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Gil Hodges Bridge in the distance (Photo by Stan Kaplan)The Marine Parkway – Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge got stuck in the up position this morning, spurring advisories to motorists to use the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge as an alternative for those going to or coming from the Rockaways. The
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Photo by Erica ShermanThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will send more than $3.4 million to the MTA, reimbursing them of the costs of Superstom Sandy-related repairs and infrastructure improvements on the Marine Parkway/Gil Hodges Bridge, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced this morning. Here are the
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Awww (Source: MTAPhotos via flickr)In what invariably amounts to the MTA’s cutest press release ever, the Transit Authority has announced that six Peregine Falcon chicks have hatched this past month on top of both the Throngs Neck Bridge and the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge. According to the
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Bird-watchers, get your binoculars out because several of New York’s bridges, including the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, are now home to endangered baby Peregrine falcons. The chicks hatched in early May and were recently banded by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection Wildlife Studies division. The falcons are named after
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NYC.gov [https://a858-nycnotify.nyc.gov/notifynyc/] is reporting that the Belt Parkway has been closed in both directions at Bay 8th Street, due to flooding in the Bath Beach area. While there has been no wide scale power shutdowns [/power-shutdown-in-coney-island-gravesend/], there are large numbers [http://apps.coned.com/weboutageinfo/
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In response to our griping yesterday about how our Postcard [/tag/postcard/] series has featured far too much of Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay native Bruce Brodoff sent us the one pictured above of the Marine Parkway Bridge. He’s not sure when the postcard, printed on textured paper, was made