L Train Down for Two Weekends

The L train will be out of service from 12:01am Saturday to 5am Monday between Broadway Junction and 8th Avenue, Sept. 10-11 and 17-18. To compensate, MTA is running the M train on its weekday schedule to 57th Street, with…

B60 Detoured for Road Construction

The B60 bus will be detoured today and tomorrow, 7:30am to 4pm, for ongoing sewer work on Wilson Avenue between Putnam Avenue and Madison Street. Williamsburg-bound buses take Halsey to Knickerbocker to Gates, before resuming on Wilson; Brownsville-bound buses…

L Interruption This Weekend

Because of rail work at Myrtle-Wyckoff and Halsey stations, the L will be a free shuttle between Lorimer and Broadway Junction from midnight Fri-Sat to 5am on Monday. This will happen again August 27-29.

All other weekends between now and…

Bushwick’s Own Pride Parade Out in Force

For the sixth year in a row, neighborhood organizers Make the Road NY’s all-local pride parade marched down a sunny Knickerbocker Avenue. This past Saturday afternoon, around 100 people — queer-identified immigrants and their supporters and family…

Weekend L Transfer at Broadway Junction

Because of the installation of new vandalism- and intruder-resistant fencing at the L’s Canarsie Yards, those traveling through Broadway Junction will have to transfer at that station to continue their trip in either direction. The change will be in effect…

MTA Advisory: L Train Disruption Fri-Mon

This weekend the L train will be running normally in Brooklyn, but Manhattan-bound passengers will have to transfer at Bedford Avenue to continue into the city. The train then stops at 1st Avenue, skips Third, and ends at Union Square,…

Bushwick Open Studios 2011: Video Snapshots

Bushwick Open Studios gets more complex and overwhelming each year, and videographer Francis Arpaia had a hard time deciding what he’d visit for this series of video snapshots of the event. Come with him as he films studios all…

MTA Service Advisories: Jun 4-5

The L train will be out of service this weekend between Broadway Junction and 8h Avenue, leaving the Bushwick Open Studios art festival in the lurch. To compensate, MTA is running the M train on its weekday schedule to…

BushwickBK on Short Hiatus

We’re busy finishing up a significant redesign and will only be running time-sensitive news for the next several days, into next week. Don’t worry, the Culture Picks will be here tomorrow.

Thanks for your readership and support, and expect a…

MTA Service Advisories: Week of Feb 25

L is down all weekend.