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Bensonhurst
8102 20 Avenue (Source: Google Maps)Did you know that the city makes millions of dollars each year by systematically ticketing cars that are parked in perfectly legal spaces? One such parking spot — right here in Bensonhurst — is located in front of 8102 20th Avenue, where 26 drivers have been
Police & Fire
The crash scene at Avenue P and East 12th Street Monday night. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208228719452901&set=pcb.10154228525989038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)The 26-year-old driver who blew through a red light in Midwood Monday night — fatally striking a bicyclist
Business
The lost vehicle and foot traffic outside the Sheepshead Bay subway station is hurting local businesses. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Businesses up and down Sheepshead Bay Road are reporting that DOT’s new traffic plan [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-06-15-sheepshead-bay-cb15.pdf], which converted part of
Food & Drink
Photo via chrisalanjones [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCoWZbczAKy/?taken-at=493808164&hl=en]It has been said that there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_ain%27t_no_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch]. Today, however, there is such a
Nonsponsored
Community board member Maurice Kolodin, left, speaking to city officials about the new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Residents raged at city officials Tuesday for dropping a Times Square-style pedestrian plaza [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-06-15-sheepshead-bay-cb15.pdf] on Sheepshead Bay
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A traffic cone and letter “M” marks the spot where a MuniMeter will go on 7th Avenue in Sunset Park. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)Muni-Meters [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/2184/parking-meters]are coming to portions of Seventh Avenue, although we don’t yet know exactly
Announcements
New street signs were installed on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Do you have concerns or questions about the new traffic plan [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-06-15-sheepshead-bay-cb15.pdf] on Sheepshead Bay Road? Bring them up Tuesday night when representatives from DOT and MTA
Nonsponsored
Traffic cones closed traffic on East 15th Street between Sheepshead Bay Road and Avenue Z. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Community leaders say they were blindsided this week when the Department of Transportation (DOT) moved forward on a controversial plan [/commute-proof-nyc-dots-mission-increase-traffic-congestion/] to transform part of Sheepshead Bay Road into a
Nonsponsored
Image via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, but there are some questions about just how much time riders would really save. A new study [http://www.
Bensonhurst
Source: Councilman Greenfield’s OfficeCouncilman David G. Greenfield will be funding four projects to improve neighborhoods in his district — Borough Park, plus parts of Bensonhurst, following the results of this year’s participatory budgeting process. Over 2,300 people in Greenfield’s district voted to pick the projects that they
Nonsponsored
Image via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [http://southslopenews.com/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, but there are some questions about just how much time riders would really save. A new
fort greene
The planned Atlantic Terminal stop should be scrapped according to a new study (Image courtesy Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.)There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, but there are some questions about