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Say Whaa?? L Train Service to Manhattan Could Be Closed for Years

This changes everything.

By Briana Seftel

Jan. 14, 2016 · 2 min read

Say Whaa?? L Train Service to Manhattan Could Be Closed for Years
News

Say Whaa?? L Train Service to Manhattan Could Be Closed for Years

This changes everything.

· 2 min read
Say Whaa?? L Train Service to Manhattan Could Be Closed for Years

I don’t mean to drop a bomb on your Thursday, but this news is just too shocking to be true (or is it?) Several sources have reported the MTA’s proposal to shut down the L Train service to Manhattan for years. Yes, my friends, you heard that right. Not a weekend, not a month, but SEVERAL YEARS.

The reason for this shutdown would be to repair the Canarsie tunnel from Manhattan to Brooklyn that was badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The repair is projected to…

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