Bridges
Source: BikeNewYork.orgAttention drivers! There will be a number of street, bridge and highway closures all over the city this Sunday, as the Five Boro Bike Tour takes two-wheeling participants from edge to edge of New York City. Most relevant to our area is that a portion of the Verrazano-Narrow
Bridges
Source: cheetahlip via redditLately we’ve been featuring some stunning photography [/ten-stunning-views-of-the-verrazano-bridge/] of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/in-focus-another-beautiful-verrazano-bridge-photo/], but the one we stumbled across today might be my favorite thus far. Cheetahlip posted this shot of the bridge on the social media sharing site Reddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/
Bridges
Source: Antonio Martínez López / FlickrWhether by car, bus or subway, getting around in New York City is about to become a little more expensive. The MTA Board approved the agency’s 2013 budget this morning, which included a set of mass transit, bridge and toll hikes across the metropolitan region.
Army Corps of Engineers
Photo by Erica ShermanIf you are a motorist who frequently drives over the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge — prepare to be inconvenienced for the next month or so. According to a release we received from the MTA, beginning on Wednesday, August 29, through an undetermined date in October, there will
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A tractor trailer illegally traveling eastbound on the Belt Parkway struck the subway overpass at East 14th Street, tearing open its haul and causing an SUV behind it to slam into its rear. The driver of the SUV escaped injury, though the vehicle’s front was crushed. The accident, which
Army Corps of Engineers
Notify NYC sent the following alert: > Due to a restoration project in Jamaica Bay, multiple, daily bridge lifts of the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge that began January 26th will be extended through March. The lifts will take place around-the-clock and require full closure of the bridge to traffic.
boaters
Source: Darny via FlickrBoaters traversing the Verrazano Narrows will now have to contend with a 110-yard “safety zone” [http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/brooklyn/coast_guard_creates_safety_shells_b2jIDQPBRQ8dQsXX9WGyqM] implemented by the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday. The temporary safety zone marks off the area where 1,500