The Belt Parkway is about to get a little more congested, as the highway is slated to lose one lane at Bay Ridge Avenue beginning tomorrow night. The lane closures will begin at 11:00 p.m., on Friday, May 30. The eastbound and westbound lanes of the Belt Parkway
bullet points
Ocean Parkway (Source: AMRosario/Flickr)“ Bullet Points [/tag/bullet-points/]” is our format for Community Board 15 meeting coverage, providing takeaways we think are important. Information in Bullet Points is meant only to be a quick summary, and some issues may be more deeply explored in future articles. Sign-onara, DOT: The
50 oceana drive east
Oceana complex (Source: Google Maps)The final building in the Oceana condominium complex is nearly complete, and now owner Muss Development has announced plans to fill the first two floors with commercial tenants – the first businesses to appear within any of the complex’s 16 buildings. The latest building, 50
bay parkway promenade
Contractors are now on-site, tearing up and reconstructing a broad swath of the Shore Parkway Greenway near Ceasar’s Bay, also known as the Bay Parkway promenade. We were first tipped off to the work by Councilman Vincent Gentile’s office, who, along with former Councilman Domenic Recchia, allocated just
Coney Island Museum
Dick Zigun (Source: Whiskeygonebad/Flickr)What better way to recognize the opening of summer than to spend some time with the most well-known man of the world’s most well-known summer destination? I’m guessing that’s what the New York Times was thinking when they sent a reporter down
Dick Zigun (Source: Whiskeygonebad/Flickr)What better way to recognize the opening of summer than to spend some time with the most well-known man of the world’s most well-known summer destination? I’m guessing that’s what the New York Times was thinking when they sent a reporter down
homelessness
Sean Henry (Source: electseanhenry.com)Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new initiative earlier this month to dramatically shrink the number of families living in the city’s homeless shelters, but a challenger to embattled State Senator John Sampson, Sean Henry [/another-challenger-steps-in-to-take-state-senator-john-sampsons-seat/], who spent his early years homeless, said the
Source: andrew c mace/FlickrD LINE From 11:45 p.m. to 5 a.m., Tuesday to Friday, Coney Island-bound D trains run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 36 St. N LINE From 10:15 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, Coney Island-bound N trains skip
Source: andrew c mace/FlickrB LINE From 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday to Friday, Manhattan-bound B trains run local from Sheepshead Bay to Prospect Park. Q LINE From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, there are no Q trains between 57 St-7
2001 oriental blvd
Community Board 15 is meeting tonight, May 27, at 7:00 p.m. at Kingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulavard) in the faculty dining room. The following zoning items are on the agenda. * 3743-3761 Nostrand Avenue – Application to extend the term of the special permit on a gas station. No
bill cortese
Cortese (Source: Facebook)Congressman Michael Grimm, once considered a popular rising star in the Republican party, is finding fewer friends at his side as the government continues to pursue a criminal case against him. Over the weekend, news broke that his campaign’s only full-time employee, campaign manager Bill Cortese,
bill colton
The following is a statement from Assemblyman William Colton, issued yesterday for Memorial Day: Colton (Source: Facebook)As summer approaches, many of us in southwest Brooklyn will be celebrating Memorial Day by enjoying barbecues, parties and time off from work and school. But while we gather with our families and