L train service resumes after child's trip-and-fall

Riders on the L line are finding their regular Tuesday morning commutes disrupted.

There was no service between Brooklyn and Manhattan for a time, after a 12-year-old boy tripped and fell into the northbound tracks at Metropolitan Avenue, police said. It happened as the train was entering the station and he rolled underneath the platform overhang, avoiding contact with the train.

He was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

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Service was restored on the L line before 10 a.m. with lingering delays.

Straphangers are advised to use the A, C or J trains as alternatives.

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