Tag: L Train
The admins at Is The L Train Fucked will be able to set it and forget it for a little while, because the subway line will indeed be fucked for nine weeks. From March 24 to May 22, the L will not run between 8th Avenue and Bedford Avenue from midnight to 5am, Tuesdays through Fridays. If […]
The MTA is exploring the possibility of putting in an entrance at Avenue A for the L train as part of a proposed $300 million dollar plan to improve the overcrowded subway line. According to a press release from the MTA, the L train “runs from Manhattan to the Canarsie section of Brooklyn through neighborhoods […]
Take one part NYPD, mix it with one part L train, and this is the outcome: @NYPDLTrain. It’s the latest Twitter account the NYPD has created ever since the nation’s largest police force learned about social media. Cute. […]
The New York Post reports on the staggering proliferation of graffiti in the city that must be driving the new police commissioner insane. According to the tabloid, there was “211 more graffiti complaints this year compared with last year,” noting how “that’s about a 5 percent spike citywide, from 3,956 to 4,167.” A whole 211 […]
Good news for L train riders: the MTA plans to add 33 round trips on Saturdays and 22 on Sundays to the 8th Avenue-Canarsie line, hopefully making traveling through Brooklyn on the weekends a little easier. Three weeknight trips will be added as well. Of course, the L isn’t the only crowded train, even if […]
“I can crochet with my eyes closed,” London Kaye said as she finished covering a subway pole in a colorful web of yarn. It was Valentine’s Day and with a bag of mini yarn hearts she made during her lunch break in tow, she set out to cover the inside of the train car in crochet. “The goal […]
A new analysis of MTA data by NYU grad student Carson Qing shows that the L train is every bit as busy at 1am every night of the week as it is during the traditional weekday rush hours. Qing believes the data shows that the MTA should increase service on the Canarsie-bound train, which has […]
