Transit Overload for Brooklyn
The L Train isn’t the only train that’s gotten overloaded in recent years as a result of Brooklyn’s burgeoning popularity, but it’s been the hardest hit. The L line had the most number of stations among the Top 50 fastest growing stations around the city, followed by the N train, according to the recent report…
The L Train isn’t the only train that’s gotten overloaded in recent years as a result of Brooklyn’s burgeoning popularity, but it’s been the hardest hit. The L line had the most number of stations among the Top 50 fastest growing stations around the city, followed by the N train, according to the recent report from the Center for an Urban Future. The Bedford L stop, which gets a lot of attention for its crowdedness, ranked 11th in Brooklyn in terms of rate of change over the past decade: Brooklyn’s original hipster station saw an increase of 111% between 1998 and 2008, placing it behind the Avenue U and 8th Avenue N train stops as well as the York Street F train. The Bedford L is still almost unrivaled in terms of absolute number of riders, with over 18,000 on an average weekday. Overall, Brooklyn had 51 of the 111 stations in New York City that saw ridership rise at least 50 percent over the past decade. As the report points out, all of this data is particularly scary in light of the potential MTA cutbacks. Gulp.
Report: Transit Overload [Center for an Urban Future]
Transit Overload in Brooklyn Confirmed by Center for an Urban Future
haha funny dave – i assumed he was a local soho/nolita bored euro hipster – but maybe he commutes down to the scene that is the balthazar benches!!
d hipster…..if its the same guy I think it is, he starts his mornings at the corner of 43rd & lexington. Arrives around 7:30-8:00 and gets revved up!!!!
haha dipster – i like it.
Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend as I have a vacation planned to India. High Five!!
“These figures would lend support to a belief that brooklyn home prices are somewhat more immune from the price falls that Queens, the Bronx, AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY are seeing.”
Dave — these figures lend support to the belief that a lot of us got priced out of Manhattan and need to commute into the city everyday.
If Manhattan prices fall faster than Brooklyn prices, moving back across the east river could start making sense for a lot of people.
While some former Manhattanites will have fallen in love with Brooklyn and never leave again, many others will be open to moving back.
From my perspective, Manhattan prices haven’t fallen enough.
Yet.
dipster are you coming on the 19th?
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haha – that’s not me thank god. Although I’m sure he’s insanely wealthy and has a sweet loft in a cast-iron buildilng near by. 🙁
Posted in the meth thread.
dirty hipster since you work right around the corner from me go into the methadone clinic thread here to discuss the methadone clinic near us. im pretty accurate right?
*r*
OMG PLEase tell me that is not you. i’ve laughed at him so many times. does he even work? he literally just walks around soho ALL day up and down with his boombox strutting around in spandex jeans and a hat and he just scowls at people. seriously, sorry if that’s you and i offended you, tho something tells me he doesnt care.
*r*
hahaha – i’m on spring and crosby.
Have you ever seen that weird euro/hipster who walks around here dressed like a fool and carrying an old school boombox blasting weird music? He is typically hanging out on the benches infront of Balthazar (like right now)