Option B looks best to me.
My big issue - that station at 9th st looks to be functionally useless at 13 stories deep, and the station at 16 isn't much better at 9 stories deep. All the stations are too deep for ease of use. I've been to super deep stations in Paris, and New York, and they are really difficult to properly use. If it weren't for this reason, I would agree with many of you that the Option D looks best, but man, climbing 13 stories, or waiting for a packed, nasty public elevator just to use a station, that just doesn't seem compelling enough to avoid the "sanctity" of Princes' Island. Especially if you work it in, I could even see a station south of Prince's Island enhancing the use of the park.
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