Bed Stuy
Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.Council Member Robert Cornegy, Jr. has picked up an endorsement from the city’s major transit union in his campaign to become Brooklyn Borough President. The Transport Workers Union of America’s Local 100 branch [http://www.twulocal100.org/] is so supportive of Cornegy that,
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Workers disinfecting and cleaning a subway car at Stillwell Terminal in May 2020. (Image: Marc A. Hermann/MTA New York City Transit)A new survey of New York City voters finds broad support for a return to overnight subway service. The report, conducted by the professional firm Data for Progress
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An overnight subway disinfecting and cleaning at Stillwell Terminal last spring. (Image: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)Even as the coronavirus pandemic has profoundly disrupted New York’s public transit services [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/08/climate/nyc-transit-covid.html] and sent the Metropolitan Transportation
Borough Park
Highlawn School in GravesendTwo MTA buses blocking each other’s path yesterday evening at a Boro Park intersection resulted in a conflict between the drivers and a massive traffic backup, according to videos shared to Twitter. The cause, the MTA says: an illegally parked minivan and shipping container. In the
Downtown Brooklyn
City Council Candidate Elizabeth Adams issued a novelty parking violation to DOT and NYPD in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday morning. (Image: Billy Richling) Elizabeth Adams stood near a vehicle-blocked Downtown Brooklyn bike lane with transit advocates and cartoonishly large traffic violation notices on Thursday morning to call for an end
Central Brooklyn
Park Circle (Image: Google Maps)The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is rethinking traffic flow at Park Circle at the southwest corner of Prospect Park. By adding new turn lanes, signage and other safety features, DOT hopes they can reduce the number of traffic collisions at the intersection, which
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Citi Bike expansion into Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace, and Greenwood Heights is underway, NYC DOT announced today. The project is part of a 93 docking station expansion and will extend the bike’s services from 15th Street to 67th Street and from the southwest corner of Prospect Park to Church
Central Brooklyn
On Feb. 5, 2020, crews from MTA Bridges and Tunnels today replaced the first of 19 signs on agency property to feature the revised spelling of the bridge’s name, incorporating an additional ‘z’ in the name Verrazzano. Photo: Patrick Cashin/Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York’s plan to reduce traffic
Announcements
Press release from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a partnership between the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and AAA Northeast to expand access to DMV services. Six AAA branch offices in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Garden City, Nanuet and Yonkers can now process DMV
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Police outside the Morgan Ave station. Anna Conkling/BklynerBrooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that Khari Covington, 29, who resides in an East Williamsburg shelter, has been indicted on numerous charges of assault, strangulation, and burglary as hate crimes and other charges for allegedly attacking seven women in East
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Rendering of 640 Columbia Street (Image: JLL Real Estate)Amazon signed two leases for over 487,000 square feet of Red Hook warehouse space this week, further expanding its fast-growing footprint in Brooklyn and around the city. The company announced on Wednesday that it will open a 336,350-square-foot delivery
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The Bedford Ave and Fulton St entrance of the Nostrand Ave station on the Fulton St A/C lines. By Marc A. Hermann / MTAThe F and C subway lines, which have undergone several service cuts through the past year, will continue to operate at reduced service despite increased headways. Service