Announcements
Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitSUNSET PARK – The 59th Street Subway Station is finally going to have an elevator, but that will come with street closures for three weeks. “Starting tonight at 10:00 p.m. Fourth Avenue from 58th to 60th Streets will be closed to
North Western Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE/SUNSET PARK – The NYPD is requesting the public’s help in identifying the man seen in the photo and videos below in connection to four incidents of debris being thrown onto subway tracks in Brooklyn. Via NYPDThe first incident occurred at approximately 12:30am on Thursday, May 9
community
Photo Credit: Erica Krodman/Brooklyn BP’s OfficeBOROUGH HALL – On Wednesday afternoon, Borough President Eric Adams recognized four Brooklyn residents – State Trooper Joshua Kaye, Jacob Abraham, Hopeton Kiffin, and Obocho Peters – with awards for exceptional, heroic behavior. The ceremony was held in the marbled Borough Hall rotunda, decked out in
Announcements
The MTA crew getting part of a tree off the track on Feb 25. (Photo: MTA)High winds, downed trees, signal problems, automatic brakes, and a sick passenger – and how was your commute? This morning one Ditmas Park resident told us they were going to vote (Public Advocate special elections
Central Brooklyn
New Yorkers all know how proud the MTA is of the beautiful stations built for the extension of the 2nd Avenue Subway. The MTA told us so. Governor Cuomo was photographed at the opening of the beautiful new stations. The price tag was high. You can see where the money
Announcements
SEAGATE – Two people were injured in a fire that broke out just after midnight on January 23 at 3709 Laurel Ave on the first floor of the two-story house. The fire was extinguished by about 12:44 a.m. According to the FDNY, two people were hurt but they were
Central Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 11:30am] According to the MTA, when a delay occurs, trains are often switched to express to shorten gaps in service and appropriately space trains. Train crews must inform riders in a timely manner when they receive notice from dispatchers that a train will
brighton beach
The tracks of the Sheepshead Bay station in southern Brooklyn. A suspected thief was struck by a train while evading authorities yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A fleeing thief was struck by a Q train yesterday afternoon as he tried to evade pursuit, police said. Around 3:30
Ditmas Park
Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush (Photo credit: Perri Litton)FLATBUSH – The former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito [https://melissamarkviverito.com/] campaigned at the Newkirk Avenue train station on Friday morning for the New York City Public Advocate’s
Bushwick
Governor Cuomo touring the Gateway Tunnel in North Bergen in October (Via NY Governor’s Office)Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced that he’d make a midnight inspection of the L train’s Canarsie Tunnel this week in advance of the spring shutdown to make sure there’s no way to
Bay Ridge
Just a few days after the MTA announced they’d raised the speed limits on the N and R trains in Brooklyn, things have come to a screeching halt. This morning, the MTA tweeted that D, N, R and W lines would experience “extensive delays” due to switch problems at
Health
In response to a new study calling for the taxation of legalized marijuana to help fund the spiraling MTA [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/nyregion/marijuana-legalized-nyc-subway.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion] , one Brooklyn politician has called the proposal “misguided” and “tone deaf,” arguing that the money should be