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DOT Briefs CB3 Tonight on Bowery Improvements, New Bike Lanes

It's going to be a busy night for members of Community Board 3's transportation committee. As we reported earlier in the week, officials from the Department of Transportation will outline their plans for improved bicycle access to the Williamsburg...

Briefing on New Bike Lanes to Williamsburg Bridge Wednesday

Tomorrow night, officials from the city's Department of Transportation will brief Community Board 3 on a plan to add new bike lanes connecting to the Williamsburg Bridge. In short, bike-dedicated corridors would be created on Suffolk, Stanton and Rivington...

Outrage at Manhattan’s Public Hearing on MTA Cuts

Straphangers gave their testimony at the MTA’s public hearing held at the Fashion Institute of Technology last night. District 1 City Councilmember Margaret Chin was there to vocalize concerns specific to the Lower East Side and Chinatown. Since subway lines...
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City Council Fights MTA Service Cuts

As we've been reporting, the MTA will hold a public hearing in Manhattan tonight on its proposed service cuts. A similar event last night in Brooklyn got ugly when Police dragged several angry protesters out of the auditorium at...

MTA Cuts: Activists Gear Up For Thursday’s Public Hearing

Thursday night, residents in Manhattan will have a chance to speak out about the MTA's proposed service cuts. A public hearing is scheduled to take place at the Fashion Institute of Technology (7th Avenue & 27th Street), beginning at...

Car Sharing Comes to Grand Street

Here's something for all of you car-deprived New Yorkers. Hertz is taking on Zip Car in the "car sharing" business - and there's a new location on the Lower East Side. In an apparent first for a Manhattan co-op,...
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Chinatown Bus Issues? CB3 Wants to Know

Anyone concerned about the problems caused by the booming Chinatown bus business will want to check out a new report from the New York Department of City Planning.  While there are no huge revelations, the study offers a comprehensive...

Bicycle Safety Advocates Demand More Information on Delancey Accident

Anytime a bicyclist is hurt or killed on the streets of Lower Manhattan, Bill di Paolo makes a point of getting to the scene as quickly as he possibly can. The founder and executive director of the environmental and...

More on Yesterday’s Fatal Bike Accident

There are a few more details about the accident on Delancey Street yesterday afternoon that resulted in the death of a bicyclist. A witness told NY1 the bicyclist, a woman, hit a pothole on Delancey, fell over, and was...
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Bicyclist Killed on Delancey Street

You may have heard the helicopter hovering over the neighborhood. Channel 7 is reporting: LOWER EAST SIDE (WABC) -- A woman riding a bicycle was struck by a school bus and died from her injuries on the Lower...

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JESSOR, A Show About the Architect of the Grand Street Co-ops, Opens Tomorrow at Citygroup

A new exhibition featuring the works of New York architect Herman Jessor, who designed more than 40,000 units of...

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