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Central Brooklyn

Subways Will Stop Running At Night For Now, Starting May 6

Last Stop. Liena Zagare/BklynerMTA announced earlier today that it will close the subway system for deep-cleaning every night between 1-5 am starting on May 6th. “During this overnight period, the MTA will intensify disinfecting operations, cleaning its fleet of thousands of cars and buses every night, and further testing

Announcements

67-Year-Old Cyclist ‘Sideswiped’ By MTA Bus & Killed

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerEAST FLATBUSH – A cyclist is dead after being sideswiped by an MTA bus on Tuesday. On April 28 at around 4:33 p.m., 67-year-old Tadeusz Czajkowski, a Greenpoint resident, was riding his bike heading northbound on Rogers Avenue in the right lane. According to the NYPD,

COVID-19

Floyd Bennett Field Goes On Lockdown As Parking Lot For Idle MTA Buses

Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, April 27, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Gabriel Sandoval and Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/floyd-bennett-field-on-lockdown-as-mta-bus-parking-lot.html] The MTA has begun using Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field as a makeshift bus storage facility — sealing off a

COVID-19

The Mayor Won’t Open Walking And Biking Lanes. But Can He Stop Us?

Today’s City Council hearing on Open Streets legislation sponsored by Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Carlina Rivera introduced on Wednesday, was another show of just how absolutely disinterested the city’s Departments of Transportation and Police seem to be in opening streets and allowing people more space to

Central Brooklyn

Two Passengers Die In A Day As Subway Fatalities Rise Amid Ridership Plunge

Train passing.By Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/two-nyc-subway-riders-die-in-day-as-fatalities-rise.html] . A woman died on a Brooklyn subway platform Wednesday after exhibiting what an MTA report describes as “symptoms of COVID-19” — making her the second person to die in the system that morning and

Announcements

Parking Permits For Healthcare Workers, Extensions For Expired City Permits

The Department of Transportation informs that the City is issuing temporary Citywide on-street parking permits to healthcare personnel working in hospitals during COVID-19. To obtain the parking permit, healthcare workers should reach out to their hospital administrators directly. NYC DOT is extending the permit expiration for all City Parking Permits

Announcements

MTA Promises Families Of Workers Lost To COVID-19 $500K

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitBy Jose Martinez, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/mta-promises-families-of-workers-lost-to-covid-19-500k.html] . After being rocked by 59 worker deaths from coronavirus, the MTA has agreed to provide next of kin with a $500,000 lump-sum payment. That’s 10

Central Brooklyn

Bus Drivers Hardest Hit By Deaths As COVID-19 Devastates MTA

A Brooklyn bus driver covers their face behind the wheel, April 7, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Jose Martinez, originally published in THE CITY on April 8, 2020 [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/bus-drivers-hardest-hit-by-deaths-as-covid-19-devastates-mta.html] For 15 years, Ernesto Hernandez drove MTA buses around his home borough of Brooklyn,

COVID-19

Public Transit Updates: MetroCards at Vending Machines Only, Free Buses, No Shared Access – A – Ride,more

The kiosk and vending machines at Kingston-Throop Station on the C Line. Curtis Brodner/BklynerThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that it is no longer selling regular MetroCards at kiosks, as of Tuesday, March 24, in order to protect station agents from Coronavirus. The regular cards will be sold at

COVID-19

City Looks At Opening Streets to Pedestrians

Park Slope. Liena Zagare/BklynerBrooklyn enjoyed the kind of weather [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/brooklyn/historic] Friday, March 20 that makes for a perfect picnic, or afternoon bike ride or pickup-basketball game, and many Brooklyners instantly forgot [https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/ny-mccarren-park-bustling-amidst-coronavirus-20200321-z2bb2estxraj5gwlytgcxnpaeu-story.html#icb-path] every panicked

Central Brooklyn

Dollar Vans Are Still Operating, Serving The Underserved

A Dollar Van near the Barclays Center. Curtis Brodner/BklynerMayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order [https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-pooled-rides-uber-banned-20200317-rwyk5spsfnbrflqjcbv7lpw5ju-story.html] on Tuesday, March 17 banning “pooling” for ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft — meaning no cheap group trips with strangers, but it stopped short of saying

Central Brooklyn

Planned to Take Citi Bike To Work? You Are Not Alone, And It Is A Problem

Photo: Compliments of the city’s website.If you’ve taken Citi Bike into Manhattan this week, you may have had trouble finding a place to dock your bike. The NYC Department of Transportation has seen at least a 50% increase in Citi Bikes going over the East River bridges