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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerArguing that the city’s Vision Zero [http://www.nyc.gov/html/visionzero/pages/home/home.shtml] campaign has created a “speed trap” on Ocean Parkway, City Councilman David Greenfield is demanding the Department of Transportation (DOT) turn over information about the amount of revenue collected
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(Source: Google Maps)Arguing that the city’s Vision Zero [http://www.nyc.gov/html/visionzero/pages/home/home.shtml] campaign has created a “speed trap” on Ocean Parkway, City Councilman David Greenfield is demanding the Department of Transportation (DOT) turn over information about the amount of revenue collected from
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThe intersection of Caton Avenue and East 8th Street will be getting a traffic signal, according to a letter from the Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] to Community Board 7. This stretch of Caton Avenue runs between Coney
Central Brooklyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nUQ_5tdOyg The NYPD is looking for two suspects who attacked and robbed a man on Avenue M early Monday morning. The incident took place around 12:45am on Monday, December 28. A 55-year-old man, who Assembly member Dov Hikind identified as Eli, was
Central Brooklyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nUQ_5tdOyg The NYPD is looking for two suspects who attacked and robbed a man on Avenue M early Monday morning. The incident took place around 12:45am on Monday, December 28. A 55-year-old man, who Assembly member Dov Hikind identified as Eli, was
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Dr. Marina KlotsmanWhat a beautiful view caught on Ocean Parkway this weekend! Thanks to neighbor Dr. Marina Klotsman for sending this one in! Share photos with us at editor@kensingtonbk.com or tag them #kensingtonbrooklyn on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog. Also, like us
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Photo via ACECouncilmember David G. Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] announced expanded street cleaning in the area last week. Greenfield has partnered with the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless [http://www.acenewyork.org/] (ACE) to sweep sidewalks and empty trash bins. Streets
Politics
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCouncilmembers David Greenfield and Mark Treyger, and Senator Simcha Felder are demanding that Ocean Parkway be repaired by the Department of Transportation (DOT) immediately. Last month, the councilmen and the senator each wrote letters to the agency urging that the road be fixed promptly. Pols say the
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Councilmen David Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] and Mark Treyger [http://council.nyc.gov/d47/html/members/home.shtml] are urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to restore the Ocean Parkway speed limit to 30 miles per hour after it was decreased to 25 mph [/transportation/
Central Park
The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is open to revisiting the idea of making the Riegelmann Boardwalk a scenic landmark, reports [http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/panel-review-bid-coney-island-boardwalk-wood-article-1.2163992] the New York Daily News. Last year, the LPC rejected Councilman Mark Treyger’s bid to grant [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/
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Can our beloved boardwalk be saved? Councilman Mark Treyger asked the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to make Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk a scenic landmark today, an effort to block the city from replacing its planks with concrete and plastic, reports the New York Daily News. [http://www.
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