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Fourth Avenue by iverson97 via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/aEamLuCO7o/?tagged=4thavebrooklyn]Good news for bicyclists! The Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing two eight-mile protected bike lanes for 4th Avenue between Boerum Hill and Bay Ridge. The lanes would be installed on the north and south sides
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Image via iamtonyang [http://iamtonyang.com/1007/ticket_machine.jpg].Both straphangers and motorists will dole out more at the farebox and toll both when the latest MTA hikes go into effect this Sunday, March 19. MetroCard fares will increase for the 7-day (from $31 to $32) and 30-day (from
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UPDATE [2:00pm]: Normal Service Returns As of this morning, B and Q trains are bypassing Ditmas Park’s Newkirk Plaza station in both directions due to a ConEd issue, confirmed MTA officials. This is all we know at this time but we’ll continue to update this story. Meanwhile,
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If you are curious which neighborhoods paid the most in parking tickets, RentHop just released a report and data visualization [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/nyc-parking-tickets-down-2016-manhattan-averages-10-tickets-per-household] based on Open NYC Data, comparing the tickets issued and paid by neighborhood over the last two fiscal years. Revenue from all tickets
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Sheepshead Bay Councilman Chaim Deutsch [http://council.nyc.gov/district-48/] has made it easier for all drivers involved in a car collission to get the accident reports necessary to file insurance claims. While previously the only way to get an accident report was to turn up at the precinct in
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Image by Charles Beck viaTwitter [https://twitter.com/charlesbeck]After a fallen tree caused major delays [/downed-tree-ensnares-b-train-causing-massive-delays-cortelyou-road/] on the B and Q lines this morning, it’s now being reported that a broken water main at Montague and Court Streets in Brooklyn Heights is wreaking havoc on Q and R
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19th Avenue Slow Zone between 54th and 58th Streets. Via Google Maps.There should be fewer cars flying down 19th Avenue this summer, making the area a little safer for the students of FDR High School, neighborhood residents, and most prominently — sanitation workers. Last summer a number of residents voiced
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(Photo by Michele Travis)A downed tree and busted fence at the Cortelyou Road station is causing massive delays on the Q and B lines this morning, according to neighbors and the MTA. In the photo above, you can see the tree hanging precariously above the tracks, the missing slice
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69th Street Pier (Photo by znamenski via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMKOWLGjRQn/?tagged=69thstreetpier])The long wait is almost over for Southern Brooklyn residents looking for an alternate way to commute into Manhattan. According to a message posted on Change.org [https://www.change.org/p/nyc-dept-of-transportation-nyc-economic-development-corp-bring-ferry-service-to-bay-ridge-bcdcf0ed-5ae6-4576-9548-14ba76d0701b/u/
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Courtesy of NYC DOTIn December, the Department of Transportation presented to the Community Board 6 Transportation/Public Safety board members a proposal [/mind-gap-filling-holes-bike-lane-network-park-slope-cobble-hill/] for a 3-block bike project that would fill a gap in the bicycle lane network. The project would install a bike lane on Amity Street from Henry
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(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)There’s a large number of New York City drivers who register their cars out-of-state, costing the city an estimated $73 million in unpaid parking tickets, $1 million in license plate fees, and more than $93 million in tax revenue, reports Crain’s New York
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Assemblyman Cymbrowitz (center), DOT Borough Commissioner Keith Bray (far right) and other reps discuss possible safety improvements at Avenue X and Ocean Parkway. (Photo via Assemblyman Cymbrowitz)Today, local politicians in southern Brooklyn met with city and state Department of Transportation officials and community leaders to discuss a plagued intersection