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Brooklyn Subway Stations Won’t Get WiFi For Another Year

October 16, 2014 By Daniel Hoffman

(Photo: Natalie Rinn)

Governor Cuomo — fresh off of plugging his new book — announced today that 40 more NYC subway stations have been equipped with wifi, bringing the grand total to 76. Unfortunately for the iPhone-happy denizens of Brooklyn, none of those stations are in their borough, and it’ll be at least another year till G train riders can live the dream of streaming Jonathan Toubin’s groovy new Halloween mix in lieu of listening to the pitter-patter of track rats. (Hey, in the meantime you can always grin and bear that album U2 put onto your iTunes.)
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Tags: Bushwick, Crime + Community, Greenpoint, internet access, subway stations, wifi, Williamsburg, wireless

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And Another Thing, Mr. Steingarten: Roberta’s Is NOT 8 Blocks From the Train

July 18, 2013 By Daniel Maurer

Man, we got so worked up yesterday about Vogue’s patronizing praise of Brooklyn dining that we forgot to mention one of the things that irked us the most: Jeffrey Steingarten’s complaint about the “subway ride that often dumped us eight dark and unfamiliar blocks from supper” at Roberta’s.
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Tags: acme smoked fish, brooklyn, Greenpoint, jeffrey steingarten, l train, manhattan, roberta's, subway stations, vogue

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10 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the G Train But Were Stuck Underground So Couldn’t Ask

July 16, 2013 By Natalie Rinn

The waiting is the hardest part. (Photo: Natalie Rinn)

Like any relationship fraught with “issues,” riders of the G train know acute highs (like catching the train just as it arrives at the dank Broadway station at 3am) and despairing lows (like, ugh, having to ride the shuttle bus from Greenpoint to Court Square half the summer). Good or bad, the G knows how to keep things interesting!

The MTA’s full review of the G line, released yesterday and embedded below, made us see our relationship with the G in a whole new light, and like a good couples counselor it finally helped us get some questions answered. Starting with…
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No Joke, The Newsstand at Metropolitan Now Sells Pickle Chips, Zines, and Vinyl

June 19, 2013 By Anthony Pappalardo

These days, the customers of the newsstand in the Metropolitan stop aren’t waiting in line to buy the Post, Times, or those stale House of Bazzini nuts that you can’t actually find above ground. Instead, they’re asking for change to buy zines out of a vending machine and snatching up vinyl records curated by Greenpoint shop Co-Op-87.
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Tags: 8-ball zine fair, all day every day, co-op 87, hamburger eyes, l train, lele saveri, mcclure's pickles, metropolitan avenue, record shops, subway stations, the newsstand, vinyl, Williamsburg, zines