manhattan beach community group
The next meeting of the Manhattan Beach Community Group will be tomorrow, October 23, 8:00 p.m. at Public School 195, 131 Irwin Street. Scheduled speakers include a representative from New York Rising, Governor Cuomo’s initiative to develop grassroots planning for storm resiliency. A meeting held earlier this
Department of Environmental Protection
Photo by Yuriy SemenovNew York City officials are claiming they need additional revenue to upgrade water and sewer infrastructure, and they’re looking to collect on yet another water rate hike. That’s on top of a 5.6 percent hike in water rates this summer [http://www.nyc.gov/
Photo by Yuriy SemenovNew York City officials are claiming they need additional revenue to upgrade water and sewer infrastructure, and they’re looking to collect on yet another water rate hike. That’s on top of a 5.6 percent hike in water rates this summer [http://www.nyc.gov/
workshops
Lincoln H.S. (Source: Google Maps)New York Rising, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s reconstruction program designed to spur grassroots planning for storm resiliency, will hold its planning workshop for the Brighton Beach, Coney Island and Manhattan Beach communities tomorrow, October 22, at 7:00 p.m. in Abraham Lincoln High
Source: 28 Dreams/FlickrD LINE From 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., Tuesday to Friday, Coney Island-bound D trains run local from 145 St to 59 St-Columbus Circle. N LINE All times until October 2014: There are no N or R trains running between Court St, Brooklyn and
eid al-adha
To complete the four-day celebration of Eid al-Adha, Councilman Vincent Gentile teamed up with the United American Muslim Association to donate close to 300 pounds of meat to the needy, according to a press release.. Eid al-Adha is a major holiday in Islam, and in a symbolic and traditional act
Source: 28 Dreams/FlickrB LINE No scheduled service advisories at this time. Q LINE All times until mid-fall 2013: Manhattan-bound Q trains skip Cortelyou Rd, Beverley Rd, and Parkside Av. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday, no Q trains between 57 St-7 Av and Ditmars
bridge and tunnel police
Thomas Choi (Source: Handout)A Bridge and Tunnel officer was left in critical condition after being struck by a Nissan Maxima on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Sunday. Thomas Choi, 61, was removing the orange barrels that had stopped traffic during weekend work on the Brooklyn-bound lower level, when a female
atlantic towers apartment corp
Update (6:16 p.m.): Reader Christina “Know-it-all” K. wrote in to correct me: it’s a red tailed hawk. A juvenile, which is why its tail isn’t red yet. And maybe this guy is a relative of Pale Male [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Male], the first
dan mundy
Source: WilliamsThe controversial natural gas pipeline, proposed to run underneath the Rockaways, through Jamaica Bay, and into Floyd Bennett Field National Park, has been plodding along the approval process for several months, with the latest news being the issuance of an apparently favorable draft statement by the federal government. (Read
Source: schools.nyc.govFollowing the approval of a controversial charter school co-location within Seth Low Intermediate School (99 Avenue P) [/community-braces-for-decision-on-charter-school-co-location-at-seth-low-intermediate-school/] , the Department of Education is targeting yet another local school as Mayor Michael Bloomberg makes a last-ditch effort to approve as many charter school co-locations as possible [http://www.
11th ave
Intersection of 11th Avenue and 49th Street (Source: Google Maps)A Mazda minivan struck and killed a 69-year-old woman at 11th Avenue and 49th Street in Borough Park, just four blocks from the victim’s home. The van was traveling north on 11th Avenue at approximately 10:35 p.m.