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Source: satyadasa via flickrProgress continues on the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) seven-year renovation plan [/dot-finishes-1st-phase-of-belt-parkway-bridges-project/] of the Belt Parkway’s seven bridges and overpasses, as the Fresh Creek Basin Bridge opened to westbound traffic, according to a press release [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2013/pr13_13.
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Less than 20 minutes after the Naional Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Brooklyn until 2:00 p.m., Bensonhurst Bean reader Jennifer M. sent in the above photo of a flooded eastbound Belt Parkway. Authorities have not yet closed off this flood-prone stretch of the Belt Parkway,
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The following is a revisedimportant notice from the NYC Department of Transportation Division of Bridges, noting nightly lane closures on the east bound Belt Parkway through mid-July.
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Photo by nolastnameAttention drivers: if you thought Belt Parkway traffic couldn’t get any worse, you thought wrong! Beginning in early April, the Department of Transportation will launch into a new round of construction necessitating periodic lane closures, this time between Coney Island Avenue and Knapp Street. The agency is
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Source: Department of Transportation newsletterA new Belt Parkway exit ramp will open tomorrow serving drivers at Rockaway Parkway (Exit 13). It’s the first stage of the new, permanent exit ramp. Upon full completion, the exit ramp will provide a wider lane, better riding surface and a safety shoulder for
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Photo by nolastnameYou know spring is near when the South Brooklyn [/taking-%e2%80%9csouth-brooklyn%e2%80%9d-back-for-the-good-guys/] coastal communities are getting ready for the birds. Our area, blessed by the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, is a stopping point for more than 325 species of migrating birds [http://www.brooklynbirdclub.