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Eyes on the Street: Critical Mass of U.S. Senators
Further review of photos from Senator Charles Schumer's Saturday bike ride in Brooklyn, which included an entourage of about 20 cyclists and a police escort, has turned up what appears to be two more U.S. senators, both from the fine state of Vermont. Snapped outside of Schumer's Prospect Park West apartment building, that looks like Bernie Sanders in the blue and gray sweater and Patrick Leahy getting a little help with his helmet. And how about the guy in the white shirt back there? He looks vaguely senatorial. North Dakota's Byron Dorgan?
April 30, 2007
Eyes on the Street: Tour de Senator Schumer
Senator Charles Schumer hit the road this Saturday with an entourage of about 20 other cyclists and a police escort. As he led the group down Prospect Park West our tipster heard him telling the assembled, “Jennifer Connolly lives here…” Does anyone know what the bike tour was all about? Photo: Dave Kenny
April 30, 2007
Tell Marty Markowitz You Support DOT’s 9th Street Plan
If you live in or around Park Slope, Brooklyn, then please take just a minute to click this link and send a fax to Borough President Marty Markowitz expressing your support for DOT's traffic safety plan for 9th Street.
April 27, 2007
They Come to Bury the BQE, Not to Praise It
The Brooklyn Paper reports that there's talk brewing about seizing an opportunity to bury the section of the BQE that runs underneath the Promenade, rather than simply repair it (right, the Atlantic Ave. overpass where the roadway rises near the site of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park and the One Brooklyn condo development):
April 20, 2007
Visions of a Grander Grand Army Plaza
One vision: Grand Army Plaza's fountain and arch connected to Prospect Park.
April 19, 2007
Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards
The Fort Greene Association has scored another victory in the fight against abuse of placarded parking, this time with some help from very high places.
April 19, 2007
DOT’s 9th Street Plan: Frequently Asked Questions
Print this DocumentNinth Street at Eighth Avenue in Park Slope, outside of Dizzy's Diner.
April 11, 2007
Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why?
Park Slope's 9th Street corridor, with Prospect Park on one end and the Battery Tunnel on the other, has long been known as one of the most dangerous streets in the neighborhood when it comes to car crashes.
April 11, 2007