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Nauseating L Train Mystery Smell Enters Day 4: 'We Get Drunk With The Fumes!'


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Jake Offenhartz
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Christopher Robbins

Published Feb 7, 2019

Modified Feb 7, 2019


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Commuters along the L line on February 6, 2019<br>
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Christopher Robbins

Published Feb 7, 2019

Modified Feb 7, 2019


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Jake Offenhartz is a former Gothamist reporter.

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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.

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