An upside of the L Train shutdown: Better rents in Ridgewood

A Ridgewood resident eyes plans for the L Train shutdown at a recent community meeting. Two more town halls, May 8 and May 16, are planned in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Photo: Angely Mercado
I first heard about a potential L train shutdown around 2016 to fix the damage sustained during superstorm Sandy in 2012. I panicked and thought that it meant there would be no L train at all for more than two years. There were more updates online and by 2017 I learned that the L train would not be crossing int