The MTA will announce on Monday the official timeline for the long-awaited L train shutdown, the New York Times reports. The Canarsie tube—the tunnel running under the East River, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn—will be shut for eighteen months, beginning in January 2019.

[People enjoy the creature comforts—ceiling fans, wicker benches!—during a Vintage Tea Party on one of the old rail cars New York City Transit is running on the rails this month. Image via Getty]