Month: February 2012
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East River Ferry: Perks on the Horizon
Metro Focus interviews the CEO of the East River Ferry: Ridership last week saw 1,500 riders per day. You use the word drop only in comparison to a robust level of ridership over the summer. It’s interesting how people choose to characterize the numbers. We are very impressed with how commuter ridership has grown through…
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New Public School at Roberto Clemente
A Child Grows in Brooklyn has details on the new public school that is opening in place of the former PS 19 Roberto Clemente school on South 3rd between Keap and Rodney. The new school will be the Brooklyn Arbor School (I think DOE was calling it PS 114) at the Roberto Clemente Campus (hopefully…
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City Cuts Out East W’burg, G’point From Bike Share
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/8/dtg_bikeshare_2012_02_24_bk.html
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Where’s Here’s Williamsburg?
What happened to Here’s Williamsburg? It was going great guns for a few months, but I just noticed that nothing has been posted for almost a month. (Here at Brooklyn11211, month-long gaps are not unheard of, but we don’t make any pretenses of professionalism!)
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How Long Have You Lived Here?
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/02/5333286/how-long-have-you-lived-here-argument-about-eva-moskowitz-schools-a
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Williamsburg Bars Going to ‘L’
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/burg_bars_going_to_erjFZbPC8PQgRMcemsJ0XN#ixzz1mtEfaRw5
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Huge Turnout Over New Williamsburg Charter School
http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/17/huge-turnout-over-new-williamsburg-charter-school/