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Greenpoint businesses pleaded with the MTA to save their summer weekends. The MTA’s chairman told them no

Fifty-five north Brooklyn businesses asked the MTA to spare their summer weekends. The chairman said no.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

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Greenpoint businesses pleaded with the MTA to save their summer weekends. The MTA’s chairman told them no

Fifty-five north Brooklyn businesses asked the MTA to spare their summer weekends. The chairman said no.

Bushwick Daily News Desk Greenpoint · May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Greenpoint businesses pleaded with the MTA to save their summer weekends. The MTA’s chairman told them no

The G train is about to disappear from chunks of north Brooklyn all June, and the people who run Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s bars, restaurants and shops have a blunt message for the MTA: this round of shutdowns could put some of them out of business.

Fifty-five owners along the line signed a letter to the MTA board this spring asking the agency to move its planned weekend closures to weeknight overnights instead, amNewYork reported . Their…

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Greenpoint businesses pleaded with the MTA to save their summer weekends. The MTA’s chairman told them no

Greenpoint businesses pleaded with the MTA to save their summer weekends. The MTA’s chairman told them no

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