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This is the sign that now greets you on my block as you pass under the massive Second Avenue subway thingie.

After enduring more than two years of that mess outside their front door, the pizza joint on my block has joined the long list of shops put out of business by subway construction.

This is the finished version of one of the several ginormous block-long Subway Thingies that have landed on Second Avenue. Each of the Subway Thingies completely blocks the windows of dozens of apartments and likely will for years. (Good luck selling THAT.) On this block, a handful of storefronts continue to struggle along in the narrow darkened tunnel between their …

The Second Avenue subway continues to sprout giant structures along my block. Whatever this thing is, a huge truck just drove down into it. I’m dragging you poor folks along on this decade-long project!

Second Avenue subway construction worker Gary Russo spends his break time entertaining passersby with his Frank Sinatra impression. This clip was shot less than a block from my apartment, but I’ve not yet heard Gary in person.(Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

The giant subway drilling explosion apparatus that has literally been rocking my block has arrived on our doorsteps. I’ve mentioned here how the explosions were shaking my apartment from three blocks away. So I guess now it gets really interesting. (Photo by Dr. Jeff)

Massive underground explosions continue to shake my block daily as the Second Avenue subway construction barrels on. I never hear the blast warnings but I do hear the “all clear” whistles after my furniture has stopped moving.

A giant and odd-looking crane thingy has appeared above the future site of the Second Avenue subway’s 72nd Street station. You gotta feel sorry for all the folks on the lower floors of the apartment buildings, who will likely be facing out on this mess for the next several years.

The MTA just installed eight double-stacked construction trailers at the end of my block, meaning shit’s about get real for our section of the coming Second Avenue subway. The street has already been torn up here for about three years and at least a dozen shops have gone under within a block of my corner. But hey, I’ll have a …

Only seven more years! UPDATE: Several of you have written to point out Rachel Maddow’s Geek Week story about the construction of the Second Avenue subway. The city has been trying to get the line built for 80 years. SRSLY.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the construction of the Second Avenue Subway has sent an avalanche of rats into the streets, cars, and buildings of the Upper East Side. The infestation has left residents of the East 90s along Second Avenue with what they say is the worst rat problem in decades. Things get especially ugly at night, says …

After about two years of prep work, they’ve finally lowered the giant rock boring machine into the Upper East Side pit to begin drilling the next section of the Second Avenue Subway. The machine’s 200-ton cutter head — which uses 44 rotating discs to mine through tons of underground rock — arrived at the project’s “launch box” between 96th and …

Work on the Second Avenue subway line continues, even in the face of “doomsday” MTA service cuts, which may include ending free rides for the city’s public school students. (An excellent way to put an end to those annoyingly rising attendance rates.) The shot above was taken at 91st street, which will be the launching point for the massive tunnel-boring …