Month: June 2011
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Wealthy & Stealthy
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/wealthy_stealthy_j0oSF5EtbIXsn2QgBZmMuI
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NYCs TV Production Surges to Record Level
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/06/new-york-city-tv-production-surges-to-record-level.html
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East River Ferry Capacity Limits
Free ferries are a popular commodity. So popular, in fact, that the East River Ferry has huge lines at just about every stop, and the boats are running on what can only loosely be described as a “schedule” (in fact, during off-peak hours, they’ve abandoned any pretense of a schedule, and are just running the…
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How Many Flea Markets Does Williamsburg Need?
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2011/06/northside_marke.php
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Pies n Things
CityMaps is a new interactive map site that seeks to be “a one-stop shop for hyper-local and real-time information about neighborhood places”. Based on the attached, I assume they are still in beta.
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NEWSFLASH: Bedford Avenue Station is Crowded
The MTA has released its station ridership figures for 2010. As always, this was a big day around Brooklyn11211 (and at Second Avenue Sagas). The big news – which should be a surprise to absolutely no one – is that the Bedford Avenue station continues to add riders. In fact, we broke 7,000,000 riders in…
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Shorter L Train Next Week
The L train will terminate at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues midday next week, Monday through Friday. Which shouldn’t impact service elsewhere along the line. More info (sort of) here.
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Urban Oyster Launches Immigrant Foodway Tours
Urban Oyster kicks off its Immigrant Foodways tours of the Moore Street Market this weekend. The tours will start at Williamsburg Walks on Bedford Avenue.