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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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Car-Free Streets

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

Renee Collymore

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

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

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Pratt Youth Art Program – December 2019

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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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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

Email Eve Kessler at <a href="mailto:eve@streetsblog.org">eve@streetsblog.org</a>