As the MTA prepares to shut down L train service between Manhattan and Brooklyn in 2019, straphangers who use the line are trying to figure out the best way to get around.
The MTA needs to do major repairs to the Canarsie Tunnel, which was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Sandy.
After several public meetings, transit officials decided to go with a plan that would suspend L train service between 14th Street-8th Avenue in Manhattan and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn for 18 months.
The MTA had also considered a proposal to provide limited service while doing the repairs over a three year period.
NY1 asked L train riders in Manhattan how the shutdown will affect them.
"To me, my daughter goes to school around here so it's literally a 20 minute train ride, which is now maybe gonna turn into two hours," said one rider.
"M train or the bike," said another. "I have to pick up my son after school, so that's gonna be an issue."
The MTA says it will add service on the M and J lines during the L shutdown, and increase the number of cars on the G, which currently has just four cars per train.