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A Bridge Too Far: City Seeks Authority to Ban Sellers From Spans
DOT wants to officially ban street vendors from its bridges after NYPD temporarily ejected sellers from the Brooklyn Bridge promenade in January — raising the alarm for merchants who say they have fewer and fewer places to hawk their wares.
May 18, 2023
Wednesday’s Headlines: 18-Year-Old Driver Flips BMW onto the Greenway Edition
This past Saturday in New York City saw gorgeous weather — and a teen driver in a BMW fly off the Henry Hudson Parkway onto the greenway. Plus other news.
May 10, 2023
Ocean Parkway Bike Lane Fixes Finally Begin After Years of Delays
Repairs have finally started on the busted-up bike lane.
May 4, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Intermittent’ Closures on the Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Edition
The Brooklyn Bridge bike lane will experience "intermittent" closures from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday. Plus other news.
April 21, 2023
RED TAPE: DOT Still Hasn’t Started Cable Study It Cited To Delay Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane
The DOT admitted this week that the all-important, must-have, can't-do-anything-without-it cable study — mentioned in 2016, announced in 2017, supposed to start in 2019, and again in 2020 — never actually started.
April 13, 2023
Stats Show That a Narrower BQE is Safer, Yet City is Considering Widening the Highway
Collisions on the Queens-bound side of the cantilever have dropped 65 percent compared to 2019, according to a DOT analysis obtained by Streetsblog.
April 10, 2023
Friday’s Headlines: Opening Day in New York Edition
The Mets will finally celebrate their home opener today, and it's a good time to revisit why New York baseball is so awesome. Plus other news.
April 7, 2023
Wider BQE Could Be ‘Intrusion’ on Brooklyn Bridge Park, Ex-Transportation Leaders Warn
The city says it is only considering whether to widen the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street into three, 12-foot lanes in each direction, with additional shoulders — a configuration that would require the roadway to be widened from roughly 34 feet to 56.
April 5, 2023
CYCLE OF RAGE: Why Does the Parks Dept. Let Drivers Defile Black History?
New York City would never allow people to park on top of its Holocaust memorial. And it would never let people drive on a major civil rights monument. Nor would it let people spew pollution at a national cemetery. Except that it would.
March 24, 2023
DOT Shows Off Ways to ‘Reconnect’ Communities Harmed by BQE, But Questions Remain
On Tuesday night, the Adams administration offered a glimpse of some changes it hopes to make along the BQE corridor.
March 21, 2023
