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> Today we remember Lauren Davis and James Gregg, both lost to #bike [https://twitter.com/hashtag/bike?src=hash] crashes in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash]. #VisionZero [https://twitter.com/hashtag/VisionZero?src=hash] is imperative. pic.twitter.com/NoFnHWMvIW [https://t.co/NoFnHWMvIW] — Eric Adams
Central Brooklyn
(Photo: Doug Kerr [:https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4331582100/"] / Flickr)Governor Andrew Cuomo announced last week that work has begun on an $8.5 million project to improve safety and traffic flow on Ocean Parkway. “Creating a safer Ocean Parkway will benefit neighborhoods and families throughout Brooklyn – and
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> Today we remember Lauren Davis and James Gregg, both lost to #bike [https://twitter.com/hashtag/bike?src=hash] crashes in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash]. #VisionZero [https://twitter.com/hashtag/VisionZero?src=hash] is imperative. pic.twitter.com/NoFnHWMvIW [https://t.co/NoFnHWMvIW] — Eric Adams
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(Photo: Doug Kerr [:https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4331582100/"] / Flickr)Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this week that work has begun on an $8.5 million project to improve safety and traffic flow on Ocean Parkway. “Creating a safer Ocean Parkway will benefit neighborhoods and families throughout Brooklyn – and
Bensonhurst
Photo by Josh Freed/ Bensonhurst BeanWhen it comes to strange things [/whats-black-goop-dripping-n-line-ceilings/#.VxlHLpMrLWU] that we’ve seen [/watch-adorable-couple-get-hitched-n-train/#.VxlKh5MrLWU] on the N line [/cute-alert-hey-bensonhurst-help-these-kitties-out/#.VxlIBZMrLWU], this incident ranks pretty high on the list. At around 12am this morning, straphangers were baffled when, upon entering the N train, they were accosted
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How cool is this black-and-white video, of a ride along the El[evated] line from Manhattan into Brooklyn, past Fulton Street and then the 5th Avenue Bay Ridge line, through Sunset Park? Fast forward to the 8:20 mark in the video, as the train approaches Green-Wood Cemetery. There’s
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Red Cross volunteers aid victims of Ecuador’s May 16 earthquake (Image via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/26409477582/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz4Wq-afHwkp-afLhJG-afLhFb-7GzET3-9pyEbn-c8mauu-7GvPrK-7GQxtS-7K5Whx-7GLAFD-7GQxDh-Gkwc6Q-7GLB6z-FqUqWh-7GLApg-99LuME-wPg5eC-FsqpVU-GeHtAo-FXLcf5-FsqpTj-FXLcn9-FXLcjo-GeHtBA-GeHtH7-GnSBCH-FsAX8c-FXLcmY-qdV8fs-GkzDJ3-GnSBEM-FsqpXN-FsAX4p-FXLcjd/] ). [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifrc/25896906034/in/photolist-pkYLx1-q4f3sz-rAA9Xt-rtz
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(courtesy NYC Department of Transit [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/content/project-proposal])The DOT has pulled out all the stops in promoting its new plan to create a protected bike lane on Clinton Avenue. The transportation agency is doing it differently this time. The proposal [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/clinton-ave] — which would turn
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) has revived a plan [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-06-15-sheepshead-bay-cb15.pdf] to drop a Times Square-style plaza near Sheepshead Bay Road and reconfigure traffic and bus routes to make the area safer for pedestrians. The DOT appeared to have given up on
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Image via Center for an Urban Future.Fort Greene residents have an average commute time of 36 minutes — comparably low in the citywide rankings — and primarily use mass transit (73 percent), as opposed to cars/taxis (14 percent) and their own feet or bikes (13 percent). This, according to a
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Image via CartoDB.Park Slopers have an average commute time of 38 minutes — ranked 15th city-wide and 4th (out of 18) Brooklyn-wide for the shortest commute — and primarily use mass transit (71 percent), as opposed to cars/taxis (13 percent) and their own feet or bikes (15 percent). This, according
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere in Bensonhurst, we love to complain about the N line [/33254/]. We protested when its stations were collapsing from decades of decay and neglect, and now that eight uptown platforms have been shut down by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, we grumble over the fact that our