There’s a train in this photo. Promise. (Source: Darkroom Daze/Flickr)D LINE From 11:45 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., Friday to Sunday, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday, Coney Island-bound D trains run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to
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The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit and Bomb Squad were called to a residential property on Bedford Avenue and Voorhies Avenue more than an hour ago, shutting down nearby streets to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic as they search for explosives in a home. An officer at the scene told
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The proposed location of the facility.The owner of the controversial drug rehabilitation facility attempting to plant its flag on East 21st Street and Jerome Avenue [/city-gives-green-light-to-east-21st-street-drug-rehab-center-despite-objections-from-community-board-and-local-leaders/] has shot back at local leaders who’ve opposed the plan, saying that their comments mocked his own personal disability in order to
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We’re sorry for the late notice on this, but our friends at Coney Island Hospital (2501 Ocean Parkway) are putting on a week-long celebration of breastfeeding, beginning this morning and lasting until Monday. The events are listed on the flier above. There will be giveaways and raffles, as well
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Clockwise from top left: Chaim Deutsch, Theresa Scavo, Igor Oberman, Ari Kagan. It looks like yesterday’s post about Republican City Council candidate David Storobin supporting the push for a New York City Walmart [/storobin-i-will-fight-for-a-nyc-walmart/] generated quite a bit of discussion, and we thought it important to take that one
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Source: Koonisutra/FlickrFormer State Senator David Storobin has a plan to help the poor if elected to the New York City Council this year: let them shop at Walmart [/tag/walmart/]. The only Republican candidate running to replace term-limited Councilman Michael Nelson has penned an op-ed for the Jewish publication
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Source: TBYIL.comThe following is from our friends at the Kings Bay Y: The Kings Bay YM-YWHA will hold a free breast cancer awareness seminar on Thursday, August 1st at 7 p.m. at the Y’s main site at 3495 Nostrand Avenue (between Avenues U and V), Room 101
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Whoops! A truck driver failed to make the 12-foot clearance on 86th Street at 20th Avenue and got wedged underneath the D train el, snarling traffic. Bensonhurst Bean writer Elle Spektor stumbled across the accident, which occurred at approximately 10:15 p.m. last night, and took the accompanying photos
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Source: Kagan campaignCity Council candidate Ari Kagan is reviving a several-year-old demand made by other local leaders, including one of his opponents, to improve traffic and safety conditions at the congested intersection of Coney Island Avenue, Guider Avenue and Banner Avenue on the Sheepshead Bay – Brighton Beach border. The candidate
Source: ELEOTH/FlickrLooks like there’s some heavy-duty trackwork going on Tuesday around Brighton Beach, causing some snafus during off-peak hours. Check it out below. B LINE From 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, no B service between Kings Hwy and Brighton Beach – Take the Q instead.
Source: ELEOTH/FlickrWatch out late night commuters, especially those returning home on the D line from Manhattan. You’re going to have a heck of a week. Check it out below. D LINE From 11:45 p.m. to 5 a.m., Monday to Friday, there are no Coney Island-bound
Source: Jeanette Runyon/FlickrD LINE From 11:45 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., Friday to Sunday, and from 11:45 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday, Coney Island-bound D trains run express from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to 36 St. From 12:01 a.m. Saturday to