• FLATBUSH: Flatbush Inferno

    FLATBUSH: Flatbush Inferno
    See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyA four-alarm inferno sent six Flatbush residents, including two children, to the hospital, and left their Glenwood Road home a smoldering ruin on Sept. 3.Firefighters rushed to quench the blaze between Argyle and Rugby roads at 4:42 am, and 168 members of New York’s Bravest were ultimately dispatched before the fire was quelled shortly after 7 am.Residents of the ruined home were able to make their own way outside to safety,
  • BAY RIDGE: Fixed gear: New bus racks let cyclists take bikes over Verrazano for first time

    BAY RIDGE: Fixed gear: New bus racks let cyclists take bikes over Verrazano for first time
    See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailySoon, straphangers will be able to do what only car owners previously could — get a bicycle over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is piloting a program to let cyclists strap their bikes to the front of buses crossing the half-century-old span connecting Brooklyn and bucolic Staten Island starting Sept. 6.
    Pedestrians and cyclists are not allowed to cross the bridge, meaning only drivers wit

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