Bike-Loving Hasids Want More Pedals in the Shtetl
Black and blue. (Photo: Sasha Von Oldershausen) They don’t roll on Shabbos, or anytime else. But among the Hasidim of South Williamsburg, a grassroots organization is pushing for more bike-share...
View ArticleBiking From Greenpoint to Queens Just Got a Lot Less Hairy
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Good news for Greenpointers who plan to cycle into Long Island City for PS1’s Warm-Up and outdoor flicks at Socrates Sculpture Park: the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge just got...
View ArticleGraffiti-Blasting DOT Aims to Turn New York Into State of Washing-Ton
(Photo: Luisa Rollenhagen) The Department of Transportation thinks your graffiti is vulgar, and will power-wash it into oblivion until New York City is restored to the sparkling shiny gem it once was....
View ArticleCity’s Latest ‘Asphalt Activation’ Wants to Turn Your Frown Upside-Down
(Photo: Luisa Rollenhagen) Amidst all the pigeon poop, garbage juice, and sundry other mystery substances littering the streets of New York, there are actually some hard-working people out there trying...
View ArticleA By-the-Public, For-the-Public Art Project Takes Shape Under the FDR
Conceptual rendering of the installation (Photo: Courtesy of NY State Senate) The Department of Transportation’s newest pet project has been the DOT Art Initiative, which partners with artists and...
View ArticleHoly Scharf! We Found Free, Unregulated Street Parking in NYC
(Photo: Daniel Maurer) Calling all urban campers! If you’re one of the 23 percent of New Yorkers who own a car and happen to need a free parking spot in the East Village, you’re in luck. We’ve found...
View ArticleNo Country For Old Cars: Free Parking Vanishes From Cooper Square
Before. (Photo: Shannon Barbour) Today is a sad day. Not because the long weekend has ended, which rightfully warrants a tear or two, but because the parking party is over in the East Village. While...
View ArticlePour One of These Out for the Kosciuszko Bridge
The new brew. Instagram: nyccraftbeer. After several weeks of delays the long-awaited demolition of Greenpoint’s old Kosciuszko Bridge began yesterday, despite the intercession of a band of...
View ArticleEast Broadway Subway Station Is F-ing Disgusting, Pols Say
City DOT commissioner Polly Trottenberg speaks with press. A group of city officials and local residents gathered today at the East Broadway subway station as part of a publicity tour calling attention...
View ArticleMTA’s L-pocalypse Planning Has Gone Off Track, North Brooklynites Complain
Local officials and other community members feel that the MTA hasn’t done enough to share a contingency plan for the impending L-pocalyspe. They rallied in Williamsburg on Tuesday to complain that...
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