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BAY RIDGE: B61 buses will come more often — but not often enough for Red Hookers

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Natalie O’NeillThe Brooklyn PaperThe MTA will add more rush-hour buses to the flaky B61 route — and Red Hook straphangers say don’t stop there. On the heels of a searing report indicating that the packed bus comes... »

John Dos Passos in Brooklyn

Who Walk In Brooklyn

Joe was reeling himself. He stuck his head in a bucket of water and cleaned up the cabin and threw the bottles overboard and started working on the claxon regularly. To hell with ‘em, he kept saying to himself, he wouldn’t be a plaster saint for anybod... »

$160M Bob Diamond Suit Also Over City’s Trolley Dodging

Brownstoner

It turns out that the lawsuit that the Atlantic Avenue tunnel tour guide Bob Diamond filed against the city is not only for more money—$160 million rather than $100 million—than previously reported, but that Diamond is also suing over the scuttled prop... »

Report: B61 is Often Late and Way Too Crowded

Brownstoner

Councilman Brad Lander is holding a press conference this morning to release the findings of a report that are likely to surprise no one who has to rely on the B61—namely, that the bus rarely comes when it’s supposed to and is frequently packed to the ... »

Commuter Vans Defy Rules for Transit-Needy Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Ink

Weekday mornings Osmond Thorne takes commuters and children to school, but he is not driving a bus or subway. He is behind the wheel of a 15-person commuter van. The vans are a cheap and [...] »

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‘A Nihilistic and Vapid Form of Art Never Seen in the Big Apple’

The New York Observer

Home-less. That is what Brooklyn activist Samuel E. Anderson sees resulting from the subway-driven gentrification The Observer explored on Friday. It was a widely debated story, with a number of commenters pointing out that Bushwick really isn't that f... »

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