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NYC DOT will begin post-Superstorm Sandy recovery construction today on the Third Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane between the hours of 7am to 3:30pm from Monday to Friday, May 22 – May 26, and then again from Tuesday to Friday, May
Announcements
> A post shared by BKLYNER (@bklynerbk) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BT8yj-nDz1X/] on May 11, 2017 at 4:08am PDT NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] announced Thursday that drivers can now pay for street parking in Brooklyn using a mobile app. ParkNYC
News
Free bicycle helmet fitting and distribution event (Photo by NYC DOT via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/NYCDOT/photos/gm.772857019548315/10154574568367887/?type=3&theater] )In preparation for the annual Bike the Branches ride this Saturday (May 20), the Brooklyn Public Library and NYC DOT will be giving away
Announcements
On Monday May 22, NYC DOT will begin post-Superstorm Sandy recovery construction on the Third Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane between the hours of 7am to 3:30pm from Monday to Friday, May 22 – May 26, and then again from Tuesday
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Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER[UPDATE: April 27, 2017, 12:40pm—BKLYNER has received a tip that those affected can try contacting NYC Department of Finance [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/vehicles/dispute-a-ticket.page] and request a refund [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/about/contact-by-email/contact-parking-ticket-refund-status.page] for
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Atlantic Avenue rendering via NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-06-15-atlantic-ave-cb5.pdf] Governor Andrew Cuomo announced [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-1122-million-funding-support-transportation-enhancements-across-new] last week that he will award $112.2 million to 81 projects that support bicycle and pedestrian safety enhancements and improve air quality
News
DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg joined Assembly Member Dov Hikind on 21st Avenue last year to evaluate potential safety improvements. (Photo via Office of Dov Hikind)This week, Assemblymember Dov Hikind announced enhanced crosswalks are coming to three Bensonhurst intersections and speed bumps along 21st Avenue, after a 2016 meeting between
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[Left – Right] Kim Maier, Executive Director, Old Stone House; Gilly Youner, co-President, Park Slope Civic Council; CB6 District Manager Craig Hammerman; Daniel Wiley, Community Coordinator for Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez; John Frost, E.D. of Bikeshare Program, DOT; NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg; Council Member Brad Lander; Doug Gordon, Brooklyn Spoke;
Central Brooklyn
Two-way bike lane on Avenue H (Photo via NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/argyle-rugby-beverly-mar2016.pdf]) After riding the breaks for a while, a NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesperson said that bike lanes on Argyle Road, Rugby Road, and Beverley Road are hitting the pavement
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Photo by Park Slope StoopNow that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [/blog/politics/nypd-made-millions-ticketing-legally-parked-cars/] thousands of legally parked vehicles, raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their money back? Here is a step-by-step guide: * The Department of Finance has said that they
Announcements
Courtesy of DOTDid you know that small triangle near Barclays and the Atlantic Avenue station had so much history behind it? In addition to history, safety and improvement of public space will be important topics of discussion on Wednesday, January 27, when a public workshop will be held at the
Avenue C Plaza art winner;
A design by local “Anney Fresh” Ozar was awarded the $2,000 prize and the go-ahead from NYC DOT’s Urban Art Program to paint the resurfaced asphalt triangle at Avenue C and McDonald [/art-music/artists-apply-now-to-design-avenue-c-plaza-floor-winner-gets-2000-award-and-2000-budget] Avenue for the forthcoming plaza. Ozar is a professional puppet and costume designer and
E 8 Street
What would summertime be without roadwork? Watch where you drive and park this week – the city Department of Transportation is going to be doing work in the neighborhood. From this week’s schedule [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf]: Monday, July 21 East 8th Street between
belt parkway bridge
Source: NYCDOTOn one night between Monday, May 12, and Friday, May 16, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Division of Bridges will close lanes of the eastbound Belt (Shore) Parkway bridge over Mill Basin to restore the asphalt on the roadway surface. Lane closures will be in effect
Center for Community and Ethnic Media
Dogs take a walk with their owners in the nabe. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Unfortunately after yesterday’s pleasant weather, there’s rain in the forecast today. The National Weather Service predicts [http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.
BusTime
A screenshot of the MTA’s BusTrek website, currently under development by the City College of New York’s MTA Intern Team. Click to enlargeTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: Regular readers of “The Commute” know that one of my favorite topics is bus bunching [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_bunching]