Residents of parts of Brooklyn and Queens can start bracing for major delays on the M line next year.
The MTA held a meeting in Bushwick to discuss the plan to rebuild two sections of the elevated line starting next summer.
As a result, officials say M train service will be suspended from Metropolitan Ave in Queens to Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn.
After that, eight more months of planned work will shut down service between the Myrtle-Wyckoff and Myrtle Avenue stations in Brooklyn.
The MTA also says residents and businesses directly next to the line will have to relocate due to the track's close proximity.
"In many cases, the structure is as close as 24 to 36 inches from the backs of those buildings, which is not something anybody would ever do if they had to think about how to replace that structure in the future," said MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast.
"I work at Metropolitan on the line, so I'm not going to be able to go there, and I have to pick somewhere else," said one commuter.
"Even to walk over from here to the J is about four to five blocks, which is what, an extra 20-minute walk, when the train was right around the corner," said another commuter.
Officials say the M line structure is about 100 years old and needs to be fixed before L train work starts in 2019.