OMG. This dumb “lady doing iPad” billboard that has annoyed me forever was the one that fell over and shut down the dumb BQE. (via Billboard Near BQE and Promenade Illegal? | Brooklyn Heights Blog)
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20 January 2012
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18 November 2011
Does anyone have any idea of the role these particular, costly noise-makers might have played in apprehending criminals or preventing criminal behavior? Seriously. I mean in addition to racking up valuable overtime for the officers involved.
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28 October 2011
I brought up the issue of the MTA’s funding repeatedly being cut and raided by Albany, which has resulted in massive service cuts and maintenance issues. I was rather surprised that few in the audience seemed particularly concerned by this and instead focused on their own immediate local concerns, not realizing that the two are related.
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21 October 2011
Local Pols to Hold Transportation Town Hall Wednesday Evening
State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, and City Council Member Steve Levin will host a Transportation Town Hall meeting this coming Wednesday evening, October 26, from 7:30 to 8:30, at 55 Washington Street in DUMBO, Room 216.
I should really go to this.
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21 September 2011
An NYPD officer fired off a shot, the paper says, when he ‘pounded its butt on the roof of the stolen car as the driver put it in reverse and tried to mow him down.’ The errant bullet entered a nearby apartment, nearly striking a mother and child.
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31 August 2011
The design company known as HUGE in DUMBO (HAH) was the site of a second break in; the first occurred in May, when 15 laptops totaling $30,000 were stolen. This was four laptops totaling $5,996.
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16 August 2011
My son has not been able to take one uninterrupted nap since the strike started.
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3 August 2011
On July 28th, an unnamed man from the Department of Homeland Security said he parked and locked his car on Warren St. near Smith St. around 8 p.m. The following morning at 6:30 a.m. he was told some of his belongings had been found near Smith and Douglas; upon returning to his car he saw the passenger-side window had been broken and the following items stolen…
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9 July 2011
Discussion on Pier 6 Access Reveals Albany’s Stranglehold on City Traffic Control
One surprising fact was revealed by a DOT spokesman. When asked why a red light camera could not immediately be installed at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and the BQE on-ramp, he said that the state had authorized the city only a limited number of such cameras, and that the city already had reached that limit.
Streetsblog readers have known that for years, but it’s great to see the wider public taking an interest.
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1 July 2011
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 6/29/11
An altercation at a check cashing spot on Schermerhorn St. ended with a 5-year-old getting pepper sprayed.
Home sweet home!
