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Tag: L-pocalypse

Get Ready: No L Train Every Weekend in October

by Greenpointers Staff September 25, 2018September 24, 2018

File this one under doomsday prep: as we announced previously, the MTA is shutting down the L train every single weekend in October between Eighth Avenue and Broadway Junction (the […]

DOT Upgrading Williamsburg Bike Network This Summer

by Lucie Levine August 27, 2018August 23, 2018

As L-Pocalypse draws near, the DOT sees bike lanes as one way to offset the crush of commuters on the G and J/M/Z lines. With that goal in mind, the […]

Previewing, Pumping and Polluting – The Hook-up (8/10)

by Lucie Levine August 10, 2018August 10, 2018

Happy Friday, Greenpoint! There has been much in the news this week about L-pocalypse, what with this weekend’s L closure, and the city’s cap on ride-share vehicles, but that’s not […]

L-Pocalypse Pre-Show Countdown: L to close for 15 weekends prior to “official” shutdown

by Lucie Levine August 9, 2018August 9, 2018

How is this weekend like Christmas? No L! In fact, the MTA announced on Saturday, The L train will not run between Manhattan and Brooklyn for 15 weekends between now […]

“New L” aims to ease the Shutdown, Wants You to Know Their Service is #WorthIt

by Lucie Levine July 27, 2018July 27, 2018

A new Brooklyn-based company calling itself “The New L” will be rolling into town in April 2019, offering a “guaranteed and reliable luxurious daily commute.” Luxurious? Daily? Commute? you may […]

Printing, Planting and Pierogis — The Hook-up (2/22)

by Lucie Levine June 22, 2018June 21, 2018

Happy Friday, Greenpoint! This week, Greenpoint’s own Polish-language weekly newspaper, Kurier Plus got a profile in the Columbia Journalism Review. Read about how the Polish paper is thriving! Speaking of […]

Docking, Driving, Building and Borrowing — The Hook-up (6/8)

by Lucie Levine June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

Happy Friday, Greenpoint! Now you’re really living — because the Newtown Creek Alliance has announced plans for the construction and installation of a second Living Dock within Newtown Creek. And […]

Walk This Way: Floating Bridge Proposed Between Greenpoint and LIC

by Lucie Levine May 24, 2018May 23, 2018

The good folks at Creme / Jun Aizaki Architecture and Design are hoping to bridge the gap between Greenpoint and Long Island City with a floating bridge connecting Manhattan and […]

Punch and Pepper-Spray, Hardware and High School — The Hook-up (4/20)

by Lucie Levine April 20, 2018April 20, 2018

Good morning, Greenpoint! It’s Friday, and time for the Hook-up. Sometimes, I think we should just rename this column “Another Week, the Same MTA,” since it seems that most of […]

Can We Kickstart our way out of L-Pocalypse with Pontoon Bridge?

by Lucie Levine March 15, 2018March 14, 2018

L-pocalypse looms just a year away, and the MTA doesn’t appear particularly interested in dealing with it, so New York residents have taken up the mantel of transit vigilantism, and […]

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