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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 03/10/2026

Let me be clear, I don't want the BQE to be rebuilt. However, I also don't think it's so simple to suggest that it could easily be removed and we'd all be fine.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 03/10/2026

West Side Highway and the Embarcadero both literally fell down. They also were not in the center of a major interstates that handle +100k vehicles a day (ditto the last one for Rochester). I-81 is being torn down, but not before the other expys around Syracuse are being expanded.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 03/10/2026

Yeah, the MTA might be frustrating to use. But have you been to New Jersey?

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

Lord, grant me the confidence of a mediocre tech bro white man.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

You've already thought more about it than he did.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

Consolidating Hewes and Lorimer wouldn't be done on a new structure. It would still be on the existing one. This is an entirely different conversation. But building large concrete towers along a relatively narrow street like Broadway is gonna be a non-starter.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

To be fair, he isn't suggesting closing that stop. The chart clearly shows that it would add an insane amount of time to trips. It's there as part of a random sample maybe? Why am I defending this dude lol?

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

That's a strong maybe. Def would get a lot of backlash from the wealthy homeowners of Ditmas Park tho.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

Meanwhile, disgraced former Gov Andrew Cuomo just bought a multi-million dollar mansion in the Hamptons after saying he'd move to Florida if Mamdani won. pagesix.com/2026/09/30/l... Promises made. Promises broken. Andrew Cuomo.

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Andrew Cuomo buys $9 million-plus estate in the Hamptons with tennis court, pool, gym and wine cellar

The former 2025 NYC mayoral candidate has been a fixture in the Hamptons in the past.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

I've always been a fan of that. It's also a different proposition than just closing a station: it consolidates two close stops and adds a transfer. I really don't want to see other stations closed. A better way to look at low ridership stops is that they provide a great opportunity for TOD growth.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

While you are correct, that feels wildly premature, unfortunately. There appears to be no appetite for Phase 3 for this generation.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

One look at the other stations at the top of this list proves how flawed their assumptions and algorithms are. Chambers St, 5th/53rd, Gand St. etc? What are they thinking?

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

The author makes the argument that the time savings would offset the added walk time. But they don't consider the added time from congestions (trains waiting in the station as riders crowd on) or the extra egress time with a higher density of riders moving through a station.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 02/10/2026

This is what happens when you only look at numbers out of any kind of context. 3 Av reduces crowding at Union Sq. 3 Av ranks 207th of 423 stations (MTA ridership 2025). That's not nothing. stopthestop.com More like #stopthestupidtechbro

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MTA, close the 3rd Ave L stop.

How much time would cutting each subway stop save?

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 01/10/2026

Gothamist, like so much news media, is a ghost of its former self.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 01/10/2026

Sure, but also building these new lines will take a while too. Ideally, the two happen together.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 01/10/2026

I sincerely hope that the IBX has a direct impact on affordable housing in these districts and that it can be a proof-of-concept that can advance other projects like QueensLink.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 26/09/2026

Oh damn, this nor'easter already washed away the Rockaway stations!

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 25/09/2026

This is an odd problem considering that when the Broadway-Lafayette station was built, a southernly extension of the uptown IRT platform was planned for. Ultimately, this unused mezzanine was put into service in 2012.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 25/09/2026

The excuse for not originally connecting to the uptown platform was blamed on poor signal locations. I'm not totally sure why, but I'd imagine that the block signal system had its blocks located in such a way that it would be hard to locate the train further south.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 25/09/2026

My favorite time of year.

Col. Kilgore surveys the carnage he's unleashed and wistfully comments, at a time of introspection, that he loves the smell of fall in the morning.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The degree to which the conversation surrounding hypothetical civilizational collapse due to AI has supplanted the conversation surrounding actual civilizational collapse due to climate change is, shall we say, concerning.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 24/09/2026

Bloomberg had a choice. DeBlasio had a choice. Adams had a choice. They all chose to make it someone else's problem. So here we are. Rebuilding it for only 40yrs service life is also kinda cynical, but it at least leaves the door open for the removal one day. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/o...

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Opinion: The Toughest Choice Was The Only Choice On The BQE - Streetsblog New York City

People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that matters is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 23/09/2026

All the stuff about the Irish diaspora is hilarious because it didn't happen to me.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 23/09/2026

This begs the questions: Is history as fun to watch when you just lived through it?

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 22/09/2026

My biggest concern is SEPTA's capacity for that level of construction. MTA learned a lot (good and bad) building SAS Ph1, but had to rebuild their Construction & Development arm to do so. SEPTA is light-years behind the MTA in this regard. Building Roosevelt now would be a boondoggle.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 22/09/2026

I stopped reading when I saw the word "hipster" in 2026.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 22/09/2026

Totally. An expasnion like Roosevelt Blvd has more to do with driving development than solving a traffic issue. One day it will be needed, but not today.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

how i look at my cool jackets on the first day of fall

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 22/09/2026

They are retelling the stories from the last few episodes like this is a Rocky movie.

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patrick.kennedy @thedotcity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Should the Kennedy Center be torn down? Obviously not. But you know what should?

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 17/09/2026

This is the sad state of local journalism. I'm not kidding when I say that AI could write a more well balanced story.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 17/09/2026

“All these homes that are gonna be torn down, the trees, hundreds of trees, and thousands along the route of this train. It’s really sad, and just congestion, noise, you know there’s just so much at stake in the community with this train,” Stupidity and fear. ny1.com/nyc/queens/n...

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Homeowners protest construction of Interborough Express station in Queens

Residents worry what could happen to the homes and trees in the area to make room for the IBX.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 16/09/2026

Relationships have been ended because of the G.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14/09/2026

The guy from season 2 of "The Wire" is right!

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14/09/2026

60 min producers really went down to a random dive bar, found a guy who'd been there for two days, threw a suit on him, and turned the camera on.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 12/09/2026

It's far from the worst thing to happen in recent times, but these subway Airbnb ads that are aimed at Gen Z (who don't have the money to rent one?) are pretty fucking terrible.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 12/09/2026

There's a new level of hell for people who say "oh he's just joking".

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 09/09/2026

You know the MTA will pass the buck to DOT or something.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 08/09/2026

Where in the NYC area is there room for something like that?

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