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Across Brooklyn, More Commuters Rely on Transit to Get to Work

Streetsblog New York City

In every community district along the proposed Nostrand Avenue bus rapid transit corridor, fewer Brooklynites are driving to work compared to the beginning of the last decade... Brooklyn commuters — already some of the biggest transit riders in the cou... »

Jim Findlay and the Secret Sex Lives of Plants

Culturebot

The director talks about his new show at 3LD, "Botanica" (Because "Green Porno" and "Botany of Desire" were already taken) »

MEADOWS OF SHAME: Wood chucked — into lake! City turns Prospect Park waterway a lumber dumpster

The Brooklyn Paper

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Natalie O’NeillThe Brooklyn PaperThe city axed more than half a dozen tree houses in Prospect Park in an attempt to save a delicate lakeside ecosystem — but then tossed the lu... »

O'Death & Brown Bird @ Le Poisson Rouge (pics)

Brooklyn Vegan

photos by Bryan Bruchman O'Death @ Le Poisson Rouge Beards were in the house when O'Death shared a bill with Brown Bird at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on 1/21. It was O'Death's second NYC show in less than a... »

THIS WEEK: Environmental Protection Committee Meeting

New York Shitty

This week is proving to be a busy one for our local Community Board. Yesterday I shared the Parks & Waterfront Committee’s rather anemic agenda, today I offer something a mite bit more substantial: the agenda for the Environmental Protection Committee.... »

CLEANING OUR WATERWAYS: City’s solution to raw sewage problem: Dam it!

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Aaron ShortThe Brooklyn PaperThe city hopes inflatible dams will keep millions of gallons of raw sewage from pouring into Brooklyn’s waterways, offering a potential remedy to an environmental woe that raises a sti... »

Questions About Legality of Billboards Following Collapse

Brownstoner

Last Friday’s collapse of a billboard onto the BQE in Greenpoint prompts the Times to examine the legal gray area many of the structures occupy. Even though billboards have been illegal within 200 feet of highways since 1940 and the city started cracki... »

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Search for Gunman in Gas Station Robberies

NBC New York Local

Police say he robbed a gas station in Greenpoint and Astoria.One of the victims shares what happened during the frightening ordeal with NBC 4 New York. Gus Rosendale reports. »

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