L train between Brooklyn and Manhattan to fully shut down for 18 months beginning 2019
Survey: Majority of L Train Riders Preferred 18-Month Option
The decision is in.
After months of community hearings, the MTA announced on Monday morning that beginning in 2019, there will be a full, 18-month closure of the L line’s Canarsie Tunnel, in lieu of a partial, three-year closure that would leave one track operating at 20 percent capacity.