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Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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Gersh Kuntzman

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Car-Free Streets

WILLOUGHOBAD? Progressive Council Member Has Problems with Popular Open Street

Dave Colon is a reporter from Long Beach, a barrier island off of the coast of Long Island that you can bike to from the city. It’s a real nice ride.  He’s previously been the editor of Brokelyn, a reporter at Gothamist, a freelance reporter and delivered freshly baked bread by bike.

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Dave Colon

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WHAT A DAY: City Erased a Popular Fort Greene Open Street — Then Reinstalled it After Protests

Renee Collymore

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Carnage

OPINION: Saving Children’s Lives Should Not Be Open to Debate

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Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’

Henry Beers Shenk

Pratt Youth Art Program – December 2019

Bike NY

Remember That Old Bike? These Kids Need It to Get Ahead and Get Around

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Fort Greene Driver Hits and Injures Two People Before Fleeing on Foot

This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.

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Tuesday’s Headlines: History is Bunk Edition

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Fort Greene

SEE IT: Video Emerges of Bike Getting Vandalized — As Witnesses Do Nothing!

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Clinton Hill

Op-Ed: Pro-Development Message Downplays Gentrification Threat

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Bicycle Infrastructure

Op-Ed: Density Is the Friend of Safe Streets and Transit