Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:56 AM EDT on July 15, 2011
- After Restoring Small Express Bus Routes, MTA Cuts Service on Packed 1 and 6 Trains (News)
- Corey Kilgannon Confirms Darkest Suspicions About NY Times Windshield Perspective
- Drunk Driver Killed Clara Heyworth, 28, in Fort Greene Earlier This Week (The Local, Observer)
- Bklyn Paper Completely Mangles the Story About Jim Walden’s Desperate Subpoena Gambit
- Gothamist, Post Pick Up Laurence Renard Travesty – $500 Fine For Killing Pedestrian With Right of Way
- People You Share the Road With: Road Rage Fight Escalates Into Fatal Shooting in Queens (Post)
- Caught on Tape: Corvette Driver Peels Off From Scene of Wreck on Grand Concourse (Animal NY)
- Walk Signal Goes Haywire in Kensington, Gets Fixed; Rest of Coney Island Ave Still Terrifying (News)
- Parking Rates Rise to $8/Day at S.I. Ferry Terminal; Commuters Evaluate Their Options (NY1)
- At Least the Surface of NYC Sidewalks Will Remain an Ad-Free Zone (NYT)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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