The News | 6.23.10
June 27, 2010 will be the end of several bus lines around the city, including the B51 that goes from Downtown, Brooklyn to City Hall. WNYC took a ride on the soon-to-be cut line and discovered that the riders are like a family. Many of them have been riding the bus — and sitting in the same seats — since 1985.
Another group in Downtown Brooklyn was equally upset about losing the B51. Yesterday afternoon, a crowd of 100 people rallied outside Borough Hall saying that losing the bus lines would leave many handicapped and disabled people stranded. “Going on the subway is like playing Russian Roulette,” one rider told the Brooklyn Paper. “They only update the Web site three times a day, so I never know if the elevators are working.”
In the wake of the bus cuts, Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a van sharing system in areas that will be affected. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that commuters would be able to pay $2 to be picked up and dropped off at designated locations. Drivers and vans would be licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
After its expensive facade was defiled by vandals, a stalled 42-unit condominium has been stripped. In a neighborhood not know for pricey building materials, the building was covered in Jerusalem Gold Stone. A tipster told Curbed NY that the building is under new ownership and will be offered as rentals.
In other MTA news, chunks of the tracks of the elevated D line in Bensonhurst have fallen onto 86th Street, breaking car windows and nearly hitting pedestrians. According to the NY Daily News, an auto shop located under the tracks has been collecting pieces that have fallen as evidence.
Photo credit: WNYC
