Confirmed: L Train Tunnel to Shut for 18 Months Beginning in January 2019
Rumors regarding the L train’s impending shutdown have been confirmed: There will be no L train service to Manhattan or in Manhattan for 18 months starting in January 2019.
Time Travel With Your Metrocard This Weekend on Historic Train Cars in Brighton Beach
Blast through the past on the New York Transit Museum's historic train cars this weekend. An assortment of vintage train cars will be gracing the B and Q lines for straphangers' nostalgic reveling.
Express F Train Tradeoffs: Shorten Commutes in Brownstone Belt or Southern Brooklyn?
The MTA is considering implementing an express F train, a decision which would improve and worsen the commutes of various straphangers, depending on their station.
Overcrowded Subways Get More “Platform Controllers” to Reduce Dawdling in Brooklyn
As the subway system becomes increasingly overburdened by more and more straphangers, the MTA has turned to platform controllers to help decrease the amount of time dawdled during boarding.
A Sandhog Recalls Being Shot Out of a Brooklyn Heights Subway Tunnel
A hundred years ago, a subway worker was expelled from a tunnel into the East River in a freak explosion — and lived to tell the tale.
Homes, Beloved Businesses Will Have to Vacate While MTA Repairs M Track in Bushwick
More than two dozen homes and neighborhood stores including Little Mo and Harvest Cyclery will have to be vacated for six to 10 months or even longer while the MTA demolishes and rebuilds the elevated track between Myrtle Avenue, Broadway, Bushwick and Ditmars Street in Bushwick.
Which Brooklynites Have the Best Commutes? The Answer May Surprise You
According to a new report, the majority of New Yorkers spend over 40 minutes commuting to work every day — almost double the 26-minute national average.
Should the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges Have Tolls?
A proposal to ease traffic congestion and raise funds for public transit would impose tolls on every East River bridge, so Brooklynites would have to pay to visit Manhattan by car.
‘Burg Luxury Tower Residents Can Skip L Train Shutdown Woes With Private Shuttle
Rendering of 1N4th by FXFOWLE Architects
As Brooklynites continue to fret over a possible L train shutdown, at least one of the area’s luxury towers has come up with a tony alternative for its residents in the case of public transit deprivation.
Free Shuttle Will Make Brooklyn Navy Yard So Much Easier to Reach
Navy Yard BLDG 77. Photo by Barbara Eldredge
There’s always something interesting going on at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, from Brooklyn Grange’s rooftop farms to Steiner Studios film studios to designer shows during Fashion Week. But it’s awfully hard to get there.
Now the remote but ever-growing hub of innovation and employment is initiating a better literal connector to the surrounding borough: A free shuttle service.
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