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L Train Straphangers Propose Additional East River Tunnel to Prevent Years-Long Service Outage

L train-dependent Brooklyn residents, business owners and officials met in Williamsburg Wednesday night to grapple with the paucity of L train service alternatives

L Train Straphangers Propose Additional East River Tunnel to Prevent Years-Long Service Outage
All photos by Evagelos Frigis for Bushwick Daily.

L Train Straphangers Propose Additional East River Tunnel to Prevent Years-Long Service Outage

L train-dependent Brooklyn residents, business owners and officials met in Williamsburg Wednesday night to grapple with the paucity of L train service alternatives

L Train Straphangers Propose Additional East River Tunnel to Prevent Years-Long Service Outage
All photos by Evagelos Frigis for Bushwick Daily.
All photos by Evagelos Frigis for Bushwick Daily.

L train-dependent Brooklyn residents, business owners and officials met in Williamsburg Wednesday night to grapple with the paucity of L train service alternatives. Some voiced creative possible solutions to L outages during upcoming long term suspension of L service between Brooklyn and Manhattan. The most ambitious proposal of them all? Create a third tube for L train service under the East River.

The meeting, held at Swinging Sixties Senior Center at 211 Ainslie street in East Williamsburg, featured a panel of speakers that included some of the business owners, community organizers, and…

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