The Aporia · NYC subway riders rip MTA over L train weekend shutdowns: ‘I’m numb to it now’

Haley Brown

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The MTA will halt traffic between Manhattan and Brooklyn on the L line for two weekends next month — leaving already-frustrated commuters even more peeved at the transit agency. asserted

MTA → halt → agency

The L train will not run between Lorimer Street and Eighth Avenue in both directions from 11:15 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday on Oct. 2-5 and Oct. 9-12. asserted

train → run → Oct.

“We are installing new communications equipment and taking advantage of the outage to complete additional routine track maintenance work,” an MTA spokesperson told The Post Friday. asserted

spokesperson → instal → work

For April Diaz, 34, who takes the L from Bushwick to Eighth Avenue in Manhattan for her job at a discount store, the closure means lost time or even a late arrival. asserted

closure → take → time

“What if I take the bus and it gets stuck in traffic? asserted

it → take → traffic

I am going to be late,” Diaz said. asserted

Diaz → go → ?

“I don’t like going to work late.” asserted

I → like → work

Diaz, a mother of two, said she had not seen the station notices and now has to figure out a new route. asserted

she → say → route

“I have to get to work,” she said. asserted

she → have → work

“I have two daughters to take care of.” asserted

I → have → care

The MTA wouldn’t say how much the construction work will cost, the number of riders affected, or whether more shutdown weekends could follow — but riders like 65-year-old John Smith said they have come to expect frequent service disruptions. “I’m numb to it now. uncertain

I → say → it

I’m pretty used to it but I don’t like it, I don’t like it at all,” said Smith, a postal worker who normally rides the L from Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenue to Eighth Avenue. asserted

who → ’m → Avenue

During the shutdown, he expects to have to take three different trains on his route to work. asserted

he → expect → work

“I do have to get up earlier because I got all these different trains to take,” Smith said. asserted

Smith → have → trains

“I’m paying all this money and getting lousy service.” asserted

I → pay → service

Carlos Marte, who makes home visits across the city for his health care job, said he switched to only working half days on Saturdays because of the MTA’s frequent weekend disruptions. asserted

he → make → disruptions

“It’s every weekend!” Marte said. asserted

Marte → ’ → ?

“If it’s not the L train, it’s going to be some other train that’s disrupted or changed on the weekends.” asserted

that → ’ → weekends

NYC subway riders rip MTA over L train weekend shutdowns: ‘I’m numb to it now’

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