L train
After subway-push killings (and Lhota's resignation), the M.T.A. considers platform screen doors
Now that Joe Lhota has left the M.T.A., the M.T.A. is considering a small-scale introduction of platform screen doors, as a subway-pusher prevention measure.
"It's obvious I'm not at the M.T.A. anymore, because they're talking about doing that," cracked Lhota today, during his remarks at the New York Building Congress. More
Light at the end of the tunnel: Watch M.T.A. workers restore the L train
North Brooklynites, take heart. The M.T.A. is working to repair the L train. Here's some video evidence. More
In a partial breakthrough for North Brooklyn, the G train resumes service
For the first time in more than a week, North Brooklyn has subway service, as the G train resumed operation. More
Still no Williamsburg trains, but the G and L train tunnels are now dry
The G and L train tunnels, which just yesterday were still flooded, have now been pumped dry, the M.T.A. announced. More
Trainless Brooklyn: Williamsburg and Greenpoint stew as the M.T.A. turns to the G and L
Unlike their counterparts in Staten Island and Rockaway, Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents emerged from Sandy largely unscathed.
Nevertheless, their patience with the city's otherwise widely lauded transit recovery efforts is growing thin. More
L-train ridership soars, and the M.T.A. responds
To meet rising demand, the MTA will increase L train service starting Sunday. More
The Strand bestseller list, annotated
The Strand Bookstore, with its famous "18 Miles of New, Used, Rare and Out of Print Books," is as New York as a bookstore can get, and so naturally it seems on a summer day to be mostly tourists.
It also makes sense that several of the books on the store's bestseller list—Gary Shteyngart's brand-new Super Sad True Love Story (No. 3), Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (No. 8), Sloane Crosley's essay collection I Was Told There'd Be Cake (No. 9), Catcher in the Rye (No. 16), Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin (No. 17), and Colm Toibin's Brooklyn (No. 19)—have little in common except that they are set in the city. More
