News
Immigrants and Majority of Low-Income New Yorkers Left Out of Fair Fares Program
New eligibility requirements for affordable metro cards will affect Bushwick's immigrants and low-income residents.
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Community
Friday Fast Facts: The L Reigns as Most Reliable Weekday Train in NYC
MTA countdown clock data reveals the most (and least) reliable trains in the city.
News
The J/M Trains Will Not Be Running From BK to Manhattan on the Weekends
From the end of November until the end of January. At least the L train is coming back for the...
Food and Drink
Here Are Bushwick’s Best Cheap Eats
More Than 40 Bushwick Spots Where You Can Eat for $10 or Less
Community
Only 5 Stations Are Handicap Accessible on the J/Z, M and L Lines in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's Disabled Residents Have Few Options When It Comes to Mass Transit.
Community
Gates Avenue J Train Commuters Are Petitioning to Open Up a Locked End of Their Station
"It's Time To Open The Gates At The Gates Station," declares the petition.
Community
For the Next Three Weeks, Bushwick is Without Weeknight L Service
Don't plan on getting around Bushwick on the L between 10:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. on any weeknights for the...
Community
The J and Z Trains Will Run Local for Ten Months While the M Train is Down
More changes to an already confusing slate of repairs and closures will make 2017 the year of the transit headache.
Bushwick
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...
News
BOS 2014 Miracle? The Trains Are Running, The Sun Is Shining! It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
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Your Weekly Train Update: The Transit Twilight Zone
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Your Weekly Train Update: Here We Go Again on Our Own
Upon initial glance of this weekend’s train service changes the first thing that popped into my mind was Whitesnake’s “Here...
News
Your Weekly Train Update: April Showers Have Brought…May Service Changes!
Ooof! This is NOT our week - between the rain-a-thon just a couple of days ago and the L train's...
News
Your Weekly Train Update: Endless “Service Change” Vortex
Welcome to Bushwick- home of the repetitive subway service changes and interruptions! Week after week, the same service changes are...
News
Weekly Train Update: Same Service Change, Different Day
You know, by nature I am really an optimist – always looking on the bright side of things and making...
News
Your Weekly Train Update: The Service Changes That Just Keep on Giving (Us Headaches)
Well, looks like even Madonna moving into the neighborhood can’t even make the Bushwick trains run normal – and if The...
News
Your Weekly Train Update: A Tale of Three (Incredibly Frustrating) Trains
Once upon a time there were three trains located in Bushwick (the Z is a figment of your imagination). Anyways,...
News
Your Weekly Train Update: Spring is for Sunshine, Flowers…and Service Interruptions!
So here is to warmweather and frustrating mass transit! Happy riding! Ahh the first day of Spring was yesterday –...
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Your Weekly Train Update: Some Things Never Change (Unfortunately)
[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”w994BMLQTU4nxoPoogZCne2AA3r8riFq”] Looks like the L train (and M…and J) want to take part in Flashback Friday and revisit old...
News
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...
News
Weekly Train Update: The Polar Vortex Edition
Ah, Bushwick in the Polar Vortex - where jumping giant slush puddles and fearing frostbite is the norm
News
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...
News
Your Weekly Train Update: L is for “Let it Snow!” (Or, Actually, Maybe Not)
The Bushwick train trio has had a pretty nice service streak as of late - but of course something had...
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Your Weekly Train Update: L is for “Loves It!”
Last week I just "Liked" (not "Loved!") the MTA because, although there were no scheduled service changes, I was a...
News
Your Weekly L Train Update: L Is for “Like!” (But Not Love)
I know that after the sticky situation the L train got itself into yesterday, the last word one would associate...
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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...
News
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...
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6 Ways The J Train Trumps The L
Last week we told you the ways the L train can be triflin‘. In our comments section, readers ended up...