Ooof! This is NOT our week – between the rain-a-thon just a couple of days ago and the L train’s slow daytime service, you would think there would be nowhere left to go but up, right? WRONG! You heard it – the M and J train will be skipping town this weekend and won’t be back until May 26 (for what? I do not know

Well, looks like even Madonna moving into the neighborhood can’t even make the Bushwick trains run normal – and if The Madgesty can’t then who can? (If you don’t know I am kidding than you are a bit late to the game. Kidding about Madonna that is, not the trains. They unfortunately still suck). And not […]

After morning delays, the MTA announced service changes so workers can fix cables at Bedford Ave.

The L train project is kicking in with overnight work.

Joel Aybar Contributor Transportation in the Ridgewood-Bushwick area has changed in the last few years. There’s a system of bike lanes, the MTA is serving up ever increasing delays, the L train is going to shutdown, and small car services are struggling to keep up with apps like Uber and Lyft.   Everyone from the iconic […]

Who needs a mantra when you can just repeat “please allow additional travel time” while kicking stuff as you text your friends, family and boss telling them you’re going to be late to every single goddamn thing you have planned for this weekend?

This changes everything.

Welcome to Bushwick- home of the repetitive subway service changes and interruptions! Week after week, the same service changes are going down- whether it is delays, skipped stops or suspended service. The worst part is there seems to be no end in sight (Noooooo…)! Last week there was some hope of the M and J getting […]

For the past few weeks, us Bushwick train-riding folk have been living in some wacky version of Groundhog Day (the movie, not the actual day – that would just be weird) meets some sort of vicious dejavu. Every weekend it has been the same deal – M decides to be realllllly slow and the J […]

So here is to warmweather and frustrating mass transit! Happy riding! Ahh the first day of Spring was yesterday – warmer temperatures, clearer skies and :record scratch: more train interruptions and service changes. I guess we can’t win them all. The only good part is that since the weather has become more ideal (I am […]

I am sorry to announce that the return of the freezing temperatures (last weekend was such a tease) will most likely not be the only thing getting on your nerves this weekend

So, I purposely waited until today to give you you train update because I was actually scared it would be jinxed if I gave it to you too early

Last week I just “Liked” (not “Loved!”) the MTA because, although there were no scheduled service changes, I was a bit skeptical of how service was actually going to be

Looks like the L train will never be “normal” and will continue to confuse us with its really random service changes and interruptions

“It’s Time To Open The Gates At The Gates Station,” declares the petition.

The MTA’s top brass met with the public and elected officials at Bed-Stuy’s Marcy Avenue Armory on Thursday night to field the public’s questions and present two main approaches to scheduling L train closures during repairs to the Canarsie tubes that will start in 2019

Image via @NBKC Instagram As L train commuters were reminded earlier this week, the MTA is one wicked, bitch mistress. But for anyone who spent hours trapped underground sandwiched between disgruntled strangers, there’s a simple solution to your struggle: get a bike. You don’t have to live like this. As Gothamist reported, subway service is only […]

Upon initial glance of this weekend’s train service changes the first thing that popped into my mind was Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” (I know, random, it has been a long week) but really…here [we] go again on our own: and with a little help from the L train. That is right – this weekend […]

Once upon a time there were three trains located in Bushwick (the Z is a figment of your imagination). Anyways, these aforementioned trains never showed up. The end. Okay, obviously the Bushwick subway saga is a lot more complicated than that and the above may be a dramatization. However, you can’t deny that the service […]

[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”w994BMLQTU4nxoPoogZCne2AA3r8riFq”] Looks like the L train (and M…and J) want to take part in Flashback Friday and revisit old service interruptions. It has gotten to the point where service changes are nothing out of the ordinary and instead of crossing my fingers that the Bushwick trains will be running smoothly each week/weekend I have […]

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Remember last week when the M train decided to end its service early between Myrtle Av and 71 Av? Or how last week (in the middle of the day) the L decided to really take its time and run only every 24 minutes between Broadway Junction and Rockaway Pkwy? Well, I hope you familiarized yourself […]

Ah, Bushwick in the Polar Vortex – where jumping giant slush puddles and fearing frostbite is the norm

I think the only thing that makes me more aggravated than technology (don’t get me started on the jammed “lock” button on my cellphone) may be the MTA subway–I am especially looking at you L and M (J train wins “Train of the Year” by default because it consistently actually shows up

The Bushwick train trio has had a pretty nice service streak as of late  – but of course something had to happen to rain (or snow) on their parade

I know that after the sticky situation the L train got itself into yesterday, the last word one would associate with the MTA is “like

What may be better than a stuffed turkey, homemade cranberry sauce and Thanksgiving pies

That’s right – much to your disbelief this week I come bearing you some good news (don’t get too excited, I am saving the bad news for last)

Oh, L train. Back on that September afternoon when I first heard of your laundry list of future service changes I have to admit that I never thought it would really last this long. Our rocky relationship has now spanned almost two months and we have been through it all – delays caused by track […]

L is for Let Us Rejoice…but just for a bit because, even though the L train is making a rare weekend appearance, it is instead going MIA during the week. Sure, L train, go on a hiatus when we need to do normal things like take the train home from work or head into the […]

Zombie folks trying to get on the L shuttle bus