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The MTA, Hemorrhaging $200 Million Per Week, Calls For Federal Bailout

The MTA, Hemorrhaging $200 Million Per Week, Calls For Federal Bailout

The steep decline in MTA ridership is a gift to public health. But it has precipitated an historic financial crisis.

Community Leaders Holding a Rally to Protest Gov. Cuomo’s Policing of MTA Today at Noon

Community Leaders Holding a Rally to Protest Gov. Cuomo’s Policing of MTA Today at Noon

L Train: MTA Begins Testing New Technology to Speed Up Service

L Train: MTA Begins Testing New Technology to Speed Up Service

There Will Be No Weekend L Train Shutdowns in December Because the MTA is Feeling the Holiday Spirit

There Will Be No Weekend L Train Shutdowns in December Because the MTA is Feeling the Holiday Spirit

Visit friends, do some holiday shopping and just live your life this December.

A Disabled Former MTA Bus Driver Was Murdered in His Bushwick Home on Tuesday

A Disabled Former MTA Bus Driver Was Murdered in His Bushwick Home on Tuesday

Police found 46-year-old Otis James unconscious and unresponsive from a stab wound.

Come to These Public Forums and Find out How MTA’s Plan for the L Train Breaks Down

Come to These Public Forums and Find out How MTA’s Plan for the L Train Breaks Down

The city will host four open houses to answer your questions and concerns.

Bushwick’s Councilman Espinal Wants Gov. and MTA to Commit to Electric Buses for L Train Shutdown

Bushwick’s Councilman Espinal Wants Gov. and MTA to Commit to Electric Buses for L Train Shutdown

Councilman Rafael Espinal wants Gov. Cuomo and MTA to commit — officially.

The MTA Wants to Improve Service by Removing Seats on the L Train

The MTA Wants to Improve Service by Removing Seats on the L Train

The MTA Announces More ‘FASTRACK’ Repairs on the L Train for the Next Two Weeks

The MTA Announces More ‘FASTRACK’ Repairs on the L Train for the Next Two Weeks

There will be no weeknight service between Lorimer and Broadway Junction.

Meet With the MTA Next Week to Talk About Traffic & Construction (Yikes) While the L Train Is Down

Meet With the MTA Next Week to Talk About Traffic & Construction (Yikes) While the L Train Is Down

These meetings may help determine how you get between Manhattan and Bushwick in 2019 and beyond.

Ask the MTA Your Questions about the L and M Train Shutdowns at a Meeting in Ridgewood Tonight

Ask the MTA Your Questions about the L and M Train Shutdowns at a Meeting in Ridgewood Tonight

MTA officials will be on hand to speak with authority to the public’s questions, concerns and other thoughts about the upcoming extended closures of two of North Brooklyn’s vital public transit lines.

MTA Promises to Rehouse Bushwick Residents During M Train Work “On Our Dime”

MTA Promises to Rehouse Bushwick Residents During M Train Work “On Our Dime”

Pet care, security guards, Chinese takeouts every night — MTA makes big promises to Bushwick residents who will be displaced from their homes due to impending M train construction.

Bushwick Residents and Officials Talk Over Two L Train Closure Options at Formal MTA Meeting

Bushwick Residents and Officials Talk Over Two L Train Closure Options at Formal MTA Meeting

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

Finally! MTA Schedules Public L Train Meeting for Cinco de Mayo

Finally! MTA Schedules Public L Train Meeting for Cinco de Mayo

It’s doubtless been a rough week for MTA officials after news broke that residents of homes beneath the M train at Myrtle Broadway will have to pack up and leave during track work—but the Authority has finally committed to holding a public meeting sharing details about the coming Lpocalypse on Cinco de Mayo

Residents Facing MTA “Relocation” Meet to Share Concerns

Residents Facing MTA “Relocation” Meet to Share Concerns

Bushwick community members who occupy twenty-six apartments on the triangular block adjacent to the Myrtle Ave-Broadway station on the J, M and Z trains and who discovered last week that M train work will necessitate that they leave their homes for a definite 6-10 months and possibly much longer met Wednesday night to share their experiences and consider plans of action

Your Weekend Bushwick MTA Headache: J, M & L Will All Have Reduced Service

Your Weekend Bushwick MTA Headache: J, M & L Will All Have Reduced Service

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 Is the L Train Coalition’s Letter to the MTA

This Is the L Train Coalition’s Letter to the MTA

L Train Coalition leaders announced Tuesday that the organization is redoubling its push for signatures on its signed letter to the MTA

L Train Update: You’ll Have Lots of Chances to Talk It Out With the MTA

L Train Update: You’ll Have Lots of Chances to Talk It Out With the MTA

Don’t worry, Bushwick—the L train may be out of service for a long time, but you’ll have ample opportunity to give the MTA a piece of your mind

The L Train Shutdown Meeting: Riders and Businesses Are Frustrated by the Lack of Explanation from the MTA

The L Train Shutdown Meeting: Riders and Businesses Are Frustrated by the Lack of Explanation from the MTA

Today at 11AM, the community of local business owners, commuters, organizations, elected officials and concerned citizens met at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl to discuss the impact of the possible long-term L train shutdown

Your Weekly MTA Update: The Return of the Major Service Change

Your Weekly MTA Update: The Return of the Major Service Change

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

The MTA Continues to Go Wireless: “Can You Hear Me Now? Good!”

The MTA Continues to Go Wireless: “Can You Hear Me Now? Good!”

Hello there again! Didn’t think you would be seeing me twice in one day did you? Well, I want to share some pretty cool news that I just could not wait until next week to tell you

Your Weekly MTA Update: L Is for Let There Be Service!

Your Weekly MTA Update: L Is for Let There Be Service!

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

Weekly MTA Update: The Terrible Train Triad

Weekly MTA Update: The Terrible Train Triad

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

Your Weekly MTA Update: A Sweet Thanksgiving Treat!

Your Weekly MTA Update: A Sweet Thanksgiving Treat!

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

Live From the Farewell Bar, It’s the Soup Queen

Live From the Farewell Bar, It’s the Soup Queen

After spending the pandemic making soups at home, one Bushwick cook is now working out of a bar.

Here’s Some Things That Are Happening This Week(end): May 19 – May 21

Here’s Some Things That Are Happening This Week(end): May 19 – May 21

Comedy shows! More comedy shows! And local eco-rapper Hila the Killa!

Things Happening This Week(end) (May 12 – May 16) in and Around Bushwick

Things Happening This Week(end) (May 12 – May 16) in and Around Bushwick

Here’s a whole week’s worth of free and affordable events happening in and around the neighborhood!

Happening This Week(end) (May 5 – May 9) in and Around Bushwick

Happening This Week(end) (May 5 – May 9) in and Around Bushwick

A new vinyl-theme bar is opening in Ridgewood!

Things Happening This Week(end) (April 29 – May 2) in and Around Bushwick

Things Happening This Week(end) (April 29 – May 2) in and Around Bushwick

It’s May Day weekend!

Things Happening This Week(end) (April 21 – April 24) in and Around Bushwick

Things Happening This Week(end) (April 21 – April 24) in and Around Bushwick

It’s the Night of 1000 Miley’s! House Of Yes has a free Earth Day party! There’s a documentary playing at Mayday!

Some Things To Do This Week(end) (April 16 – April 20) in and Around Bushwick

Some Things To Do This Week(end) (April 16 – April 20) in and Around Bushwick

Buy some pre-rolls! Hunt for Easter Eggs! Stroll in Ridgewood in the pale moonlight!

How To Bike Through Bushwick

How To Bike Through Bushwick

A guide to biking down and out in Bushwick and Ridgewood

Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Streets in Bushwick may be subject to dangerous lead exposure. Because of the quiet stripping of 2018 legislation by former governor Andrew Cuomo, the extent of the problem remains largely unknown. A Bushwick Daily investigation.

New ‘Interborough Express’ Proposed by Gov. Hochul Would Connect Bushwick With Other Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens

New ‘Interborough Express’ Proposed by Gov. Hochul Would Connect Bushwick With Other Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens

Gov. Hochul has ordered the MTA to begin the environmental review process for the project immediately.

Local Leaders Push Congress to Abolish Puerto Rico’s ‘PROMESA’ Law

Local Leaders Push Congress to Abolish Puerto Rico’s ‘PROMESA’ Law

Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board, established by the PROMESA law in 2016, has “exacerbated the structural inequalities and austerity in Puerto Rico,” one local leader said.

Around Bushwick: A Neighborhood Gets Vaccinated

Around Bushwick: A Neighborhood Gets Vaccinated

Locals tell us what it means to try to resume a sense of ‘normalcy’ in 2021: ‘There’s a relief to feel like you’re not potentially hurting someone’