fare hikes
Go buy Metrocards! Tomorrow, December 30, the MTA fare hikes go into effect. Second Ave Sagas [http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/12/29/on-the-day-before-the-fare-hike/] has a good wrap up of the changes: > The 30-day card will cost $104 and the seven-day card $29. The 14- and one-day cards will go
Facebook fan Frances P. got this shot of plows working on her street yesterday. The Sanitation Department is aiming to clear most or all of the side streets in Community Board 15 by midnight tonight, according to the board’s chairperson Theresa Scavo. Scores of streets in the area remain
Well, if mountains of snow aren’t in your way, parked cars will be. And we’re not talking about those abandoned in the middle of streets during the storm. It appears drivers are beginning to create new parking lanes on large avenues as most parking spaces remain packed with
snowmen
Tired of reading about snow yet?
UPDATE (10:15 a.m.): B and Q train service has resumed with residual delays! Hurray! UPDATE (9:55 a.m.): We’re hearing the B36 and the B44 are also now up and running. Just a morning update: * Almost all subway service is restored except the B, Q and
Left: The street Mayor Bloomberg lives on; Right: The street I live onMayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t get it. He’s urging patience, and seems somewhat bewildered that us yokels in the outerboroughs would even question why our streets don’t matter to the city. When I ran a quote
Since the blizzard struck, many of us have been limited to the streets around our homes. We’ve heard complaints from neighbors in all parts, and everyone’s convinced that as bad as this storm hit Southern Brooklyn, their home, their block, their local thoroughfare were hit the worst. Well,
Source: NYS SenateState Senator Carl Kruger slammed the city for its “colossal failure” in responding to the weekend’s blizzard, which left most of the area’s main roadways and many of its side streets impassible [/snowtastrophe-2010-sheepshead-bay-road-in-photos/]. Kruger is demanding that the City Council’s sanitation committee immediately hold emergency
Reader Maribel P. sent in this photo of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Z this morning, where a B36 bus has been stuck since Sunday. The bus is blocking off whatever traffic there might have been on westbound Avenue Z and southbound Nostrand Avenue. Meanwhile, BrooklynQ is suggesting Avenue U and
Source: alancleaver_2000 via FlickrTuesday Tips is a series of articles from local experts to help you save money, make better decisions and plan for a better future. Although called a ‘tax cut,’ the new law just signed is really not a tax cut. It is basically just an extension
Brooklyn Heights
So this one’s not in our neighborhood, but no one has picked up on this video yet and it needs to be highlighted. In a public display of true incompetence, a Department of Sanitation plow working in Brooklyn Heights ripped open the back of a Ford Explorer earlier today.
I went down Sheepshead Bay Road this morning to get a better gauge of how the blizzard had affected the neighborhood’s commercial centers. What I saw wasn’t pretty. Scratch that, it was very pretty, but it didn’t say much for how our city handled the storm. And,