Crime & Safety
L Train Halted Between Brooklyn, Manhattan Due To 'People On The Tracks' (UPDATES)
A pair of alleged L train tunnel trespassers is to blame for your ugly Wednesday night commute, according to the MTA.
UNION SQUARE, NY — L train service was shut down between Manhattan and Brooklyn during the early-evening commute Wednesday due to a pair of "unauthorized people on the tracks," according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
L train service had "resumed with delays" by 5 p.m., the MTA said.
Commuter Alert: L train service suspended btwn Manhattan & Brooklyn as we deal w/ some trespassers who decided to snarl train traffic
— Chief Joseph Fox (@NYPDTransit) April 12, 2017
Service was completely halted for almost an hour between the Bedford Avenue stop in Williamsburg and the 8th Avenue station in Manhattan after two trespassers were discovered on foot inside the subway tunnel, somewhere between 6th Avenue and Union Square, an MTA spokesman said.
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"These two individuals were not supposed to be on the tracks," an NYPD spokeswoman said.
Cops caught one of trespassers and transported that person to Bellevue Hospital for a medical evaluation, according to the NYPD. However, police said the other person got away.
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The L train is delayed because "a customer is walking around on the tracks."
— Vadim Rizov (@vrizov) April 12, 2017
Hey @MTA, any time you wanna move this L train along it'd be great. I could have walked crosstown for as long as it's been sitting here.
— The Duke Of Winjer™ (@jamesmielke) April 12, 2017
Good thing practically nobody uses the L train around this time of day. https://t.co/1lly010RFG
— BeerDharma (@BeerDharma) April 12, 2017
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