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Today’s Links: A Six Year Street Project, Bikers Going Postal Over USPS Parking & More

Paul Stremple

Jan 30, 2018 — 1 min read

The cotton-candy man before a parade in Williamsburg last week (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)

Myrtle Ave Plaza Construction Took Six Years to Complete [NYC StreetsBlog]
Horse Fortress: Photos of Historic Clinton Hill Stables [Brownstoner]
Not in My Alley-ism: Boreum Hill Homeless Man Makes Homeowner Nervous [CBS NY]
“Inclusive” Brooklyn Heights School Plans to Force Out Boy With Downs Syndrome, Say Parents [NY Post]
Big Pharma Made Me Do It: Man Blames Crime Spree on Opioid Addiction [NY Daily News]
Social Data Shows Straphangers Are Salty About Q Train Smells [BrandWatch]
USPS Blocks Bike Lanes in Billyburg, Say Bicyclists [Brooklyn Paper]
Speeding Drivers Making NASCAR-Fast Pit Stops at Gas Station Endanger Schoolchildren [Brooklyn Daily]
True Crime: When a Man With A Grenade Laid Seige to Bay Ridge’s 5th Avenue [Hey Ridge]

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