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A collection of 12 issues

Coney Island Residents Launch Petition For NYC Ferry Service

NYC Ferry (Photo via James Littlewood/twitter)This week, Coney Island residents started a petition, aimed at Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC Economic Development Corporation, for a stop on the newly opened NYC Ferry [https://www.ferry.nyc] that could save locals more than an hour each commute.

Bay Ridge Avenue R Stop Users Petition For Bus Replacement During Construction

Photo via WikipediaAbout a month ago, Andrew Gounardeslaunched a petition [https://docs.google.com/a/bklyner.com/forms/d/1g7i6Pw5QK5X0qw203i2wRVzy_rT0g3coa1bnUHqqvpI/viewform?edit_requested=true] to be submitted to Governor Cuomo to increase the bus service for the Bay Ridge Avenue R stop while it undergoes renovations which will close

Community Petitions To Make Avenue P Safer After Child Was Hit By A Car

Photo via Flickr.On the morning of Friday, December 9, at around 8:30am, a nine-year-old boy was hit by a car [/marine-park-child-hit-car-morning/] after two vehicles collided and one jumped the curb on the corner of Avenue P and Ryder Street. The boy was in stable condition but neighbors are

Teen Death In Bike Accident Brings Call For More Gerritsen Avenue Traffic Lights

A memorial for Sean Ryan at the Gerritsen Beach ballfields. Photo by Jon Farina. After Sean Ryan, 17, was hit head-on and killed by an allegedly speeding drunk driver on the night of July 17, locals of Gerritsen Beach are imploring the city to install more traffic lights Gerritsen Avenue,

Last Day For PS/IS 338 Middle School Petition

A group of concerns parents in Ditmas Park and Flatbush have launched a petition [http://www.thepetitionsite.com/161/761/448/petition-to-make-ps-is-338-exclusively/] to limit enrollment for the upcoming PS/IS 338 at 510 Coney Island Avenue [/blog/education/todays-mud-tomorrows-school-councilman-eugene-community-leaders-break-ground-psis-338/] to middle school grades only. The petition is addressed to NYC

Second Asian Grocer Bids On Waldbaums, Trader Joe’s Says ‘No Thanks’

If the owners of Sunset Park’s Fei Long Market [http://www.yelp.com/biz/fei-long-supermarket-brooklynhttp://www.yelp.com/biz/fei-long-supermarket-brooklyn] were trying to keep their bid [/owners-of-sunset-parks-fei-long-market-bids-on-waldbaums/#.VqjXvJMrLe0] on the shuttered Bensonhurst Waldbaums supermarket under wraps, their plan has failed. Another Asian grocer — identified as “JMart Group Inc.” — has

Council Member Brad Lander Urges Residents To Sign Petition In Favor Of Windsor Terrace Speed Humps

Map of potential speed hump locations via Brad Lander’s office [http://bradlander.nyc/]Council Member Brad Lander [http://bradlander.nationbuilder.com/] is urging community members to support the proposed installation of 15 speed humps throughout Windsor Terrace. The humps, which were initially announced by the Department of Transportation [http:

Should Cars Be Banned From Prospect Park?

It’s been a debate for some time, but with a new petition making the rounds, some neighbors are once again pushing for a total ban on cars in Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/]. Currently, drivers are allowed to access the loop inside the park northbound along East Drive

Neighbor Launches Petition To Allow Walking & Biking Through Parade Grounds After Sunset

Neighbor Olgierd Bilanow has launched a petition [http://www.change.org/p/prospect-parks-alliance-make-it-legal-to-walk-and-bike-through-the-parade-grounds] to make it legal to walk and bike through the Parade Grounds after sunset, a move that comes on the heels of other neighbors reporting receiving tickets for being in the area at dark [/blog/crime/neighbor-ticketed-for-walking-home-through-prospect-parks-parade-grounds-at-night]

Is Grilling Getting Out Of Hand In Prospect Park?

When you head out to enjoy a nice afternoon in Prospect Park, does the smoke from barbecues bother you? For one 14th Street neighbor, it’s been getting to be too much, so she’s started a petition calling for an end to barbecuing in the park by 2015 [http: