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Citi Bike Station at Canal and Rutgers Street Will Be Temporarily Removed Today

Here's a service alert from Citi Bike. The station at Canal and Rutgers Street will be temporarily removed today. As previously reported, the station is being taken off line in preparation for the resurfacing of Straus Square. The city's Department...

Canal/Bowery Intersection – Scene of Fatal Crash – is Supposed to See Safety Improvements This Summer

Here's a followup on Friday's story regarding the dump truck accident near the Manhattan Bridge that took the life of a pedestrian. The driver, 24-year-old Maykel Felix-Tejada of Paterson, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation. He was operating the...

Pedestrian Killed After Being Struck By Truck on Canal Street Near Manhattan Bridge

  #BREAKING: Tractor-trailer kills elderly man near Manhattan Bridge, police say http://t.co/Rj5G6lIeDt@RColletti4NYpic.twitter.com/B1uKNatmMr — NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) July 17, 2015 A 78-year-old man was struck and killed by a dump truck on Canal at Bowery at about 12:30 p.m. today. The victim...

Mayor Signs Council Member Chin’s Truck Route Safety Legislation

In 2014, a series of traffic accidents took the lives of four pedestrians on the Lower East Side and Chinatown. Following the October death of 90-year-old Sau Ying Lee on Canal Street, City Council member Margaret Chin called on the...

Chin Calls on NYPD to Enforce Traffic Law; Suggests Possible Canal Street Truck Ban

On October 14, Michael Cheung's 90-year-old mother was struck and killed as she tried to cross Canal Street.  Sau Ying Lee, who lived in the nearby Confucius Plaza housing complex, had almost made it across the intersection at Elizabeth...

Followup: Chin Calls on NYPD to File Charges Against Driver in Fatal Crash

Here's more on the fatal traffic accident yesterday morning on Canal Street. A woman believed to be in her 70's was struck by the driver of an SUV, as she tried to cross at Elizabeth Street. A witness told...

Pedestrian Killed in Traffic Accident on Canal Street This Morning

A woman in her 70's was struck and killed early this morning by the driver of a truck on Canal Street in Chinatown.  It happened at about 4 a.m. The victim, who has not been named, was crossing the...

CB3, Local Residents Struggle to Curb Intercity Buses on Canal Street

Last week, local residents persuaded members of Community Board 3's transportation committee to oppose applications for three new intercity bus permits along Canal Street.  But no one is rejoicing just yet. This is because the community board's decisions are...

Neighbors Gear Up to Fight Chinatown Bus Permits Thursday Night

The Chinatown bus wars are back. On Thursday evening, Community Board 3's transportation committee will be asked to support three new proposed bus stops on Canal Street.  A block association in the area, SPaCE, is mobilizing to fight the...

Cops Look For Suspects in Ludlow Street Cell Phone Robbery

Police are asking for help in finding three suspects who robbed a man in broad daylight on Ludlow Street last month. They've released security camera video showing the men who they believe are responsible.  Cops say a 28-year old...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 19 – Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival

We spoke with Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF), for this week's episode of...
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