Marty Golden and 5 Democrats Want to Block Better Bus Service on Kings Highway
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The Southern Brooklyn pols are trying to nix bus lanes planned for the B82, one of the slowest bus routes in the borough.
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Eyes on the Street: A Safer Walk to Transit By Sheepshead Bay Road
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A DOT safety project in Sheepshead Bay is in effect after a rocky path to implementation.
Will DOT Make Safety Upgrades Over Objections of Sheepshead Bay Cranks?
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Update: DOT confirmed this project is happening. DOT intends to go ahead with a project to straighten out a bus route and add pedestrian space in Sheepshead Bay, reports the Brooklyn Daily. DOT had let the project stall after Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Community Board 15 opposed it, but after a bus driver killed […]
DOT, Chaim Deutsch, and CB 15 Set Stage for Latest MTA Pedestrian Death
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An MTA bus driver killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Sheepshead Bay Monday. The crash happened at an intersection where DOT planned to eliminate bus turns, but the project was shelved in response to opposition from City Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Brooklyn Community Board 15. Eleonora Shulkin, 62, was crossing E. 17th Street at around 6 […]
No Charges for Driver Who Killed Sheepshead Bay Woman in Crosswalk
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NYPD has not filed charges against the driver who killed a Sheepshead Bay woman in the crosswalk just blocks from her home yesterday afternoon. Carol Carboni, 52, was crossing Nostrand Avenue from west to east at 3:35 p.m. yesterday when the driver of a 2013 Infiniti sedan, making a left turn from eastbound Avenue Z to northbound […]
DOT Drops Sheepshead Bay Plaza Plan After Oppo From Deutsch, CB 15
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More space for people near the Sheepshead Bay subway station? Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Community Board 15 aren’t interested. A proposal from DOT to add pedestrian space near the Sheepshead Bay express stop [PDF] was panned last month by Deutsch and the CB 15 transportation committee (that would be these guys). The project now appears to have been dropped by […]