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Photo by Bob De ThomasYou may have noticed the light brown gravel that was laid down on East 15 Street between Avenue Z and Sheepshead Bay Road as well as the Jerome Avenue slip from East 17 Street to Sheepshead Bay Road. This is the latest change to that area
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Drivers saw increased police enforcement of traffic violations in our area during the second week of Vision Zero in the 70 Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/visionzero/pages/initiatives/nypd-enforcement.shtml]. Traffic safety and several other topics were discussed at last week’s Community
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(Photo via NYC DOT)Sunset Park residents are calling on the Department of Transportation to change its plans for a Fourth Avenue bike lane, activists said. Activists said the agency has ignored their repeated requests for a lane, meanwhile one in Marine Park was built without people asking for one.
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Smile! The DOT is giving away bike helmets! (Courtesy Twitter/NYCDOT [https://twitter.com/NYC_DOT/status/747460285808709632])Want a free bike helmet? Keep reading. The Department of Transportation [/?s=dot] and Citibike [/?s=citibike] are teaming up to literally give away bike helmets from 12pm to 3pm on Saturday
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Traffic cones closed traffic on East 15th Street between Sheepshead Bay Road and Avenue Z. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The outcry over the Department of Transportation’s new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road has been well documented on this site. Community leaders and civic groups have been nearly
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) completed several changes last week on Sheepshead Bay Road to make the area more orderly and address some of the safety concerns raised by neighbors about the controversial new traffic plan [/commute-proof-nyc-dots-mission-increase-traffic-congestion/]. Residents will notice LED lights added under the train trestle on East 15th
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New street signs were installed on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Here’s another one for the wastebin! Despite receiving letters from community leaders protesting the new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Transportation (DOT) says they will not abandon
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DOT is planning to repave part of Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Following a meeting with Councilman Chaim Deutsch, the DOT has agreed make some changes to the much-maligned [/stop-residents-demand-dot-halt-sheepshead-bay-traffic-plan/] Sheepshead Bay Road traffic plan. Starting Monday, May 23, the city will begin repaving Sheepshead Bay Road,
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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
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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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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
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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