Downtown Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Friday, July 13 at 2:30pm] The LPC unanimously approved DOT’s proposed plan to restore the Brooklyn Bridge’s arches and towers. DOT plans to begin the work in June 2019, according to Brooklyn Daily Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/7/10/landmarks-preservation-commission-approves-brooklyn-bridge-archway-renovations] , and expects to
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – The city ordered the removal of a parking lot outside the Bushwick laundromat where 4-year old Luz Gonzalez was killed in a hit-and-run [/bushwick-hit-and-run-kills-4-year-old-girl-injures-mother/] late last month. Families and community members demanding justice had rallied outside the laundromat for days after hearing that the driver in the fatal crash
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – A subway surfer on the C train shocked commuters Friday morning—and one straphanger caught it on camera. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7u8YlBTpZ/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk7u8YlBTpZ/] Subway rider Matt Beary posted the video to his Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mattbeary/] on Saturday.
Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – An 80-year-old motorist drove his 2018 Lexus into the storefront of the recently opened NetCost Market [/the-new-netcost-market-will-be-open-24-7/] located at 3100 Ocean Avenue Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 9:30am, an NYPD representative said. The male driver told responding officers that he mistakenly stepped on the accelerator
Borough Park
BOROUGH PARK/KENSINGTON – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced last week that 40-year-old Abel Antonio Pina Morocho of Borough Park was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for driving while intoxicated into a group of cyclists during last year’s Century Bike Tour [/greenpoint-cyclist-hit-century-bike-tour-dies/], killing one woman and
Downtown Brooklyn
Borough President Adams called for funding of the FastForward plan along with Brooklyn politicians and leaders at a press conference today (Via BP Adams Twitter [https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams])DOWNTOWN – After last week’s ceiling collapse at the Borough Hall subway station, Brooklyn politicians and local leaders gathered today to
Announcements
BUSHWICK – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will be joining Families for Safe Streets [https://www.facebook.com/NYCSafeStreets/], Transportation Alternatives [https://www.facebook.com/TransportationAlternatives/], and community members for a march this afternoon to honor 4-year old Luz Gonzalez [/bushwick-hit-and-run-kills-4-year-old-girl-injures-mother/] who was killed by a motorist in Bushwick on Sunday,
Bushwick
The parking spaces outside Clean City Laundry in Bushwick, where a 4-year old was recently killed in a hit-and-run (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – Just a day after a hit-and-run in Bushwick killed 4-year old Luz Gonzalez, the NYPD has declined to file charges against the driver of the car
community
PARK SLOPE – The Brooklyn Community Board 6 Transportation Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/transportation-public-safety.page] unanimously voted to approve the NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) redesign of 9th Street (between 3rd Avenue & Prospect Park West)
News
Assemblyman Joe Lentol at a groundbreaking in North Brooklyn last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)With the closure of the Canarsie Tunnel—aka the L Train Shutdown—now less than a year away, politicians are beginning to get serious with the MTA about the details of how the organization plans to
Central Brooklyn
With this week’s tragic death of Shaena Sinclair in Canarsie [/canarsie-crash-fatal-mother-son/], the safety of New York streets are once again under scrutiny as residents, community activists and political leaders hope to reduce the number fatal car crashes in the city. Yesterday, the activist group Transportation Alternatives released a statement
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush/Kensington- Over the last month, many of you have been asking what’s up with the green markings on the sidewalks that have been spotted from McDonald Avenue, along Church Avenue to Flatbush, to Coney Island Avenue, Beverley Road, Cortelyou Road and most side streets in the middle : In