Life Is EL

"LIFE IS EL" - Living and working under and around the elevated train tracks in New York City. http://lifeisel.com

Written & filmed by Mark Goldberg

07/17/2025

A lot of the newer footage I've captured for Life Is EL, can be viewed by watching the Life Is EL YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5kPfydLC_s0DXbun7FkH4GdFQ7nW6TiZ

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10/29/2019

Great news. The film has been featured in a QNS.com article and will hopefully be in print soon: https://qns.com/story/2019/10/29/queens-based-filmmaker-mark-goldberg-is-in-search-for-people-to-appear-in-his-new-documentary-life-is-el/

Filmmaker and Astoria resident Mark Goldberg is working on a special New York City transit documentary entitled “Life is EL.” The documentary will explore the history of the city’s elevated train tracks, and, most importantly, the way it has impacted the lives of the people who own businesses ...

02/10/2019

We've captured maybe 1/3 of the footage we need to complete Life Is EL. We need your help in finding people that currently live next to an Elevated train in NYC. If you or if you know someone who does and is willing to to be interviewed, please send me a message. The interview will be very quick.

10/02/2018

I have a new Teaser up:

"LIFE IS EL" - Living and working under and around the elevated train tracks in New York City. http://lifeisel.com http://www.facebook.com/LifeIsEL https://w...

08/31/2018

This is a teaser for the documentary entitled "LIFE IS EL" - Living and working under and around the elevated train tracks in New York City. http://lifeisel.com http://www.facebook.com/LifeIsEL https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8856020/

Special thanks to Yasunori Tanaka, Ethan Stratzman, Lynn Nevins and Bob Battipaglia and Crew at Grand Wine & Liquors.

08/05/2018

A couple of BTS's. Photos by Yasunori Tanaka.

08/03/2018

Some interesting photos of life around elevated trains in NYC. These are the things we will explore in the film as it has three chapters, the past, present and the future.

04/28/2018

We conducted our first interview today of a business affected by the temporary closure of a station. If you are a business owner, or know a business owner that has been or will be affected by a station closure and would like to be interviewed for Life Is EL, please message me.

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LIFE IS EL - Living and working under and around the elevated train tracks in New York City

LIFE IS EL is a documentary I wrote that will explore all aspects of living and doing business under and around the elevated train tracks in New York City. The film will study the physical, economic, social, environmental and medical problems that arise as of a result of living around or working and doing business under or near an elevated train that is busy 24/7/365 (in most cases.) It will also explore the past, present and future of these elevated train tracks.

We have started filming and one of the most important aspects of the film is the economic impact that the temporary or permanent closure of elevated train stations has had on local businesses. Many times these impacts are negative as in the loss of business due to a stations closure for repairs and upgrades, but sometimes there are positive impacts in the case of when a business experiences an increase in business as a result of being the next closest station to a closed one.

We are looking for business owners that want to tell their story. If you would like to be interviewed on camera to share your experiences of doing business under or around an elevated train in New York City, please contact me via email: [email protected]

We are also looking for community leaders, politicians, activists and residents that are also interested in sharing their stories about life with an EL, so please contact me via email: [email protected]