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Design of the new elevated comfort stations. The ramps and stairs are designed to detach in the case of an extreme weather event. (Source: NYC Parks)A group of long-time Brighton Beach advocates seized the opportunity of Monday night’s hearing about the Oceana comfort stations, telling the Parks Department
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If there’s one takeaway from all the Superstorm Sandy-related meetings we’ve attended lately, it’s that there’s still a lot of questions about the New York City Build it Back Recovery Program. Registration for the program is now closed, but registrants have many lingering questions as outreach
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Source: jjackowski/FlickrThe Prospect Expressway is quite a ways out of our coverage area, but a proposal from local Councilman David Greenfield seeks to ease the commute for those who use the roadway to connect to the Brooklyn – Queens Expressway. Here’s the press release, in which Greenfield announces that
Avenue L and East 5th Street, where the woman was attacked. (Source: Google Maps)A 78-year-old Midwood woman is the latest person to come out as a potential victim of a vicious “knockout” game, in which teenagers randomly slug an unsuspecting passerby in the head in an attempt to knock
Avenue L and East 5th Street, where the woman was attacked. (Source: Google Maps)A 78-year-old Midwood woman is the latest person to come out as a potential victim of a vicious “knockout” game, in which teenagers randomly slug an unsuspecting passerby in the head in an attempt to knock
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Screenshot from surveillance video.Authorities are turning to the public for help in tracking down three thugs believed to be behind 11 robberies over two months in Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park. NBC reports [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Serial-Robbers-Brooklyn-Street-Muggings-Video-232562911.html] : > The three men approach
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Avenue V at East 9th Street (Source: Google Maps)Police have taken a 21-year-old mother into custody after she allegedly abandoned her child in a stroller on Avenue V and went to party late Sunday night. The woman left her 6-week-old son in a stroller between two parked cars at
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Residents identified assets and potential projects during October’s workshop.The second public engagement meeting of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program to restore and protect Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach will be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in the Amity School (3867 Shore Parkway). The first
Some of the many donations to the civic’s 2010 food drive.The Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association has kicked off its annual Thanksgiving food drive to assist the needy. The group is collecting non-perishable food items, both kosher and non-josher, along with monetary donations to put towards turkeys. The food drive
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New Utrecht Avenue (Source: Google Maps)New Utrecht Avenue residents living beneath the elevated D line are urging Community Board 11 to get behind a plan to ease parking restrictions along the bustling corridor. The Brooklyn Eagle reports [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/bensonhurst-drivers-beg-city-ease-parking-rules-2013-11-18-200000] : > Gabriel Ingrassia said he and
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A map of the approximate outage area, where 7,724 households were affected. Those shaded red were restored within 20 minutes, while 201 customers in the purple-shaded area were without power until 9 a.m.As many as 7,724 Con Edison customers along a broad swath of Sheepshead Bay,
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Source: Brian Hedden via Bay Ridge OdysseyRepublican Congressman Michael Grimm is asking the federal government to earmark $600 million for the Build it Back program, the housing recovery project designed to help Superstorm Sandy victims, and take control over Sandy funds out of the hands of of local authorities, reports