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‘Can we speed that up?’: De Blasio, DOT Explain Slow Expansion of Citi Bike in Outer Boroughs

Mayor Bill de Blasio and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg testing out dockless bikes in the Rockaways last week (Via Mayor’s Office)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS—Citi Bikes are coming to more neighborhoods in Brooklyn, but it’s going to take a while, city officials say. On Monday, reports [https://nypost.com/

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Ticket Wiper, One Year In – the App for fighting NYC Parking Tickets

Last June, we told you about Ticket Wiper [/ticketwiper-new-app-help-fight-nyc-parking-tickets/], an app that helps you challenge NYC parking tickets. Since it’s been almost a year, we wanted to follow up and see how things are going. “It’s going great. We’re getting busier and busier. The word is getting

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North Brooklyn Residents Skeptical About DOT Carshare Pilot

WILLIAMSBURG – Residents in Brooklyn’s Community Board #1 expressed skepticism at the DOT’s plan to introduce dedicated carshare parking spaces in North Brooklyn this fall. The pilot will take place in two zones determined by the DOT: Williamsburg and East Williamsburg. North Brooklyn locations for the DOT’s Carshare

Central Brooklyn

Midwood Parking Rules Changed For Shabbos

MIDWOOD – At select locations in Midwood, alternate side parking has been eliminated on Saturday, so observant Jews won’t have to move their cars on Shabbos. Councilmember David Greenfield, who has fought for parking changes since 2010, announced the change today in a statement. He said that the issue was

Central Brooklyn

When Can You Park By A School? (+POLL)

Parking is getting more and more difficult in Brooklyn, making neighbors lament and scrutinize every rule and restriction. School Busses parked overnight in FlatbushShould yellow school buses be allowed to take up street parking overnight [/parking-wars-can-school-buses-park-residential-streets-overnight/]? Taxis parked along Bay ParkwayWhat about livery cars taking up every last spot? Filming

Lifestyle

TicketWiper: A New App To Help Fight NYC Parking Tickets

If you own a car in New York City, you will get a parking ticket at some point. The Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-collected-record-993-million-fines-year-data-shows-article-1.3134591] points out that fines are a huge money-maker for the city (to the tune of $993 million) and “[parking] tickets accounted for

Announcements

ParkNYC: Drivers Can Now Pay For Parking in Brooklyn Using Mobile App

> 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 [https:

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‘Alex Strangelove’ Filming In Ditmas Park This Week

Spotted on Marlborough Road between Beverley Road and Church AveProduction crews for Alex Strangelove, a teen comedy feature from Netflix, will be taking over both sides of Marlborough Road between Beverley Road and Church Avenues starting Tuesday night, May 16. The movie stars new teen heartthrob Daniel Doheny as high

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City Debuts App Letting You Pay Parking Meters From Your Phone

We know these aren’t NYC parking meters, but they’re fun and vintage and look similarly frustrating and dysfunctional. (Photo via Pixabay)At last: thanks to a new app announced by the de Blasio Administration on Monday, you can now pay the parking meter from your phone in midtown

Central Brooklyn

Here’s What You Need To Know This Thanksgiving Weekend

Photo via jamie / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiesrabbits/6428214767/in/photolist-aN3hi6-7ixjKz-i5j4dx-7g19E2-48qD9m-7jrShh-5GTYTk-7iBdvL-5ENhdj-7qFwmt-48JwDR-8YbTig-7jzRnu-4jAxUz-7j7BAW-qip3VC-5GTYYX-48JwDe-49HEW2-qiw42g-sV3Cy-q975rQ-6hSnYC-sVgKu-8WqMu7-dsHXDG-5FDRG8-48VwUS-aJUHDn-aHj1RF-48BUWz-7adKwV-5EK27R-5EK21M-dvVHUi-5Fd775-7iCJ3o-7g555j-5EVEch-6YNnA-7iyuyq-8Rvvzu-7iyLZR-szjcq-7JREJ8-sW374-4jAxpT-sUtKX-dB2iAq-sYcnX] It’s less than a day to Thanksgiving Day 2016. If you’re stick

Bensonhurst

Stryker Court Residents Demand That Their Parking Returns To Normal

Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago

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Stryker Court Residents Demand That Their Parking Returns To Normal

Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago

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There Are New Parking Spots Coming To Avenue P

Screenshot from a diagram from DOT.Avenue P will see a 25 percent increase in parking spaces in the next few weeks, according to City Councilmember Chaim Deutsch. The Department of Transportation (DOT) just finished milling and paving the road, and the next step will be to add the markings

Announcements

‘The Affair’ Is Back, Filming On Church Avenue This Friday

Argyle Road at Church Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)‘The Affair’, Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama, returns for more filming in Ditmas Park [/blog/art-music/affair-filming-today-tomorrow-next-week-ditmas-park/]on Friday, after a summer fling on Westminster Road earlier this year. We spotted ‘No Parking’ signs listing Friday, October 7, along Church

Central Brooklyn

What To Know Around Town This Labor Day 2016

Labor Day Parade, Union Square, New York, 1882 (Source: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Labor_Day_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Labor_Day_New_York_1882.jpg] )We hope all our neighbors enjoy a final summer sendoff this Labor Day weekend. If you’re

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‘The Affair’ Filming Today, Tomorrow & Next Week In Ditmas Park

Sign on Westminster Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Now you don’t have to sneak around to catch ‘The Affair’, Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama, filming on Westminster and Argyle Roads today, tomorrow and next week. The tryst will sprawl between Albermarle Road and Church Avenue, and also along

Arts & Culture

‘PPG’ Filming On Stratford Road This Week

There’s a long list of TV and movie producers [/blog/tag/filmed-in-flatbush/] flocking to the neighborhood for picturesque shots of Victorian Flatbush. Film shoot signs were spotted today by neighbors on Stratford Road between Albermarle and Church Avenues, for Tuesday July 26 and Wednesday July 27 on the eastern

Arts & Culture

[UPDATED] Dance, Ride, Shop & Eat At The Flatbush Avenue Street Fair, Saturday July 9

Mark your calendars: The annual Flatbush Avenue Street Fair, one of the city’s most anticipated and popular summer events [/blog/events/flatbush-avenue-street-fair-draws-13000-people-to-our-neighborhood-for-food-dancing-games-more/] , is this Saturday July 9, from 12pm to 6pm, on Flatbush Avenue stretching from Parkside Avenue to Cortelyou Road. (Rain or shine!) The festival, organized by the

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How To Get Your Money Back If You Were Wrongfully Ticketed At A Pedestrian Ramp

234 Willoughby Avenue (Courtesy Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6922859,-73.9620564,3a,37.5y,159.71h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJW-ggmEvvWIBsVvWGg3G-A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )Now that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/05/26-drivers-ticketed-parking-legal-20th-avenue-spot-map/#.Vz9T_5MrKSM]

Bensonhurst

How To Get Your Money Back If You Were Wrongfully Ticketed At A Pedestrian Ramp

8102 20 Avenue (Source: Google Maps)Now that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [/26-drivers-ticketed-parking-legal-20th-avenue-spot-map/#.Vz9T_5MrKSM] 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

Police & Fire

How To Get Your Money Back If You Were Wrongfully Ticketed At A Pedestrian Ramp

A police cruiser parked outside the 61st precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Now that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/05/26-drivers-ticketed-parking-legal-20th-avenue-spot-map/#.Vz9T_5MrKSM] thousands of legally parked vehicles, raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their

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How Many Of Your Neighbors Actually Drive To Work?

A collection of stores near the intersection of East 16th Street and Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Sheepshead Bay residents are fiercely protective of their parking spaces: Try proposing a development that doesn’t include parking, and we guarantee community members will have some choice words [/developers-accused-subterfuge-trying-dodge-parking-regulations/

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Monetize Your Driveway, Plus Find Parking Easy (Sponsored)

Did you know there’s an app to help you make money by utilizing your driveway, and to help you easily find parking? Parklee, a parking mobile app launched Nov. 2015, has revolutionized the face of parking. This was created in order to optimize the timely process of big city

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Monetize Your Driveway, Plus Find Parking Easy (Sponsored)

Did you know there’s an app to help you make money by utilizing your driveway, and to help you easily find parking? Parklee, a parking mobile app launched Nov. 2015, has revolutionized the face of parking. This was created in order to optimize the timely process of big city

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Developers Accused Of ‘Subterfuge’ For Trying To Dodge Parking Regulations

Eric Palatnik, representing the developers, received strong words from community board members. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Community Board 15 members had strong words Tuesday night for two developers seeking to maneuver around minimum parking requirements. Presentations for two office buildings — one at 2619 East 16th Street [http://www.nyc.