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”[The] total shutdown of both tunnels and all service scheduled for April 27 will not be necessary,” The MTA said in a new statement.

Andrew Cuomo halted the dreaded full shutdown of the L train between 8th Avenue in Manhattan and Bedford Ave in Brooklyn over 18 months, which was due to begin on April 27, 2019.

The countdown has officially begun: the MTA has announced the official start date of the L train shutdown…

The 72nd St station is Yoko’s stop, right by the Dakota where she lives and the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park.

“We wanted to memorialize the outpouring of love from the community for Aretha Franklin,” said an MTA spokesperson in a statement about the RESPECT signs at the Franklin Ave and Franklin St subway stations. “We agreed that ‘respect’ was a beautiful tribute and worthy message.”

With the Queen of Soul currently seriously ill and under hospice care, some fan (fans?) took it upon themselves to turn the Franklin St. subway station in Tribeca into an Aretha Franklin tribute, with pasted lyrics and song titles on stairsteps and signage…

The much-dreaded fifteen month L train shutdown is still eight months away, but the exodus has already begun.

The beginning of the end is near for MetroCards, as the MTA plans to launch its new fare payment system starting in May of 2019, and phase them out completely in 2023.

The Broadway-Lafayette station, which is just a few blocks from where Bowie used to live in Soho, has been transformed into a tribute/installation to him – and an ad for ‘David Bowie Is’ at Brooklyn Museum. They’re also selling official Bowie MTA MetroCards.

With the much-dreaded L Train shutdown now only a year away, concerns continue to be raised that the MTA’s shutdown plan will not be sufficient to accommodate the estimated 275,000 riders who use it to travel between Brooklyn and Manhattan daily.