
Deadly hit-and-run near Williamsburg Bridge
The victim was wearing a helmet, but did not survive, police said.
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The victim was wearing a helmet, but did not survive, police said.
You've heard the excuse "the dog ate my homework," right? What if the dog delayed your train instead?
It was sentencing day Wednesday in a horrific drunken driving crash on the Williamsburg Bridge.
It happened just after 3:30 a.m. Thursday on the bridge's outbound outer roadway.
Police say the car was traveling from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the bridge around 3:15 a.m. Thursday when it crashed into a barrier.
The discovery led to eastbound traffic on the outer roadway of the bridge into Brooklyn being shut down as police investigated.
A disabled train on the Williamsburg Bridge and other problems led to delays and reroutes on multiple subway lines late Thursday afternoon, as New Yorkers prepared for New Year's Eve celebrations.
Cutting-edge technology would filter in natural air and light.
At least two people were spotted by witnesses on top of the Williamsburg Bridge Tuesday night, but no one has been arrested.
Ardent protests erupted Friday against the latest attempt to put tolls on the free East River bridges as part of a congestion pricing plan.
On Saturday, the group Paths To Pier 42 celebrated their summer launch.
An East Village man is dead, after being struck and killed while on his motorcycle on the Williamsburg Bridge.
The traffic trouble was located on the outer roadway of the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge.
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Police said a 2003 silver Nissan Altima was speeding and heading east on the Williamsburg Bridge in the outer traffic lane when it lost control near the eastbound B.Q.E. interchange.
In a press conference Sunday afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the carpooling regulations put in place after Superstorm Sandy will not go back into effect for the work week.
"Although, if the city is so clogged the way it was last Wednesday where even emergency vehicles couldn't get around we will reinstitute these," Bloomberg said. "They did make a very big difference. Even though they do impact and inconvenience a lot of people, safety once again is the most powerful thing and the most important thing to us."
Vehicles entering Manhattan by the four East River bridges and the Lincoln Tunnel must have three or more passengers on Thursday and Friday between 6 a.m. and midnight.
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Dashane Santana of the East Village was with a group of friends trying to cross the nine lanes of traffic on Delancey Street near the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge when she was hit.
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The bicyclist fled the scene, going north on Eighth Avenue.
He's arguing that the attorney general violated state law by denying him public assistance for his defense.
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The break happened at around 2 a.m. on Thursday. A boil water advisory remains in effect in that area.
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In addition, three others have serious injuries, and 14 more have minor injuries.
Police say at least four suspects have struck at least ten times already.
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The bill would make it illegal for landlords to factor in criminal history when considering tenants, except for registered sex offenders.
The buses rolled into the Port Authority and migrants stepped off, some with thumbs up and fists pumping.
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The agency says the new revisions acknowledge "the pandemic is not over" but should not disrupt daily life as much as it used to.
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Mayor Eric Adams joined DJs and hip-hop legends at the community center on Sedgwick Avenue in Morris Park.
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