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Mayor’s Office Responds To Flooding Danger Of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Route

Courtesy of the Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorMayor Bill de Blasio and his administration have been engaged in building significant momentum behind the planning and construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar (BQX), which would link Sunset Park’s burgeoning economic hub [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] with northern Brooklyn, terminating at Astoria,

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Q Line Track Work Cancelled Due To Cold Weather. No Shuttle Buses This Weekend

Photo by jordie_starbaby [http://instagram.com/p/yU7FxOIsEe/?modal=true]The frigid cold snap will at least bring some relief to Q train riders who’ve had their weekend commutes disrupted by shuttle bus service [/q-train-out-of-commission-four-weekends-in-a-row/] between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue. The MTA reports they have cancelled planned

Police & Fire

Burglar Steals Power Tools From 9th Ave Subway Station [Video]

https://youtu.be/koiHXed-kRM Cops are turning to the public for help in tracking down a burglar who broke into an MTA storage unit last month. The suspect entered a storage area in transit at the D train’s 9th Avenue station Saturday, January 16, at 3:56pm, cut the

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Mayor Shuns Southern Brooklyn’s Transit Needs In Favor Of Fancy Streetcar, Pols Say

Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.Elected officials slammed the mayor’s plan to build a fancy streetcar [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/politics/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal/] along the East River waterfront as further proof the city is willfully neglecting the transportation needs of southern Brooklyn residents. Following Mayor Bil de Blasio’

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Be Advised: B & Q Service Suspended South Of Kings Highway Due To Fallen Tree [Updated]

Photo by globegallivanter [https://instagram.com/p/zePqDAIn97/?modal=true] Attention straphangers: The MTA is reporting that southbound B & Q service has been suspended after of Kings Highway due to a fallen tree. A spokesperson for the MTA said the tree fell across the tracks south of the Sheepshead

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Would You Commute On The LIRR Within Brooklyn? BP Adams Hopes So

Image via iamtonyang [http://iamtonyang.com/1007/ticket_machine.jpg].Would you ride the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) if there were a discount between Atlantic Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and East New York? If so, that is what Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the New York City Transit Riders Council

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Cymbrowitz Calls On MTA To Expand Access For Disabled At Local Subway Stations

The B Train entering the Brighton Beach Station. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is calling on the MTA to make more subway stations in his district accessible to seniors and the disabled. Noting that of the 14 subway stations in his district, which covers Sheepshead Bay, Brighton

Bensonhurst

A Century Of Straphanger Stories From The Sea Beach Line

Photo by Mary Bakija/Bensonhurst beanMuch to the discontent of Bensonhurst and Gravesend commuters, the MTA has executed its plan [/major-n-train-renovations-to-begin-on-january-18/] to partially suspend northbound N train service for the next 14 months, requiring instead that you first schlep to Coney Island in order to reach Manhattan. The N line,

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Q Train Out Of Commission Four Weekends In A Row

Photo by mta_subways [http://websta.me/p/1026851306904496366_1799578081]Q train riders can look forward to shuttle bus service between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue for four consecutive weekends starting at the end of January while the MTA does needed track work. A representative for Senator Marty Golden informed

Central Brooklyn

Q Train Out Of Commission Four Weekends In A Row

Photo by sirsamuelortiz [http://websta.me/p/1077987424418210558_1481684679]Q train riders can look forward to shuttle bus service between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue for four consecutive weekends starting at the end of January while the MTA does needed track work. The work starts on the weekend beginning Saturday,

News

ICYMI: Tenants Moving Into Voorhies Tower, Q Train Out Of Commission, More Fast Food In Coney Island

The United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow

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Q Train Out Of Commission Four Weekends In A Row

Photo by mta_subways [http://websta.me/p/1026851306904496366_1799578081]Q train riders can look forward to shuttle bus service between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue for four consecutive weekends starting at the end of January while the MTA does needed track work. A representative for Senator Marty Golden informed