Source: pamhule/FlickrQ LINE From 3:45 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday, Coney Island-bound Q trains run express from Kings Hwy to Sheepshead Bay. All times until early summer 2014: Coney Island-bound Q trains skip Parkside Av. Effective 5 a.m. Friday, Coney Island-bound Q service restored
R line
The MTA is ramping up constructing on the N and R lines next week, causing significant service adjustments over four consecutive days next week as they expedite the work schedule. From Monday, June 16, to early Friday morning, there will be no service south of 36 St on either line.
2501 knapp st
More than 18 months after the storm, 10 twisted, tattered vessels were finally removed from a city-owned Knapp Street lot after being dumped ashore by Superstorm Sandy and abandoned by their owners. Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein’s office tipped us off to the removal operations, which took place on Tuesday. Here’
crowdsourcing
Oh, look. A dot. One, lonely dot. Won’t you give it some company?Back in April, the city launched [http://www.streetsblog.org/2014/04/29/report-traffic-hazards-with-nycs-vision-zero-map/] an interactive Vision Zero map [http://www.nyc.gov/html/visionzero/pages/dialogue/map.html] for neighbors to get involved with making
Oh, look. A dot. One, lonely dot. Won’t you give it some company?Back in April, the city launched [http://www.streetsblog.org/2014/04/29/report-traffic-hazards-with-nycs-vision-zero-map/] an interactive Vision Zero map [http://www.nyc.gov/html/visionzero/pages/dialogue/map.html] for neighbors to get involved with making
1743 sheepshead bay rd
It was just last week that we reported that the Sprint store at 1743 Sheepshead Bay Road had shuttered [/long-sheepshead-bay-road-sprint-store/], kicking off a flurry of construction. Well, now we see that City World Tobacco is preparing to open in its place. Rovshan from Arbuz sent us the photo above, joking
east 12th st
From reader Kismet: > Around 11 AM today a young woman got her purse snatched on Homecrest Avenue between U and V, closer to V. He grabbed her purse then kicked her down on the ground. I saw him run and then she was running after him screaming that he
scam alerts
The following is a press release from the MTA: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is reminding customers that if they have lost an item on a train or bus, or at a station, they can submit a lost property claim free of charge and directly to the MTA online, by
The following is a press release from the MTA: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is reminding customers that if they have lost an item on a train or bus, or at a station, they can submit a lost property claim free of charge and directly to the MTA online, by
brad aaron
Source: DOTStreetsblog managing editor Brad Aaron wrote a post last week claiming that a Department of Transportation rule change fought for by Councilman Vincent Gentile is making streets less safe [http://www.streetsblog.org/2014/06/06/how-a-dot-parking-rule-change-made-nyc-streets-less-safe/] , but the councilman is standing by the decision. The rule in question
activism
Members of the 25 strong cat colony on Plumb Beach (Photo by Lisanne Anderson/Flickr)You didn’t actually think we’d get through this story without a headline pun did you? The National Park Service (NPS) has agreed to give more time to cat enthusiasts to remove a sizable
3032 nostrand ave
After the Department of Transportation erroneously posted a sign on a residential stretch of Nostrand Avenue indicating two-hour metered parking, several nearby residents received wrongful summonses. Now Councilman Chaim Deutsch is leading the fight to get those tickets thrown out. Deutsch announced the agency’s error at last night’s