Rents are finally getting a tad cheaper in Williamsburg. With the L shutdown beginning in April of 2019, renters are paying (on average) $250 less than they did in 2016. Streeteasy has more: rents in the North Brooklyn submarket have declined to 2015 levels, and there are new signals that the market in Williamsburg in […]
You don’t have to wait for the great L train shutdown… it’s rolling out this weekend
That’s right folks, starting August 11 (late Friday night) there will be fifteen weekend shutdowns of the L line into the city. Thanks MTA! The MTA announced last week that there will be no service between Manhattan and Brooklyn for 4 weekends in October, 2 in November, 4 in February, and 3 in March. The the […]
Williamsburg treasure Brooklyn Star is closing, cites rising costs and L Train shutdown as factors
This one stings. The popular restaurant announced yesterday on Instagram that they will be closing at the end of the month. They have been on our favorites lists for years and will be missed. The owners stated that rising costs and the L Train shutdown led to their decision: We are sole owner/operators & investors […]
L Train shutdown could make parts of city “a bus parking lot,” lawsuit filed to block
The Times published an unnerving report today about the L train shutdown, that’s just 15 months away. The article claims that 14th Street could become “the busiest bus route in the country” and wreak havoc on Chinatown and the Lower East Side: Seventy buses an hour will stream across the Williamsburg Bridge and pour into […]
We want an East River Pontoon bridge during the L Train shutdown
Well here’s a novel idea. New Yorker Parker Shinn has started a Kickstarter to fund a pontoon bridge across the east river during the L Train shutdown. He estimates that costs could be completely covered by a $1 toll and notes that people (and military) have been using pontoons for over a 1000 years. Shinn […]
The L Train shutdown is getting its own documentary
Every clusterfuck deserves its own documentary and accordingly the impending L Train shutdown is getting one. Directed By Emmett Adler and produced by Ian Mayer the film tentatively titled The L Train Doc is currently in the works with a scheduled release in the fall of 2019. This film will tell the human stories of […]