L Train Shutdown Planners Want Your Feedback

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — The impending 18-month L train closure is happening January 2019, and the MTA wants to hear your opinions on how you prefer to travel while it's closed. The MTA will hold four workshops in the next month in neighborhoods affected by the L train shutdown to hear community feedback, so mark your calendars.

At the workshops, MTA and Department of Transportation officials will be offering information residents want to know and asking about alternate travel preferences. You can also ask them about accessibility issues, impacts of construction and other service-related changes on the subway and bus during the shutdown. To keep up with the latest on the L train shutdown, subscribe to Williamsburg-Greenpoint Patch for email newsletters and news alerts on your phone.

The workshops will take place on the following dates at these locations:

February 9, 2017, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Eastside of Manhattan

Town and Village Synagogue

334 East 14th Street, New York

February 16, 2017, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Williamsburg

The Williamsburg HS for Architecture & Design

257 North 6th Street, Brooklyn

February 23, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Westside of Manhattan

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

328 West 14th Street, New York

March 2, 2017, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: East Williamsburg/Bushwick

Progress High School

850 Grand Street, Brooklyn

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