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
Bus detours
A photo of a car-less Ocean Parkway, after the 2010 Half Marathon (Source: AMRosario/Flickr)Fifteen thousands runners will trot down Ocean Parkway from Prospect Park to Coney Island Avenue on Saturday, as a larger-than-ever Brooklyn Half Marthon takes to the streets. The marathon will spur rolling street closures down
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.
closures
Source: Jhawk/FlickrThe poor state of our economy doesn’t discriminate – it could hurt our senior citizens next. [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/albany-budget-cuts-imperil-senior-centers-city-warns/?ref=nyregion] Seven local senior centers are in danger of closing as part of system-wide cuts that’ll see 105 centers shuttered across
closures
The cellphone store at 1505 Sheepshead Bay Road slapped up a “For Rent” sign this Monday. There still appeared to be a few things inside, but posters were torn down. I noticed because I saw them a few feet away, lying in the public garbage can under the Sheepshead Bay