Bushwick
Mayor de Blasio arrived in Williamsburg via L train yesterday to address the coming Canarsie Tunnel Shutdown (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) EAST WILLIAMSBURG – Forgoing his usual SUV caravan to Brooklyn, yesterday Mayor Bill de Blasio arrived in the borough via L train, addressing reporters outside the Grand Street station
canarsie
The MTA town hall regarding the L train in Canarsie (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) CANARSIE – The MTA’s traveling town hall tour finally reached Canarsie last night, giving attendees representing neighborhoods south of Broadway Junction a chance to learn more about the “L Train Shutdown” and pose questions to a panel
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – A man pretending to have a gun robbed a chicken spot on Broadway over the weekend—now, police are looking for help tracking him down. Around 10:30 am on Sunday, August 12, the suspect entered the Chicken Express at 582 Broadway, near Lorimer, said police. With his hand
News
Passengers boarding a B82 bus in Brooklyn (Source: MTA [http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2015-10-14-brt-southbrooklyn-bkbsc.pdf] )FLATLANDS – An MTA bus driver drunk on cheap vodka crashed his B82 bus into a row of cars early Sunday morning in Flatlands, said police, while nine people were on board.
Bay Ridge
> [https://bklyner.s3.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-6.47.02-PM.png] There was one tiny tweet yesterday morning. Apparently the MTA is moving ahead with a year-long project in Sunset Park– replacing structural steel columns and tunnel lighting, repairing steel beams and deteriorated concrete, water infiltration
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Last Thursday afternoon a piece of plaster crashed down onto the southbound 4/5 platform at the Brooklyn Borough Hall MTA station, about a month after debris rained down on the northbound 4/5 platform at the subway stop, injuring one commuter. Borough Hall subway station (Photo: Pamela
Bay Ridge
A map from the Comptroller’s report shows the lack of accessibility across Brooklyn (Via Comptroller Scott M Stringer)Issues revolving around accessibility have come to the forefront in Brooklyn, especially with citywide focus surrounding the MTA—and the extremely costly plans to upgrade the system, which is a challenge
Bay Ridge
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBAY RIDGE – Elected officials and community activists gathered on 87th Street yesterday to ride a bus in response to the viral video of a woman shouting hateful remarks to a Muslim lady on an S53 bus traveling to Staten Island on July 11. “We will not remain
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – A subway surfer on the C train shocked commuters Friday morning—and one straphanger caught it on camera. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7u8YlBTpZ/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7u8YlBTpZ/] Subway rider Matt Beary posted the video to his Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mattbeary/] on Saturday.
Downtown Brooklyn
Borough President Adams called for funding of the FastForward plan along with Brooklyn politicians and leaders at a press conference today (Via BP Adams Twitter [https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams])DOWNTOWN – After last week’s ceiling collapse at the Borough Hall subway station, Brooklyn politicians and local leaders gathered today to
Announcements
Photo via a straphanger.FORT GREENE – Train service was delayed this morning after a 29-year-old man was hit by a southbound Q train from the DeKalb station platform around 9:45 am. He was taken to Methodist Hospital in serious but stable condition, with lacerations to the head. > We
brighton beach
The BMT Centennial train making a trip on the elevated tracks (Via NYC Transit Museum)BRIGHTON BEACH – In celebration of Father’s Day this weekend, the New York Transit Museum [http://www.nytransitmuseum.org/] is hitting the rails with some vintage train cars to ride in Southern Brooklyn! At the