Bensonhurst
New MTA photo shows a clean 53rd Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: MTA Renderings [https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/MTA_renderings.pdf] )By Elizabeth Elizalde The R line is moving closer to getting a much-needed makeover. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the
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(Courtesy: tlanexiche / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHtUkd6BMrL/?tagged=sunsetparkbrooklyn])Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sunsetparkvoice/], and sign up for our daily
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Chris McCreightCouncilman Vincent Gentile announced his endorsement of Chris McCreight [http://www.chrismccreight.com] for Democratic state committee member — also called district leader — in the 46th Assembly District this morning. Together, Gentile and McCreight greeted commuters at the 95th R train station in Bay Ridge Wednesday morning.
Police & Fire
R train in 77th Street subway station in Bay Ridge. (Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/83877588@N07/13858176613/in/photolist-5woY1r-h69xfX-e8nS9e-aDm8HK-n7AM6x-quXFPA-n9fbK8-aDU9SW-q2gn85-oWhN9o-s7gDJA-pF7vJc-oGWLb7-oDnmWF-fUrLFb-pSeubC-dr2zWv-63rQZE-f7oEWZ-qenwgr-pur9dm-njraaH-ry3St3-qq2382-swjswW-ooRwVe-nhRezH-nmWK3N-p8SKVQ-4QMt1W-bxmpcU-jKJ4J2-7YYxT5-qCvRNq-8U1awe-oj2nQ9-ptWAQR-9d6XS9-oGys1M-jzzirk-pdZQXi-amqMVy-pb2yQK-eeCa24-p4zK2o-eHExZ2-c2WzZd-sN6fEg-nQQRib-cqGzUo] )A train o
Police & Fire
Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / Flickr)An NYPD traffic agent was arrested in Coney Island Tuesday for twice groping the same 29-year-old woman on the R train, according to police. David Cronin, 58, was taken into custody around 3pm at the corner of Surf Avenue
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Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.Elected officials slammed the mayor’s plan to build a fancy streetcar [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/politics/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal/] along the East River waterfront as further proof the city is willfully neglecting the transportation needs of southern Brooklyn residents. Following Mayor Bil de Blasio’
Bensonhurst
Photo by iamgalante [http://websta.me/p/1080418152289992968_1476522111]Below you’ll find subway changes over the weekend on the D, F, N, and R lines in Brooklyn. Check back here Monday to see what’s happening next week. Changes via MTA.info [http://www.mta.info/]. D Line >
Bensonhurst
Photo by pippitolstoy [http://websta.me/p/1049509854793364483_441388772]Below you’ll find Bensonhurst subway changes over the weekend on the D, F, N and R lines in Brooklyn. Check back here Monday to see what’s happening next week. D Line > Manhattan-bound trains skip 25 St, Prospect Av,
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Photo by manabouttownnyc [http://websta.me/p/1049226554612112410_194901014]Below you’ll find South Slope subway changes this week on the D, F, G, N and R lines in Brooklyn. Check back later in the week to see what’s happening this weekend. Changes via MTA.info [http://www.mta.
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Photo by twentysevenboroughs [http://websta.me/p/1019833295456206083_3109638] Below you’ll find early week Park Slope subway changes on the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, F, G, N, Q and R lines in Brooklyn. Check back later this week to see what’s happening this weekend. Changes via
r train
Photo by Mary Bakija/Bensonhurst beanThe Straphanger’s Campaign rated the B and 5 line as the worst in New York City’s subway system in their annual State of the Subways Report Card [http://www.straphangers.org/statesub15/] — but that didn’t stop our local lines from making several
Councilman Vincent Gentile
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has money to burn, according to Councilman Vincent Gentile. Citing a $1 billion surplus, the councilman is calling on the MTA to put the money towards the R line, which he says is “suffering from drastic dysfunction and neglect.” “I am glad to know that