OPINION: The MTA Must Reopen Its Restrooms — Now!
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We need to build more public toilets, but first, let's end the indignity and restore the comfort stations we have.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Coney Island
DOT Picks Five Companies to Run Dockless Bike-Share Pilots
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Starting this summer, Motivate (a.k.a. Lyft Bikes), JUMP, Pace, Lime, and ofo will show their stuff in NYC.
Kevin Rodriguez, 3, Killed by Ambulette Driver in Brooklyn, No Charges Filed
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A 3-year-old child was killed by an ambulette driver in Coney Island Friday evening. Kevin Rodriguez was walking with his father on Neptune Avenue toward West 15th Street when he broke away and ran for his mother, Feizy Marcos, who was at a laundry on the opposite corner, according to reports. Seeing the ambulette approaching, […]
Two Pedestrians Critical After Manhattan and Brooklyn Crashes This Week
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Crashes in Manhattan and Brooklyn have left two pedestrians in critical condition this week. According to NYPD, around 8:23 p.m. Tuesday a 41-year-old woman walking at 330 W. 145th St. in Harlem was struck by a driver who jumped the curb. Police said a 63-year-old male was attempting to parallel park his Ford Explorer when […]
Eyes on the Street: No Bike Amenities for Mermaids
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It seems each year the number of people bicycling to Coney Island’s annual Mermaid Parade grows. This year was particularly bike plentiful with thousands of bikes locked to poles, fences, signs, and over a dozen blocks of the boardwalk railing. Even bikes locked to other bikes!