Downtown Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Early Saturday the New York State Senate passed a bill which includes allowing NYC to expedite the design-build phase for much-needed repair work to the BQE. Via NYC DOT’s “BQE Atlantic to Sands Project Update” presentation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bqe-atlantic-to-sands-nov2016.pdf] Senator
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COBBLE HILL – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/], the NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT), and transportation advocates gathered at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street on Tuesday to announce a new pilot program that allows
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The original stretch of Plumb Beach Bike path that got repaired in 2015 (Via Sheepshead Bites)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A few years ago, repairs were finally made to the Plumb Beach Bike Path, which had been damaged in Hurricane Ida as far back as 2009. Now, it seems the city has
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PARK SLOPE – Last week it was reported that improperly filed paperwork reporting a September hit-and-run incident involving Dorothy Bruns, the driver who killed two children in Park Slope earlier this month [/details-released-mondays-deadly-collision-park-slope/], allowed the motorist to stay on the road and continue driving. Scene following the crash at 9th Street
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The planned closure [/dean-street-between-flatbush-6th-will-be-closed-for-four-nights-next-week/] of Dean Street between Flatbush & 6th Avenues for four nights of roadwork has been rescheduled for this week starting Wednesday at 10pm. Via Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report [https://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2018/03/overnight-work-planned-for-dean-street_23.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The planned closure [/dean-street-between-flatbush-6th-will-be-closed-for-four-nights-next-week/] of Dean Street between Flatbush & 6th Avenues for four nights this week has been postponed. The block was scheduled to be closed from Monday, March 19 through Thursday, March 22, from 10pm to 5am for street paving and striping, the Atlantic Yards/Pacific
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Children led the march for safe streets in Park Slope last week, calling on the Mayor to act (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)In the wake of last week’s tragedy, change may come to Brooklyn streets. Yesterday, Mayor De Blasio put his support behind two new bills designed to keep the
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The block of Dean Street situated between Flatbush and 6th Avenues will be closed from 10pm to 5am for four nights next week. Dean Street between Flatbush & 6th Avenues via Google MapsFrom Monday, March 19 through Thursday, March 22, crews will fully close off the road for
Central Brooklyn
Council Speaker Corey Johnson at a press conference on BQE repairs (Jeff Reed/NYC Council)BROOKLYN – Republicans open budget negotiations by conditioning approval of the cost saving Design/Build proposal for reconstructing the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE), on adding a police officer at every school [/felder-what-are-we-waiting-for/], a proposal Brooklynite and
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Children led the way during a march for safer streets in Park Slope last night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – A crowd of hundreds gathered in Brooklyn to march for safer streets last night following a rally by local politicians in remembrance of the children killed by a driver last
Downtown Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A man driving an SUV crashed into a “bishop’s crook” lamp post on a busy sidewalk yesterday afternoon, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/3/12/bishops-crook-lamp-post-may-have-spared-lives-brooklyn-heights-car-crash] reports. 211 Montague Street via Google MapsThe incident occurred at approximately 1:15pm on Monday, March
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PARK SLOPE – New Yorkers will gather in Park Slope Monday evening to march for safer streets—one week after Dorothy Bruns ran through a red light into pedestrians [/driver-killed-two-children-license-suspended/], killing one-year-old Joshua Lew and four-year-old Abigail Blumenstein. Transportation Alternatives via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TransportationAlternatives/photos/gm.922683851246471/1923666714311159/