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The following is a message from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Photo by Erica ShermanThe only thing worse than having maxed-out charge cards and a mortgage in default is when your kids have them. Hard to believe, but the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that no fewer than 8.
Source: AZY_NYC/FlickrB LINE B service ends early each night this week, from Monday to Thursday. Service stops at 10 p.m.From 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Brighton Beach-bound B trains run local from Prospect Park to Kings Hwy. From 9:45 a.m.
Source: AZY_NYC/FlickrD LINE From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., Monday to Friday, there are no D trains between 59 St and 161 St-Yankee Stadium. There are also no A trains between 59 St and 168 St, and B and C services end early each night. For
Source: Chris_Carter/FlickrD LINE From 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, there are no D trains between Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and 34 St-Herald Sq – Take the F, N, Q, R or special shuttle train instead. * D service operates as follows: 1. Between Coney Island-Stillwell Av
Source: Chris_Carter/FlickrQ LINE All times until mid-fall 2013: Manhattan-bound Q trains skip Cortelyou Rd, Beverley Rd, and Parkside Av. From 10:45 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, Manhattan-bound Q trains run express from Brighton Beach to Kings Hwy. F LINE From 11:30 p.m.
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Source: DOTWho would have ever imaged that the Department of Transportation’s ambitious Seven Bridges project [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/beltpkwybrgs_eng.pdf] would be ahead of schedule? Way back when the project began in 2009, our readers and community leaders expressed concern that the seven-year
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Several readers got in touch this morning to let us know that the FDNY had blocked off Jerome Avenue at East 17th Street. Authorities arrived at approximately 8:20 a.m. and began to investigate a barrel left on the sidewalk, adjacent to the bank. “It looks like they were
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A fire broke out in a three-story building on 18th Avenue near McDonald Avenue in Borough Park moments ago, engulfing the surrounding streets in thick smoke. The above photo, from reader Eddie F., captures the smoke billowing down the street. It’s taken from East 3rd Street, looking west on
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Treyger, with Colton (Source: Treyger campaign)Mark Treyger, a community activist and aide to Assemblyman Bill Colton, scored a decisive victory against his opponents in the Democratic primary to replace term-limited Domenic Recchia as the City Council representative for the 47th District. Treyger locked up 45.55 percent of the
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Flatbush Shomrim founder Chaim Deutsch eked out a narrow, last-minute victory in his effort to replace his boss, Michael Nelson, as the City Council representative for the 48th District. It was a tense night, showing a neck-in-neck race with rival Ari Kagan, a Russian-American journalist and activist also seeking the
Photo Courtesy of Christine FinnThe following is a press release from the offices of Senator Charles Schumer: > U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that the $7.2 million contract awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers to place 600,000 cubic yards of sand along Coney Island
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Actually, I suppose it’s all quiet at all polls for now. We’ve stopped by about six today, and few reported more than 70 voters per electoral district. But that’ll be heating up as the evening draws near, and people head to the booths after work. Meanwhile, our