Sep. 23, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The MTA’s $68 billion capital plan, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express (IBX), the potentially transformative light rail link between Brooklyn and Queens, within this decade. The 2025-29 capital plan, the transit agency’s overarching five-year spending priorities for maintenance, renewal, and expansion, includes $2.75 billion…
Sep. 12, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A 74-year-old man was fatally struck by the driver of a white SUV in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in Bay Ridge. Authorities say the incident occurred just after 8:55 p.m. as the victim was crossing Ridge Boulevard at Bay Ridge Avenue, walking west to east in…
Jul. 3, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The city is again planning to build a bus lane along Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue, aiming to speed up commutes on the primary thoroughfare crossing the borough.
Feb. 20, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Tuesday announced its plans to convert all 150,000 fluorescent light fixtures across the subway system to LED lighting by mid-2026.
Jan. 16, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
This summer, the MTA will implement a phased partial shutdown of the G train to upgrade the outdated signals along the Crosstown Line.
Jan. 10, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The proposed Interborough Express light rail, which would connect Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights without entering Manhattan, is inching forward, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday.
Jan. 5, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro
Thousands of protesters took to the Brooklyn Bridge on New Year’s Day to continue their calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Dec. 21, 2023 By Kay White & Shaun Francois Every day, over a million students swipe MetroCards at the turnstile, pedal through city streets, or ride a bus between home and school. As students walk those last few blocks towards school, they’re often both greeted and protected by crossing guards. New Yorkers in fluorescent vests create safe passages in hectic city streets, offering both visibility and physical protection for our smallest and youngest. It’s dangerous wherever cars and pedestrians meet – but especially so when these pedestrians are children. Since 2014, 106 children have been killed by vehicles on our…
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Aug. 30, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro A new bike lane near Canarsie Pier which connects Canarsie to the Jamaica Bay Greenway, Gateway National Recreation Area, and the Rockaways is ready to roll. The $1.9 million project to build the new section of a raised, eight-foot-wide, two-way bike lanes on Shore Parkway was completed one year ahead of schedule and more than $1.45 million under budget. The project was managed by the city’s Department of Transportation and Department of Design and Construction, and funded by DOT and the state’s Office of Resilient Homes and Communities. Work began back in June…
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Apr. 12, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A man has been arrested and charged in the killing of an 18-year-old aboard a subway train last week.