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By
Ben Fried
8:54 AM EDT on April 18, 2017
- De Blasio Admits Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar May Not Pay for Itself (AMNY, News)
- Daily News Ready to Pull the Plug on BQX
- Peak Ferry Hype (DNA)
- Evidence That Upper East Siders Switched From Cabs to the Second Ave Subway (AMNY)
- Christie and Amtrak Trade Barbs Over Friday’s Train Outage Under the Hudson (Post, WNYC)
- City Finalizes Contract Shifting Trash Hauling Trips From Trucks to Barges (News)
- Driver Crashes Into Tractor Trailer on Rockaway Boulevard, Critically Injuring Himself and His Passenger (Post)
- Staten Island DA Pursuing Manslaughter Charges for Drunk, Wrong-Way Driver Who Killed Two (WNBC, Advance)
- After Many Years of Waiting on DDC, the Myrtle Avenue Plaza Is Almost Ready (Bklyner)
- Vicariously Experience an Illicit Tour of Grand Central With 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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