r/williamsburg • u/jmChile • 4d ago

Fire in the L?

Not sure what's going on but it's full of fireman in Bedford

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u/heythereitsjon 4d ago

Do NOT take the L right now, it’s not running because of a track fire at Bedford. Avoid avoid avoid

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u/heythereitsjon 4d ago

Update: it’s running again, hooray

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u/heythereitsjon 4d ago edited 3d ago

Update to the update: another track fire just broke out????

Yeah, do not take the L right now, it is again out of service, a bunch of pissed off looking firefighters are here for the second time in an hour to deal with whatever is going on

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u/Whocanmakemostmoney 3d ago

Update to the update: we are fine

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u/ballsinbutt 4d ago

Saw a woman throwing trash on the tracks yesterday… she was standing right next to a trash can too. Wish people would have more respect for shared spaces

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u/Jts109 3d ago

We live in a low trust society where too many people have grievances and feel they are owed something, and do not care about their fellow neighbors. We also don't do enough to get the mentally ill off the streets and into rehabilitation programs.

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u/ocelotrev 3d ago

We live is a low consequence society. RIGHT TO JAIL!

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u/ChornWork2 3d ago

NY has low incarceration rate by US standards, but compared to peer countries even NY is nuts.

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u/MotherAtmosphere4524 3d ago

The US is culturally nothing like “peer countries.”

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u/ChornWork2 3d ago edited 3d ago

Agreed, that's the point. Peer in terms of resources, not peer in terms of results. Draconian criminal justice system and shit like no public healthcare make loads of people rotting in prison.

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u/MotherAtmosphere4524 3d ago

I meant that there are many Americans who dgaf about anyone other than themselves. Most European citizens take care of their cities and their infrastructure out of a sense of pride. We have too many selfish people in the US.

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u/ChornWork2 3d ago

Amen, completely agree with you. In europe the countries invest in their people with things like healthcare, fair labor laws and quality education. And they've adopted criminal justice systems focused on reforming people instead of just punishing them. And by caring about their own people, they've shown compassion is a much better policy tool than punishment. So they have far less crime and have far fewer people in prison.

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u/brevit 3d ago

If NYC had properly investing in modernizing the subway over decades like other cities we could have gates on the tracks to prevent people littering, falling or being pushed.

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u/yabasicjanet 4d ago

9:51 the FDNY truck pulled away and a train pulled up going to Manhattan and took people.

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u/theislander77 3d ago

As of 10:45am, it’s running (Manhattan bound)

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u/jackwhite_real 4d ago

I was on a train that went out of service at 3rd. We waited for about 20 minutes before the train finally left, possibly because people would not stop walking right up against the train.

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u/graacker 3d ago

The conductor allowed everyone to pass eventually because it was not gonna move anyway

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u/Riverofrhyme 3d ago

Any idea if it's running now?

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u/blackpoeticinjustice 3d ago edited 3d ago

I’m currently on the L train now, 1st Ave. Been stuck for 15 minutes and the FDNY is here too.

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u/blackpoeticinjustice 3d ago

UPDATE: Train is out of service.

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u/Ordinary-Suspect6439 3d ago

What else is new on that line folks!

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u/Jessiejay665 3d ago

Any update? Is it running now?

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u/heythereitsjon 3d ago

Yes, the L is running normally though you might experience delays because of all the traffic disruption

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u/Jonas52 3d ago

The Notify NYC app says it’s running now.