Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:48 AM EST on February 22, 2016
- BQX May Require New Bridges Over Newtown Creek, Gowanus Canal (NYT, Bklyn Paper)
- More From City Hall’s Streetcar Briefing With the Press (WNYC)
- MTA Wants $66M to Accelerate Work on 2nd Ave Subway, Meet December Deadline (2nd Ave Sagas)
- When the 2nd Ave Subway Starts Running, W Service Will Return to Astoria (2nd Ave Sagas, DNA)
- Franklin Reyes, Driver Who Killed Ariel Russo, Sentenced to 9 Years (Gothamist)
- Trottenberg Makes the Case for Overhauling Woodhaven Blvd to QChron Readers
- Staten Island Cyclists to City: Stop the Illegal Parking in Bike Lanes By Ferry Terminal (Advance)
- Cabbie Jumps Sidewalk By the Met, Sends Light Pole Toppling Onto Woman and Child (Post, News)
- Man Killed When His Van Rolls Over Him Off Central Park East Drive (ABC7)
- Speeding Driver Injures Two Cops in East New York (Post)
- A Man on the Sidewalk Got Hurt Because Someone Parked Sloppily By the Park Slope Food Coop (News)
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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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