Defying Evidence, NYPD Won’t Say Driver was Speeding in Fatal Bay Ridge Crash
More evidence has emerged that the driver who killed a Bay Ridge pedestrian on Fourth Avenue was traveling at a high rate of speed before the Thursday night crash — but the teen driver with a long...
View ArticleUPDATED: Parks Department Removes Key Part of Bay Ridge Bike Network
The Parks Department has quietly removed a key part of the protected bike-lane network in Bay Ridge — and is now in a battle with the Department of Transportation over whether the path should be used...
View ArticleBike Injuries Still Up for the Year — And Southern Brooklyn Cyclists are...
Bike injuries are still way up this year, though the spike upwards two weeks ago has slowed, and cyclists in Southern Brooklyn are still disproportionately getting hurt — further highlighting the...
View ArticleJumaane Williams: ‘I’m Worried’ About Staying Safe When I Ride My Bike
New York City’s backup mayor is as afraid of traffic as you are when he gets on his bike — for good reason. After getting hit by a car driver last week, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams told...
View ArticleBay Ridge Pol: NYPD Must Crack Down on Rogue Car Dealerships After Pedestrian...
Bay Ridge’s livid council member demanded on Friday that the NYPD finally crack down on neighborhood car dealerships’ practice of parking their wares on the sidewalk, one day after a pedestrian was...
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SEE IT: Cops Nearly Kill Teen on Moped on Brooklyn Greenway
Police cuffed a teenage moped rider after chasing him at high speed in a pursuit on the typically crowded the Shore Road greenway in southern Brooklyn Wednesday that could have easily ended in a...
View ArticleCops Arrest Reckless Driver Who Killed Education Leader Norman Fruchter
Police this week arrested the driver who struck and killed education reformer Norman Fruchter on a quiet Bay Ridge street in December — providing sad comfort and a semblance of accountability for his...
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City To Close Loophole That Allows Drivers to Park in Certain Crosswalks
The city wants to reverse a 2009 policy that allows drivers to park in unmarked crosswalks at T-intersections, undoing a decade-and-a-half giveaway to drivers that blocked pedestrian access and made...
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MTA ‘Bungles’ Increased R Train Service Promise
The MTA is under fire for not delivering on the eight-minute weekday headways that it promised riders in southern Brooklyn — one of whose representatives happened to be (awkward!) one of the MTA’s...
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Activists Renew Push For Redesign of Fourth Ave. in Bay Ridge
It’s time to finish the job. Bay Ridge residents are urging the Department of Transportation to finally bring its successful redesign of the northern two-thirds of Fourth Avenue into the neighborhood...
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