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Ben Fried
8:51 AM EDT on October 26, 2015
- Cherry Avenue and Main Street in Flushing Will Now Be Known as Allison Hope Liao Way (AMNY)
- Uber Trips Growing Like Gangbusters in NYC (WSJ)
- Brooklyn CB2 Committee Votes Against de Blasio Housing Affordability Plan (Bklyn Paper)
- Driver Kills 82-Year-Old Man Crossing Gerritsen Avenue Friday Evening (Post)
- Husband Fatally Strikes Wife Backing Over Her in East Flatbush Driveway (Post)
- The Man Who Took the Life of Ethan Villavicencio, 7, Wants His Car Back (News)
- Proto-Countdown Clocks Coming to Astoria N/Q Stations Next Year (Astoria Post via DNA)
- Heads Up: You May Be Newly Eligible for a Transit Commuting Tax Break Next Year (News)
- The Once and Future Mayor of Bogota — Enrique Penalosa (Bloomberg)
- Vengeance for ARC, Sort Of (Gawker)
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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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