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MTA Previews Big L Train Shutdown With 15 Weekends Of L Shutdowns

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Jake Offenhartz

Published Aug 6, 2018

Modified Aug 6, 2018

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Streets around the Bedford Avenue L are already being transformed by the L-pocalypse.

 

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Jake Offenhartz

Published Aug 6, 2018

Modified Aug 6, 2018

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