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8:49 AM EDT on August 8, 2016

    • You Just Can't Trust What NYPD Says About Crash Victims (Gothamist)
    • 18-Year-Old Driver Kills 81-Year-Old Man on Motorized Scooter in East New York (News)
    • Komanoff: Move NY Would Smooth Out the L Shutdown (Crain's)
    • Koreatown Merchants Want Car-Free Streets on Weekend Nights (Voices of NY)
    • Photos of Summer Streets Never Get Old (Gothamist)
    • MTA to Deploy Vacuum Trains to Rid Tracks of Trash (DNA)
    • 7th Ave/Park Slope Station Renovation Will Shorten Turnstile Lines (DNA)
    • Brooklyn Assistant DA Arrested for Drunk Driving in Canarsie (Post)
    • Traffic Crash in 2007 Should Have Been a Red Flag to NYPD Brass About This Rotten Cop (News)
    • Instagram Moment: Port Authority Top Cop Drives Over Retractable Security Bollard (Post)
    • Homer Simpson's Dream Came True on the BQE (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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