Bensonhurst
Photo by Wesley EngWhen did we drop the Z in Verrazano-Narrows Bridge? As reported in our fact sheet about the Brooklyn-Staten Island connector [/25-facts-verrazano-narrows-bridge/#.V1mbC-YrLos], the 52-year-old bridge was named for Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Italian explorer credited as the first European to discover the New York Bay. At the
bus service
By Allan RosenAssemblyman William Colton and the Transport Workers Union [TWU-Local 100] are calling on the MTA to implement a weekday, limited service for the beleaguered B1 bus line between Kingsborough Community College [KCC] and Bay Ridge. The assemblyman sent the MTA a letter this month explaining the need for
Nicole Malliotakis
Senator Golden’s OfficeWith MTA toll and fare increases set to go into effect [/mta-board-approves-citywide-toll-fare-hikes/] in March, local politicians gathered in front of the Verrazano-Narrow Bridge Friday to renew their calls for a discount plan for commuters who cross the bridge three or more times a month. Senator Marty Golden,
ncole malliotakis
Source: razor512 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/razor512/4530998047]/Flickr Commuting anywhere in this city is about to get a little bit pricier. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) board has decided to raise single-fare subway rides from $2.50 to $2.75 [http://nypost.com/2015/01/22/mta-approves-fare-and-toll-hikes/] on
Department of Health
Shayne bellies up to the bar at The Gate, by Catherine CrockerNeighbors are barking mad after the Department of Health banned dogs [/blog/animals/doh-ruins-all-our-fun-and-bans-dogs-at-the-gate] from 5th Avenue bar The Gate [https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gate/68409593032], and now they’re hoping to “paws” the action and allow pups
Petitions
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:
1664 benson avenue
Public School 748. (Source: Google Maps)Parents have begun a petition and sent out letters to politicians calling for the Gifted and Talented program to not be discontinued as proposed at the Brooklyn School for Global Scholars, Public School 748. The parents say they learned last week that would not
Diane Savino
Source: Ibagli via Wikimedia CommonsThe campaign to pressure the Metropolitan Transit Authority to expand the multi-trip discount toll discount plan on the Verrazano-Narrows bridge to Brooklynites has kicked up a notch, with Senator Marty Golden and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis launching a petition and website [http://www.thetollsaretoodamnhigh.com/]to that
Petitions
A petition opposing the current plan of expansion [/blog/news/methodist-hospitals-application-to-the-board-of-standards-and-appeals] by New York Methodist Hospital [/blog/tag/new-york-methodist-hospital-expansion] has been posted online [http://www.change.org/petitions/oppose-the-mega-complex-being-proposed-by-new-york-methodist-hospital#] by Preserve Park Slope [http://preserveparkslope.org/], and in less than a day, it’s already gained 81 signatures (as of
newkirk plaza
The other day, a neighbor drew our attention to some Newkirk nonsense when he posted this passionate tweet: > @MTA [https://twitter.com/MTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] FIX THE MACHINES at #newkirk [https://twitter.com/hashtag/newkirk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] @DPCornerblog [https://twitter.com/DPCornerblog?
activism
You may have seen a petition being circulated online recently called Save Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education [http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/save-brooklyn-college], which has received over half of its 2,000 signatures needed so far. Opposition to the campaign, however, is coming from an unlikely place–Corey
Petitions
Source: wallyg via flickrTolls for bridge crossings have long been the scourge of mankind ever since hideous trolls and ogres started collecting them in medieval times. Since heroic knights can’t protect us from the MTA, we have to rely on petitions like the one started by Dominic Cenatiempo. Centaiempo,
kensington
In response to a recommendation by Community Board 12 to remove two of the four new benches [/events/carolers-sing-vigilers-talk-and-a-neighbor-squawks-at-kensington-plaza] in the 6-month-old Kensington Plaza, neighbor Bridget Elder has started an online petition [http://signon.org/sign/let-us-keep-all-of-the.fb23?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=1489015] to ask that the
Calls to Prayer
A Kensington neighbor has created an online petition [http://www.change.org/petitions/rectify-noise-code-laws-in-nyc-to-include-religious-institutions] to request that City Council revise the NYC noise code laws [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/noise_code_guide.pdf] to include religious institutions. Maggie Tobin writes: > Because our policy makers have failed
Petitions
We told you last week about a petition the Manhattan Beach Community Group is circulating [/parents-community-berate-mayors-rep-over-safety/] to demand more traffic safety controls on its two broad boulevards. Below is a copy of the petition, which anyone can print out, sign, and mail back to the address indicated. There is enough
Petitions
The Brooklyn Public Library system launched an online petition [http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/] last weekend in an attempt to throw the brakes on a proposed $17.5 million budget cut [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=28263]. If passed the 20 percent cut would