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HORRIFIC: A Brooklyn Baby is Killed in a Weekend of Carnage that Includes a Senior, a Cyclist and a Moped Rider

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 11, 2021 | No Comments

The bloodiest year in the de Blasio administration continued this weekend with multiple deaths, including a cyclist on the Upper West Side, a 3-month-old baby in Brooklyn, a moped rider on the Long Island Expressway, a senior citizen on the Upper West Side, plus at least two motorcycle riders.

Right now it's a dream, but this is what a school street could look like. New Yorkers need to support our school streets. Graphic: WXY Studio

Opinion: To Avoid a COVID Resurgence, Mayor de Blasio Must Create Open Streets for Schools

By Ellen McDermott and Kelly Verel | Sep 9, 2021 | No Comments

Taking our schools outdoors should not be a revolutionary idea, after our year-long dining experiment. Yet the city has been sluggish at best about moving schools into outdoor space, let alone streets.

‘This Practice Won’t Continue’: City Hall Overrules NYPD on ‘Bike Theft’ Policy

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 8, 2021 | No Comments

Hours after a Streetsblog report, City Hall issued a rare statement that upbraided cops for swiping non-abandoned wheels in Queens.

Here's a Flo charging station that the city unveiled in the Bronx earlier this year. Photo: Streetsblog

Wednesday’s Headlines: Fast Tracking Fast Charging Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 8, 2021 | No Comments

Today, at a Lower East Side garage, the city will unveil four super-fast chargers for use by electric car owners (hint: this is not such good news). Plus all the other stories from yesterday.

The DOT proposal for Navy Street set to be installed in September. Photo: DOT

DOT Will Pull the Trigger on Navy Street Protected Bike Lane

By Dave Colon | Sep 7, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation quietly announced on Tuesday that it was moving ahead with a protected bike lane on Navy Street, filling in a missing link connecting the Brooklyn waterfront to DUMBO and the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges.

In this archival shot from 2003, Bob Diamond stands underneath the electrical lines that power his vintage trolleys. Photo: Gregory P. Mango

THE ULTIMATE OBIT: The Real, Unabridged, Authorized, Warts-and-All Saga of Brooklyn Trolley King Bob Diamond

By Simi Horwitz | Sep 6, 2021 | No Comments

A New York original and unsung genius who many thought was a crank, he discovered a long-forgotten subway tunnel under Atlantic Avenue.

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