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 […]
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L-Pocalypse Pre-Show Countdown: L to close for 15 weekends prior to “official” shutdown
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 […]
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“New L” aims to ease the Shutdown, Wants You to Know Their Service is #WorthIt
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 […]
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L Train Shutdown Meeting This Wednesday! (5/16)
This Wednesday evening, May 16th from 6:30-8:30pm the MTA and NYC DOT are hosting a town hall to discuss L-Train shutdown plans and the impact that the closure will have […]
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NYU is in the Pencil Factory, The BQX isn’t in the Budget, and NYC blames Airbnb for Rising Rent — the Hook-up (5/11)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! Say hello to our newest neighbor: NYU School of Medicine. NYU has signed a 15-year lease for nearly 17,000sqft of space at 74 Kent Street, and will […]
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Small Biz Owners: What You Should Know About Commercial Leases, Workshop (4/25)
As a North Brooklyn resident you probably feel like you’re doomsday prepping for the impending L-Train Shutdown—and let’s not forget that local business owners are, too. No one is quite […]
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Can We Kickstart our way out of L-Pocalypse with Pontoon Bridge?
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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The Sea Train: Will Ferries Mean Smooth Sailing Through L-Pocalypse?
The MTA has seen protests in Brooklyn due to its laissez-faire relationship with the impending L-pocalypse. In response, they’ve promised to make community engagement a “central priority” as the March […]
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Plan to Ease L-Pocolypse at Lorimer Street Calls for Opening Long-Shuttered Entrances
As L-Pocolypse looms, various civic groups, like Riders Alliance and the L Train Coalition, are looking for ways to help riders weather the shutdown, and improve New York’s transit system […]
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Cabaret, Cuomo and Climate Change — The Hook-up 9/22
A great New York Story occurred August 17th, 1858, when New Yorkers celebrated the first successful transatlantic cable between The United States and England with a party at City Hall. […]