By Maria Rocha-Buschel
L train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan could be shut down completely for multiple years due to long-needed repairs because of damage from Hurricane Sandy.
The service disruption was originally reported by Gothamist last Wednesday, which explained that the work would not shut down the train completely but would terminate Manhattan-bound service from Canarsie at Bedford Avenue, the line’s busiest station.
Following the report on Gothamist, transportation blog Second Avenue Sagas noted that a complete shutdown would likely not last three full years, as this is the long-term timeline for all of the work needed on the L line if the repairs were done on one tube at a time or otherwise split the shutdown of the tunnel. If the MTA were to completely shut down the tunnel to do the repairs, it would take two years at most, a source told the blog.
