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The NYC Parks Department [http://www.nycgovparks.org] is gearing up to remove a huge amount of Brooklyn trees damaged by Hurricane Sandy [/blog/tag/hurricane-sandy], says the Brooklyn Daily [http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/35/all_waronzombtrees_2013_08_30_bk.html] . Parks Department spokeswoman Megan Lalor tells
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If you’ve travelled down Westminster Road between Cortelyou and Dorchester recently, you may have asked yourself if the whole stretch of street is about to sink. That’s what we’ve been wondering anyway, as there are three growing cave-ins along that one block. Each one is located next
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In addition to scheduled manhole work [http://a841-dotweb01.nyc.gov/permit/permit/web_permits/returnSortedPermits.asp?sort=permit_number] on 8th Avenue and 14th Street, it looks like the intersection is in need of a little sinkhole repair. We spotted the above crosswalk depressions this morning as we were walking
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That didn’t take long. One of the crosswalk signals at the new traffic light [/blog/news/traffic-lights-coming-to-westminster-cortelyou-today] on Cortelyou at Westminster, installed just two months ago, is already out. If you see a pedestrian crossing signal that’s not working, call 311 to report it — for whatever reason, they
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Ditmas Park’s 11226 zip code filed 1,352 noise complaints with 311 in 2012, reported Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2012/12/14/williamsburg_was_nycs_noisiest_neig.php]and BK Magazine [http://www.bkmag.com/BrooklynAbridged/archives/2012/12/20/the-5-noisiest-brooklyn-neighborhoods?showFullText=true] . That makes it the third noisiest
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How late is too late to hear the song of the ice cream man? That’s what neighbor Kathy was wondering last night when, just before 11pm, the familiar Mister Softee jingle continued to sound after over an hour near her apartment at Cortelyou and Westminster. “Who is this guy
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Huh? Right. Just another screwy DOT sign...THE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: I received an interesting e-mail the other day stating that my service request from 311(C1-1-721913901 Street Sign – Damaged [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/threeoneone/template.PAGE/menuitem.dfb4f4b32cf05387fd8a9010acd2f9a0/?javax.portlet.tpst=b45c17d69d16468520cb3010e0c789a0&javax.portlet.prp_b45c17d69d16468520cb3010e0c789a0_
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Source: Katie McNishA large tree tumbled from the Brighton line subway abutment into an adjacent empty lot, leaving part of the tree hanging from a power line and putting considerable stress on it. We’re not sure when this happened, but we spotted it today. We last passed this lot
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Photo by Ned BerkeA predatory towing company is stalking Sheepshead Bay’s parking lots and charging residents illegal fees – sometimes as much as five times the legally allowed amount. Williamsburg-based Fast Way Towing & Recovery (31 Grand Avenue) manages several local parking lots, including the CVS at 1402 Sheepshead Bay