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Delancey Street’s Dangers on the Public Agenda

The Lo-Down

Delancey Street at Clinton Street on Jan. 13, in the hours after Dashane Santana was struck and killed by a minivan. As Dashane Santana‘s family and friends mourn the 12-year-old at her funeral today, talk of how to prevent more tragedies is turning up... »

MEAN STREETS: Slow down, Kent! Three new stoplights headed for W’burg waterfront

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Aaron ShortThe Brooklyn PaperThree new traffic lights will tame Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, slowing motorists and cyclists while protecting pedestrians who are beginning flock to the neighborhood’s burgeoning wat... »

After Death Of 12-Year-Old, Sheldon Silver Calls For Delancey St Crossing Guards

Gothamist

In the wake of the death of 12-year-old Dashane Santana, who was struck and killed crossing Delancey Street last Friday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is asking the Department of Transportation to assign crossing guards to the dangerous thoroughfare.... »

After Another Delancey Street Death, Silver Urges Safety Improvements

The Lo-Down

Friday, Delancey Street. On Friday, 12-year old Dashane Santana was killed by the driver of a minivan on Delancey Street. Today State Assembly Sheldon Silver is out with a letter he wrote to Transportation Department Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan: I ... »

MEAN STREETS: Don’t leave town! FDR ramp closure will make it hell to get back to Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Paper

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By The Brooklyn Paper Surface Transportation BureauThe Brooklyn PaperThis just in (literally): The Department of Transportation has just told us that Brooklyn-bound drivers should avoid the Brooklyn Bridge at all cos... »

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Jan. 31: Hearing on Proposed Changes to Fowler Square

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch

1. Neighbors and shop owners will get the chance to discuss the design of the future plaza at Fowler Square at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church on Thursday, Feb. 16 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Representatives from the city Department of Transportation,... »

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