(Source: DaveBleasdale/Flickr)If you find yourself waiting at a traffic light on Ocean Parkway or Emmons Avenue and feel the need for speed, it might be wise to cool your engines. According to the New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/red_light_cams_red_light_
enrique spencer
Students excavate an old well at the Lott House (Source: brooklyn.cuny.edu)The famous and historic Lott House of Marine Park has been invaded by teenagers and an eager Brooklyn College Ph.D. student looking to unearth the treasures of 18th century Brooklyn. BC News [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.
american littoral society
Littoral Society volunteers gather seeds to replant on marsh islands recently restored by the Army Corps (Source: Kirsten Luce / Narrative.ly)The marshes of Jamaica Bay are shrinking, but the fight to save them is well underway. Susan M. Lee of Narratively [http://narrative.ly/2012/10/defending-the-marsh/], provides an
christain del re
Source: lmghs.orgChristian Del Re, an assistant principal at Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences, is facing disciplinary charges after allegedly sending nearly 3,000 text messages to an 18-year-old female student over a 90-day period. Reports also say Del Re engaged in marathon late-night phone sessions with
boardwalk
Globe-trekking photographer Samm Blake captures the joy and beauty of Coney Island and Brighton Beach in a recent photo essay on her blog, For the Art and Adventure [http://www.fortheartandadventure.com/travel/brighton-beach-coney-island]. Reflecting on life, courage, and her own artistic pursuits, Blake shares her beautiful photography and discusses
art
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwV9k27g1M] When I was walking around a mall in South Korea last year, there were a lot of digital camera salesmen. They didn’t speak any English, but seeing how my girlfriend and I were as white as can be, they knew we
bribery
Lipsky on CUNY TV (Source: cuny.tv)Longtime lobbyist Richard Lipsky, who pleaded guilty to bribing ex-State Senator Carl Kruger, has been busy sharing his secrets with federal prosecutors, according to court papers released yesterday and first reported by the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/lobbyist-ensnared-bribery-scandal-carl-kruger-feeding-feds-intel-ongoing-criminal-probes-prosecutors-article-1.1167622] . Acting
anna pekerman
Charges of discrimination were hurled by organizers attempting to plan a Russian festival in Staten Island earlier this month. The event, which has since been canceled, was met with stiff opposition from locals, who according to DNAinfo [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120925/midland-beach/staten-island-russian-fest-organizers-say-discrimination-killed-event] , did not want to see
artists collectives
Reader Kathleen Higgins snagged this photo of the quirky Dragonfly Banquet roaming the waters of the Rockaway Inlet this past Sunday. The vessel is a unique raft made entirely of recycled materials by Tim Johnson and Gretchen Neutrino in 1995, and the raft’s beautiful murals were painted by Gretchen
ann winters
In lieu of photos of the neighborhood’s loudest dogs, we bring you Biggie the Harlequin Great Dane, the neighborhood’s dreamiest dog. Photo courtesy of Albert Dashevky.There is a dog that lives across the street from my apartment building. I can’t see this dog, and I have
"Climate Change"
Unless radical “hover home” technology gets developed in the latter part of the 21st century, the New York Times has a warning for you: the thousands of coastal communities dotting the edges of New York City [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/11/nyregion/an-expanding-flood-zone.html?smid=tw-nytimes] are
deaths
Tragedy struck the family of Yevgeniy “Eugene” Glebov, a 29-year-old Brighton Beach lifeguard found dead in the waters off the Rockaways yesterday. He was discovered by a tugboat crew after he disappeared setting off on a lone fishing trip this past Friday. Glebov, a Staten Island native, was an avid