nd time that u included the relay at Church Ave which was freaking beyond AWESOME
(G) Train to Church Av via Crosstown; Culver stop timestamps:
0:22 - Court Square [Transfers: (E) (M) [53 St Line 🔵🟠] & (7) {7} trains] [Northern Terminal ◽️]
1:16 - 21 St
*QUEENS*
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*BROOKLYN*
3:50 - Greenpoint Av
5:22 - Nassau Av
7:35 - Metropolitan Av-Lorimer St [Transfers: (L) train]
9:10 - Broadway
10:35 - Flushing Av
12:07 - Myrtle-Willoughby Avs
13:46 - Bedford-Nostrand Avs [Transfers: B44 SBS]
15:10 - Classon Av
16:30 - Clinton-Washington Avs
17:59 - Fulton St
19:31 - Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts [Transfers: (A) (C) [Fulton St Line 🔵] trains]
*Crosstown Line 🍀*
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
*Culver Line*
21:06 - Bergen St [Transfers: (F) train]
22:34 - Carroll St
23:34 - *3RD ST PORTAL [LINE GOES ELEVATED]*
24:26 - Smith-9 Sts
26:02 - 4 Av-9 Sts [Transfers: (R) [4 Av Line 🟠🟡] train]
26:54 - *5TH AV PORTAL [LINE GOES UNDERGROUND]*
27:46 - 7 Av
29:34 - 15 St-Prospect Park
31:51 - Fort Hamilton Pkwy
33:30 - Church Av [Transfers: (F) train] [Southern Terminal ◽️]
A fun ride. Bravo for being allowed to go into the lower tail tracks at Church Ave. It was nice to
see where we are normally not allowed to see. Aarre Peltomaa
Great footage of the Church Ave yard 😮
Queens
0:23 court sq
1:16 21 st
Brooklyn
3:50 greenpoint av
5:22 Nassau av
7:35 Metropolitan av Lorimer st
9:10 broadway
10:36 flushing av
12:07 myrtle willoughby avenues
13:45 Bedford nostrand avenues
15:10 classon av
16:30 Clinton Washington avenues
17:59 Fulton st
19:31 Hoyt schermerhorn streets
21:06 Bergen st
22:34 carrol st
24:26 smith 9th streets
26:03 4 Av 9 st
27:46 7 avenue
29:34 15 st prospect pk
31:51 ft Hamilton pkwy
33:30 Church av LAST STOP
Thanks! This was worth the wait.❤
...& Thank you so much for your support along with contribution. 🫶🫡
Court Square 7E And M Train ♿ 0:38
21Th St Van Sly Ave 1:20
Queen
Brooklyn
Greenpoint Ave ♿ 3:50
Nassau Ave 5:22
Metropolitan Ave Lorimer St L Train 7:38
Broadway Free Transfer Is Available To J And M Train Bye Walking At The Hewes St Station Bye Using Your Omny Or Your MetroCard 9:13
Flushing Ave 10:39
Myrtle Willoughby Ave 12:11
Bedford Nostrand Ave B44SBS 13:50
Classon Ave 15:14
Clinton Washington Ave 16:32
Fulton St 18:02
Hoyt Scherhorn St A And C Train NYPD POLICE STATION 19:32
Bergen St F Train Lower Level Is Abandoned 21:10
Carroll St 22:37
Smith 9Th St 24:30
4Th Ave 9Th St F And R Train 26:05
7Th Ave Express Train ♿ 27:49
15Th St Prospect Park 29:36
Fort Hamilton Parkway 31:54
Church Ave Express Train ♿ 33:52
Thank you so much for sharing this with the community 💯🫡
W, but 21st St is Van Alst, not Van Sly.
Awesome video! Great job getting into the Church Avenue yard.
Thank you! 🫶🫡
Good morning I hope you and everybody had a wonderful merry Christmas!!!🎄
Thank you and a Happy holidays to you and your family.
Man you just solve one of the most Easter eggs I've been wanted to see what was down there in 40 years of riding the subway in my life thank you for sure me that of track layup in Church avenue yard 👍
Happy New Year to you and your family as we continue to appreciate your support. It was an honor to assist with a 40year curiosity which truly shows how mysterious this system can be. 🗽🫡🏆
@@wtaenyc indeed very mysterious I thought just a loop around and back up to Church Street but it's very mysterious that is a very very big yard down there keep up with the good work and Happy New Year to you and your family
I absolutely love this whole video. The G was one of my home lines when I lived in Brooklyn. I miss the days when it would run out to 71st -Continental. Sure made it easier to get home at night from work or one train to hang out at the queens center mall. Another thing I miss were the rare times that the G would run down to Coney Island because of work on the F, and they’d run a set or two of either R-32s or R-42s on the G during that weekend.
Fun fact - I remember when some of the stations along the G still had the 7 car stop mark from when the IND ran 7 car consists.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us; honored that you were able to experience a former home line. 🏆
0:22 Love how you also included the Brake Charging process at the beginning. Nice Touch!
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Thank you, O Great Man, for the reversible impasse. I have been waiting for this for many, many years.
The route that does its own thing…
Especially the Church Avenue yard tour👌
It's more like a big layup area
Just when I thought I saw everything you guyz surprised me with the train yard bonus
I really like the map view at each station 😊
Thanks for the appreciated feedback 💯🫡
That Church Av secret yard tho is amazing.
That new map overlay is awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for the feedback 🫡
Love your videos man so relaxing
Thank you so much for your support and feedback 🫡
Always curious about the mini yards, now I've caught a glimpse. Thanks
The maps of the stops was a nice addition. Keep up the great work fam
Thank you so much and respect for the warranted feedback. 🫡
Thanks!
& Thank you for your support and contribution. 🏆🫡
Phenomenal content
Maximum respect 🫡 🏆
Great video as usual! It's sad that the G line is being so underutilized and the G could be sooo much better. 1: the MTA needs to add on a few more cars from 5 cars to 8 cars per train, so riders don't have to run the length of a train car to catch the G.
2: Separate the G and F lines, so they're Not using the same tracks. Renovate, repair and reopen Bergen Street station lower level, run the F as an express on the lower level from Bergen to 7th and the G on the upper level as a local from Court Square further past Church Ave. Separating the G & F lines will lower delays and wait time and cut down on commute time while increasing ridership.
It would cost around $75 million dollars to reopen the lower level of the Bergen Street subway station.. All the tiles were removed and the platforms have been destroyed by all the heavy HVAC equipment that's down there..
I think this was proposed in the past and residents who use the local stops flipped out. Remember, everyone wants to go to Manhattan and god forbid they transfer.
@@sopaman1234 75 Million is a drop in the bucket compared to the Billions overly spent on other MTA projects. Repairing and reopening Bergen St. lower level is so worth it and would payoff in the long run.
@@Metsfan7232 Lol
The G would be on the upper level running local and the F would run on the lower level at Bergen St and go express from Bergen St to 7 Ave. skipping 4 stations while still going from Coney threw Manhattan to Queens, cutting down on commute time and delays.
All of you make sense and Albany can find the rebuild of Bergan lower level and the g train deserves the R211 T for more capacity and during late nights all r160, and the f trains would be express at all times expect late nights and service would not be slow and rush hour express after Church Avenue and avenue x in the non-peak direction.
Great Great footage! The G train was always the train took to school and work. My home station was Classon Avenue. I’m glad that the G train has R160s and CBTC by February 2024. I’m also glad that the MTA is putting in an elevator at the Metropolitan Avenue Lorimer Street station. I love the fact that you did a tour of the Church Avenue yard. Love your videos, keep up the great work. Maybe you can do footage when the G train is all CBTC compatible. Again excellent video.
Is lower Culver cbtc getting activated in January or February and it could be five more weeks
From what the MTA said it would be in February give or take.
Thank you so much for your high praises and for the future potential videos. Looking forward to all the additions coming to the line. 🏆🫡
Would love to see more videos of layup areas!
This video is like every other, great job WTAE!
Respect 🫡🏆
woaaahhhh at the Church St Yard
Great video as always, but I'm not a particular fan of the editing while the train is stopped inside the stations - I prefer minimal changes, but this is an awesome video regardless.
Thank you so much and we also appreciate you for sharing your feedback on the addition. Happy holidays to you and your family. 🏆🫡🎄
I like the ending
Love the maps !
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Wow!
Now that this dynamite video has been up for a week and it's a new year I thought I'd share my WTAE 2024 wishlist. I'm not greedy so it's very short and is mostly driven by my desire to see some more behind the scenes relay and yard footage like the end of this one. Like I mentioned video of some of these post-end-of-line is nonexistent and even clear still photos next to impossible to find. Short of saying "please WTAE just show us every out of service yard and relay in the system", I distilled it down to a few juicy goodies - all IND:
1) Storage and relay yard east of Jamaica-179 St at the end of the QBL (F).
2) Something, anything coming or going from 174 St yard (C) train.
3) Something, anything coming or going from Jamaica Yard.
4) Tail tracks north of 96 St SAS (Q).
5) Tail tracks beyond Norwood-205 St on the Concourse Line (D)
and last but not least, and to come full circle, an (F) train video with peak direction lower level running to/from Church Av
These are the things I desire. These are the things I need. 😁 Please WTAE, work your magic and make it happen. And THANKS for making us subway nerds so consistently happy with your outstanding videos. 😍HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎉
Happy New Year to you as well, along with your family. The support and praise you give to the channel is truly appreciated, along with your suggestions (WishList) for future content. These suggestions will definitely be considered and we look forward to sharing all that we have in store. The feedback of the G train footage, however, is truly appreciated and glad it has been well received by the subway community. 🏆🗽🫡
awesome! Any videos from the trains leaving Pitkin yard onto the A line? Never seen any video of The tracks right after leaving Grant Ave.....
I remember at 18:30 back in the day the front of the southbound end of the station you can see the IND Fulton line up until the crosstown line makes its descent to go under the Fulton line, but the closed up the gaps with white cement
@nichols15:
Good observation. I wonder why the TA blocked this space with concrete blocks. Another interesting area of keen interest to railfanners is the complex flying junction at 6th Ave/ 53rd St of the IND 6th Ave/8th Ave interlocking. Some of the ramps carrying level changes are also blocked from the RFW view of them by later-built concrete walls. The concrete walls were built well-after the lines were newly opened for service, so this indicates the concrete walls are not load-bearing tunnel supports. Did the TA build them to prevent trackworkers from falling down a descending ramp? Or maybe to prevent a derailed train from crossing over and falling down the ramps? I doubt that's the reason because the TA would have added concrete walls to the various descending/ascending level changes at the vast W 4th St interlocking of the 6th Ave/8th Ave lines, so who knows?
@@deanbianco4982 Sometimes they do work just to justify work going on. (Similar to how they frivolously install grade timers on continuous straight and level track. System Safety department needs to justify their positions still existing.)
@@deanbianco4982 as for West 4 street that’s actually still there, in April I caught the F from there to Delancey on a Saturday and I could see the 6th Ave express tracks and the 8th Ave express (A) tracks right about the B and D
Thanks for sharing a bit of history for the line and those stations you mentioned. 🫡🏆
Great video! Please keep the little maps between stations. Wait until the very end for a short tour of the Church Ave. yard.
Thank you and respect for the feedback. 🫡
New intro 🌟
Staten Island ride when?
The video is great as always. Do you have one for the Culver Express?
Thank you so much for the compliment and future line suggestion. Looking forward to sharing all we have to offer. 🫡
Thank you, buddy, for the cool video of route G. Good luck to you in 2024! greetings from Ukraine

Nfs you have the best subway content, we still need a Z skip stop & downtown concourse Express
Thank you so much for the compliment and suggestions. 🫶🫡
Another Gr8 eye get 2 njoy 👍😀
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(G)ood morning wtae...hope you had a merry Christmas ✌️✌️
Happy holidays to you and your family. 🫂🫡
@wtaenyc thank you ✌️🫡
Ik vind het routekaartje echt heel leuk, dit mag wat betreft wel bij alle video's worden toegevoegd. Ook de weergave van de namen van stations waar je stopt of voorbij rijd vind ik van toegevoegde waarde
Wij worden zeer gewaardeerd voor de positieve feedback die u heeft gedeeld. De toevoegingen zullen zeker worden overwogen voor de toekomstige video's, dus bedankt dat je de tijd hebt genomen om te delen. 🏆
Great video!!! 👏👍
I was kindly wondering, what happened to your G train video towards Court Sq & N train towards Astoria-Ditmars Blvd ya'll posted last year?
They seem to have disappeared.
Thank you so much. As it relates to the videos you mentioned, both were voted to be taken down as we look forward to sharing the newer versions of them both. Thank you again for supporting and asking; looking forward to maintaining the former. 🫡
@@wtaenycAwesome thanks guys and looking forward to seeing the newer versions. 👍🙏
Amazing video could you do a 2 to Flatbush Next?
Thank you and thanks for the next line suggestion. 🫡 Happy holidays
Y’all should do the 5 to Flatbush via Lexington
niiiiiiice
I would love to see the tail tracks beyond Jamaica 179st on the F line and Or Jamaica Center on the E!
Morning. I’m headed to the hospital for my surgery, and I hope you have a Happy New Year. ☺️ I just wish you were able to catch an R160B-2 Galaxia.
Happy holidays to you and the family; speedy recovery 🏆🫡
@@wtaenyc Thank you.
@@wtaenycFinally healed; school starts 5/16. I love the R160 Quads on Galaxia. She always fit her.
Hi. I’m a new subscriber. Your videos are great. One question…where exactly do you place the camera on the train to make your videos?
These guys don’t really like to disclose information about how they do these stuff 🤷♂️. However, somebody in a video said that the camera is placed on the train’s anti climber
@@MrMam-yo7qp yea,I kinda figured that. I was more curious on how it stayed in place without falling off. Anyway the videos are great. Brings back memories of when I was a kid on my tippy toes looking out the front window. Can’t even look out the front anymore. 🤷♂️
I'm going to assume this is a GoPro, which is very light, and has any number of magnetic mounts.
Re: can't look out the front anymore: yeah, that really bites. That and the fact I don't live in New York anymore!
@@fredogzwThe common reply to technical questions from this channel is "We're a team that work together on this project".
@@fredogzw Right. I'm always looking forward to these.
Welcome an Experience after G train please do the 5 train next to Flatbush av we what to see it
Thank you for sharing your next line suggestion. It will definitely be placed in the suggestion box to be voted on. 🫡
Awesome ending of the Church Avenue yard. But MTA is so hellbent on extending the (G) train back to Forest Hills and since the (M) have been cut back to 57th Street that should've been a consideration to bring the (G) back there. Also have five cars on the (G) is horrendous 8 to 10 cars would be a much better choice. The MTA neglects the (G) train's potential.
Hi, this Saturday is the last run of the R1/9 holiday train. Any chance you guys can record one round trip or at least any part or this run?
That last run was cancelled
Area you guy's goings to do the G to conney lsland ?
I was just thinking about the G train
How'd you like the video?
@@wtaenyc good
Will you ever do other services outside the subway, like LIRR or Metro North or Path?
It’s something we are manifesting for the future and look forward to sharing all that we have to offer; your suggestions are appreciated 🫡. Happy holidays to you and the family.
Where does the pocket track that feeds Bedford Nostrand Avenue station goes??? I have been very curious about that
The two tail tracks you noticed were provisions for a proposed expansion of the IND known as the IND second system. If you have time, Wikipedia has an article describing this proposed expansion.
Thanks for that ...
Now THAT was an experience! Extra thanks for the beautiful twilight above-ground section and the fascinating yard footage.
I must admit, my stomach did tighten up a bit around 25:37, wondering if those red signals that were so close to the preceding yellow ones were going to clear in time.
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So here’s a dumb question: I see an awful lot of litter and trash down there in the Church Ave. Yard. How does it get there? I assume there are explorers and Vandals, who get down there somehow, but still, that seems a lot to me. Are transit workers just throwing their trash on the tracks? 🤔
I also assume there are security concerns, which is why there’s not a lot of footage of this kind of behind-the-scenes stuff. But I further assume the bad guys already know their way around down there.
Manifesting a system that is the cleanest, safest and most reliable on the planet; it’s already one of the most unique. 🫡🏆
0:23 Could you tell what app that your using? I want to use it
"TravelBoast"
Last time I saw front view of the line.. R10's were running on the line...
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Based on my memory, it was 1984 when R10s were used on this line. Of course along with other types.
YOOOOOOOOOO WE GOING INTO LAYUPPPPPPPPP
do you guys have a discord i can add??
I wish the g could go more up somewhere to flushing
so, that's what's down there after the last stop, good to know now lol
i never take the g - it’s one of my least used lines. very interesting construction though. reminds me of a combination of the (1) and the (B)
Actually the G is used a lot. I might not be used as heavily as 8th Ave or Lex Ave lines but it does have a high ridership and is a very necessary needed service. Despite the false narrative the MTA has been pushing about the G line.
@@Mr.DeStylez i think you misunderstand what I was saying. I do find the G to be a vital train in NYC, but I as a person almost never use it.
@@Thisisnot105 I understand now. Thank you
Thanks for taking the time to share. 🫡 Which line do you take a liking to more?
Would it be crazy if wtae had the #1 derailment footage!
Who knows what the future holds; maybe that would have prevented it. Looking forward to a system that’s not only the safest, but the cleanest, fastest and most efficient in the world. 🏆🫡
What does GT and ST stand for and mean?
Great observation and question.
GT - “Grade Time” - ‘the time it takes for a train to travel between two points considering the grade (slope) of the track.’
ST - “Station Time” - ‘used to manage train intervals and to ensure that trains are spaced safely apart during operation.’
What happened to the video showing the g train going to court square
New management decided to take it down; looking forward to sharing the newly recorded version 🫡
These videos that you are showing to them can also help people living with Autism and they love subway trains to inspire every dream goals
Keep up the good work that you are doing
It's the experience of a lifetime
Thank you so much for being comfortable enough to share this with us; it is truly a pleasure. Happy holidays to you and the family. 🫶🫡🏆
Looks like now they are gonna re-record the lines now in a much more edited way like what we have seen from the G to Church Av video.
Not a bad idea
What’s the station in the middle tracks underneath Carrol street?
Carroll St
Is that for another line?
That's the express tracks and no lower level of the station
Thanks!
When are the new videos coming?
Coming soon. Thank you for your continued support. 🏆
Why is there so much subway juice by the broadway stop lol?
I love your videos but you cut them too fast at the end.
Thank you for the compliment and for letting us know your feedback; they are both appreciated. 🫶🫡
your a opto train operator I see... ummmm secondly i work court sq and I know for dam sure this must of been on my rdo...
Thanks for taking the time to share and we also, "Thank you," for your service to NYC. 🫡
HEY DIDYOU SEE MY PROFILE CHANGED
Always enjoy watching your videos of our great city subways 🫶🏾🫶🏾. My brother takes the G train everyday for work to transfer to the 7 train and from there take the bus to LGA to work. Happy holidays to you and your family
Thank you and a happy holidays to you, your brother and your family as well. 🫡🏆
The animated maps are silly and distracting, as are the close-captioned announcements.
Thank you for the feedback and the honest review. What are some things about the video you were able to appreciate?
I don't find the animated map annoying
Wow... Could not possibly disagree more.
@@wtaenyc Personally, I like how the map inclusion shows where the train goes, but the placement in the middle sort of breaks the immersion. Maybe putting the map on the side or in the corner would be optimal?
Many fans.of this channel don't care for the maps because they are very familiar with the routes and the parts of the city they serve.
34 minute running time, then another 34 minutes to get the bummy bums off the relay at Church Ave.
Thanks for sharing; the team and algorithm appreciate you. How was the video otherwise?
Thanks! And please remove the masks announcements from all past videos and future 📡.
Thank you for your continued support; it is truly appreciated along with your suggestion. 🫶🫡
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support and contribution. 🫶🫡
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your continued support. 🫶🫡