{"id":222720,"date":"2026-05-07T01:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222720\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:04:07","slug":"mta-to-build-new-bridge-between-junius-and-livonia-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/222720\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA to build new bridge between Junius and Livonia stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BROWNSVILLE \u2013 THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IS currently working on constructing a new pedestrian bridge between the Junius Street 3 station and the Livonia Avenue L station, set to be completed this winter, <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyn.news12.com\/2026\/05\/05\/junius-and-livonia-train-station-get-major-ada-accessibility-boost\/5GOtJzhMSEurJACeKVS9k6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">according to News 12<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two stations are just two blocks apart, and the 3\u2019s elevated tracks even run over Livonia\u2019s platform, but before now, commuters wanting to transfer had to exit the station and walk a block before climbing the stairs back up, which regular riders told News 12 was a big hassle, especially for people with mobility issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new pedestrian bridge will significantly shorten the transfer, while other upgrades, including three new elevators, will help bring the stations into compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not in the best shape to be walking up and down the stairs right now \u2014 it\u2019s going to be a very lovely thing for me,\u201d one rider told News 12. \u201cI\u2019m very lucky.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eleven other stations across Brooklyn are also currently being upgraded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROWNSVILLE \u2013 THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IS currently working on constructing a new pedestrian bridge between the Junius&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[44254,3302,98,100,99,6616,34052,87629,29661,83045,5330,9,24,63,615],"class_list":["post-222720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-3-train","tag-breaking","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brownsville","tag-disability","tag-junius-street","tag-l-train","tag-livonia-avenue","tag-metropolitan-transportation-authority-mta","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-subway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}