The MTA may not be shutting down L train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan until 2019, but riders got a preview of their commuting future Monday morning when service was temporarily suspended by a police investigation.
Officials chose an 18-month closing over a three-year partial shutdown to repair the Carnarsie Tunnel carrying the L train under the East River, which was damaged during Hurricane Sandy, as first reported by the New York Times.
“Throughout our extensive outreach process and review, it became clear that the 18-month closure was the best construction option and offered the least amount of pain to customers for the shortest period of time,” said New York City Transit President Veronique Hakim.
New Yorkers weighed in the MTA's resolution on Twitter, one describing it as "secretly the city's way of saying 'f--k you" to the gentrifiers."