Feb. 16, 2024 By Danny Harris
It’s happened to all of us.
Op-ed | It’s time for New York City to regulate delivery apps
Tag: transportation
Brooklyn brr-eaks the ice: Winter storm unleashes borough’s biggest snowfall in 2 years
Feb. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn was covered in a blanket of white snow Tuesday, thanks to a winter storm that’s expected to deliver the five boroughs’ biggest snowfall in two years.
Public schools to go remote, alternate side parking canceled as Brooklyn preps for Tuesday snowstorm
Feb. 12, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki & Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn and the rest of the five boroughs are under a Winter Storm Watch for much of the day Tuesday as forecasters say the five boroughs are on the verge of its first legitimate snowstorm in three years.
Biden administration denies $800M infrastructure grants for BQE’s crumbling cantilever
Feb. 6, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The Biden administration has rejected the city’s applications for $800 million in infrastructure grants to redesign and reconstruct the crumbling triple cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Brooklyn Paper’s sister publication amNewYork Metro first reported.
New mid-block crossings on Atlantic Avenue aim to slow cars, increase pedestrian safety on ‘Boulevard of Death’
Feb. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Atlantic Avenue has three new mid-block pedestrian crossings, which the city and local pols hope will make the busy roadway — nicknamed Brooklyn’s “Boulevard of Death” — safer for Brooklynites traversing the corridor on foot.
New era for C train commuters: MTA debuts R211 ‘open gangway’ subway cars
Feb. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
C train riders will be the first to experience the brand new R211 “open gangway” subway cars, which entered passenger service on the Washington Heights-to-East New York local line on Thursday.
‘The gain must match the pain’: Pols demand ‘full upgrade’ of G train during planned shutdown
Jan. 26, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn and Queens elected officials say they want “the gain must match the pain” if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going to proceed with plans to close the G train for improvements this summer.
Prospect Heights residents call on mayor to finish Underhill Avenue’s bike boulevard
Jan. 18, 2024 By Adam Daly
Prospect Heights residents are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to release the results of a community input survey on the Underhill Avenue safety redesign, which was carried out in November and stalled the near-completed project.
MTA confirms partial summer closure for G train signal modernization
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.
Interborough Express light rail project, which will connect Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights, inches forward
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.