The MTA cuts will affect life in Brooklyn. That’s for sure. They say they’re saving $93 million. But their “gain” is definitely going to hurt straphangers.  Here’s an excerpt from the Brooklyn Paper:

Lowlights of the agency’s most austere plan in 30 years include:

• The M train, which previously shuttled riders from Essex Street in Manhattan and Bay Parkway during the rush hour, will be eliminated entirely.

• Express bus lines in Williamsburg, Downtown and Bay Ridge will have their weekend service slashed, or be eliminated entirely.

• A bus line in Bay Ridge will be reorganized.

• Bus lines through Downtown, Red Hook, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Windsor Terrace will be reorganized, forcing straphangers to add an extra transfer to complete some trips — or hoof it.

• A bus line that connects Kensington to Borough Park will be eliminated entirely.

• A bus line connecting Homecrest and Marine Park to the Kings Plaza shopping mall will no longer operate on weekends.