Last Saturday, the sun was shining, the bands were playing and the kids were pumping adrenaline like never before. With the forthcoming determination on the future of Coney Island in mind, here is a series of Coney Island moments.
Two Census Bureau managers from a Brooklyn field office may face criminal charges for faking more than 4000 surveys. In a hearing Monday morning, the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce stated that he believes the managers violated a federal law that makes it a felony to falsify census records.
Crumbling sidewalks, car thefts, and the loss of vital bus lines are just a few of the complaints that Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries heard from Prospect Heights residents Tuesday evening during his “Summer at the Subway” evening office hours.
Last year, the City Council voted 46-4 to approve the School Construction Authority’s plans for a new school building on the lot of P.S. 133, or the William A. Butler School, on Baltic Street and 4th Avenue in Park Slope. The 109 year old school is currently under asbestos remediation, shrouded and hidden from site.
This week Brooklyn saw 26 bus lines get chopped or changed, eliminating nearly 300 of the borough’s bus stops. Here, we have compiled a detailed listing of all Brooklyn’s bus cuts, including descriptions of new and old routes and links to new schedules and maps.
This Saturday, June 26, 2010, people across the nation will gather in beaches, parks, and cities to join hands as part of the largest protest ever against off-shore drilling.