2019 isn’t that far off, and it’s certainly not too soon to pit designers against each other to dream up alternative transit solutions for the dreaded L Train Shutdown. Although […]
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MTA Introduces Two Major Plans for L Train Renovation
On Thursday, May 5, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) held its first community meeting to discuss two proposed plans for the Canarsie Tunnel renovation, the final step in the MTA’s […]
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Greenpointers Can Get More Details On The L Train Shutdown At Tomorrow’s Community Meeting
On May 5 at 6 p.m. at the Marcy Avenue Armory, city officials will be hashing out the details for the impending L Train Carnasie tunnel repair work that has Greenpointers […]
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Speed Metal Speed Dating & the G Train Shocker — The Hook-Up 4/8
What are you doing next Saturday? If you can stomach planning more than two days ahead, come help clean up the neighborhood with Curb Your Litter and NAG on April […]
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The New Waterfront Trolley: Is it Money Well-Spent?
One reader responded to a recent post on the problems involved in building a bridge over Newtown Creek, suggesting that the article was too negative toward the project and that […]
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Every Story Is About Congestion & Change — The Hook-Up 3/4
In January, Assemblyman Lentol announced a temporary suspension of alternate side parking rules on film shoot days, but that hasn’t stopped film crews from competing for space with residents (hearsay […]
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A Streetcar Named Whose Desire, Exactly? — The Hook-Up 2/12
Is it the Streetcar Named Desire for the people of New York, or is de Blasio’s proposed streetcar linking Brooklyn and Queens a developer’s fantasy in the making? In either […]
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You’ve Heard About the L-Pocalypse. What About the G-Pocalypse?
The L Train is facing an imminent, extensive shutdown in the wake of lingering Hurricane Sandy damage, and North Brooklyn hasn’t taken the news very well. And why would it, […]
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Word on the Curb: Ticketing blitz, Brazen Burglars, and more!
Hey, hey Greenpoint! We’re already three weeks into 2015 and a lot has gone down, some of it good, some of it ugly, and some of it downright funny. In […]
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G Train is back on track.
Five weeks ago, we all bemoaned the G Train closure and the anxious questions that came along with it: How are we going to get around? Will that damn Ferry […]