Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
8:49 AM EDT on March 21, 2016
- Hit-and-Run Cabbie Kills Woman on First Ave (Post, Gothamist)
- NYPD Sends Tough Message to Cop Involved in Drunken Hit-and-Run… Wait, Scratch That (News)
- Will the Port Authority Rush Into a Bad Design for the New Midtown Bus Terminal? (MTR)
- Getting the 2nd Ave Subway Running This Year Seems Unlikely (2nd Ave Sagas)
- Developer Shifts Location of 86th St. 2nd Ave Subway Station From Building Interior to Sidewalk (DNA)
- The Myrtle-Wyckoff L Station Smells Strongly of Human Sewage Because Sewage Leaks Into It (News)
- Dangerous Manhattan Bridge Exit Won’t Stay Open 24/7 Any More (Bklyn Paper)
- The Struggle to Control Flooding on a Hamilton Beach Block By Building a Shared Street (QChron)
- No More Car Lanes Until Drivers Start Obeying the Law (Advance)
- Driver Smashes Up Sheepshead Bay Flower Shop (News)
- Damned Bike Lanes (Gothamist)
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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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