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and, while the bill would have
soared through Assembly, it
lacked the support to clear
the Senate. But the legalization
movement still has
a lot of support in New York,
and the bill’s sponsors, state
Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan)
and Majority Leader
Crystal Peoples-Stokes (DBuffalo),
have vowed to revive
the effort after legislators
head back to Albany in
January.
Brooklyn’s bus
redesign
The Metropolitan Transportation
Authority kicked
off a borough-wide revamp
of Brooklyn’s bus network in
October, and is expected to
begin wholesale implementation
of strategies designed
to cut costs and provide more
reliable service beginning
next year.
Bike lane expansion
The borough is set to receive
a whole new network
of bike lanes under new citywide
initiatives to increase
bike safety, after nearly 30
cyclists were killed in the five
boroughs in 2019. Along with
Brooklyn Heights–
DUMBO–Boerum Hill–
Downtown
Apple thief!
Some scumbag snatched
an iPhone on the Manhattanbound
4 train near Borough
Hall station on Dec. 20.
The victim told police
that the pilferer grabbed the
phone and high-tailed it out
of the station near Court and
Joralemon streets at 10:30
am.
Cold case
A thief stole $1,300-worth
of clothing from an Albee
Square W. store on Dec. 22.
A witness told police that
the filcher took four coats
and hid them on the way out
of the store between Fulton
and Willoughby streets at
7:10 pm.
Bike-jacking
A bandit stole an e-bike
on Willoughby Street on
Dec. 19.
The victim told police that
he left the two-wheeler unattended
near Lawrence Street
at 1:15 pm when the pirate
stole the bike.
Bagged!
A scoundrel swiped a woman’s
bag at a Smith Street bar
on Dec. 21.
The victim told police that
the thief had taken her bag
— along with her laptop, ereader,
and other items —
while she was distracted in
the watering hole between Pacific
and Dean streets just after
midnight.
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Fort Greene–Clinton Hill
Ransacked!
Burglars looted an apartment
on Fulton Street on
Dec. 16.
The victim told police that
the thieves broke into her
apartment near S. Oxford
Street at 9:30 pm and made
off with a flatscreen tv, an apple
computer, jewelry, and an
Amazon Firestick.
Subway slasher
A maniac stabbed a guy on
a 4 train near Nevins Street
on Dec. 19.
The victim told police that
the madman came up from behind
and stabbed him in the
lower right back aboard the
Crown Heights bound 4 train
at around 5:30 am.
Tough cut
A stab-happy brute slashed
a guy on Fleet Walk on Dec.
21.
The victim told police that
the slasher stabbed him in the
hand with a pair of scissors
near Tillary Street at around
5:40 pm.
Green goblin
A thief robbed some kids
in Fort Greene Park on Dec.
16.
The victims told police
that the jerk flashed what
appeared to be a gun in the
park between Saint Edwards
Street and Myrtle Avenue, before
snatching the victims’
phones, wallets, and Airpods.
—Kevin Duggan
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Carroll Gardens-
Cobble Hill–Red Hook
Yuletide bandit
A bandit swiped $500
worth of Christmas ornaments
from a Sackett Street
house on Dec. 14.
The victim told police
that the pilferer snatched
the eight pricey ornaments
from her home’s vestibule
between Court and Smith
streets sometime between 2
pm and 5 pm.
Cell swiper
A thief snagged a cellphone
from a Van Brunt Street bar
on Dec. 12.
The victim told police that
the looter snagged the $200
Samsung Galaxy from the bar
between Pioneer and Imlay
streets at 1 am while the victim
was distracted.
Blazer raider
A looter stole a $200 blazer
from a Pacific Street stoop
on Dec. 16.
The victim told police
that the pirate snatched the
package containing the blazer
from the stoop between Henry
and Clinton streets at 2:30
pm.
— Rose Adams
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Sunset Park–
Windsor Terrace
Sunset snakes
Two muggers robbed a
woman on Fourth Avenue
on Dec. 14.
The victim told police that
one brute came from behind
and pulled her hair at 59th
Street at 9:30 pm, while another
snatched her purse.
Rock n’ roll
Some worm looted a car on
50th Street on Dec. 21.
The owner told police that
he left his car near Third Avenue
at around 9:44 am when
someone cracked his passenger
side window with a rock
and made off with $400.
Unchivalrous
A brute assaulted a guy on
Fifth Avenue on Dec. 22.
The victim told police that
the madman was yelling at
his wife in his apartment
near 39th Street at around
1:51 pm when the victim
tried to intervene — causing
the bruiser to punch him
in the face.
Bank fraud
A scammer stole $22,000
from a guy’s bank account on
Fifth Avenue on Dec. 17.
The victim told police that
the weasel used stolen checks
to withdraw the cash from his
account at a bank near 19th
Street at around 2 pm.
Purse pilferers
Two scumbags robbed a
woman on 60th Street on
Dec. 23.
The victim told police
that the thieves grabbed her
purse near Seventh Avenue
and fled.
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Mayor de Blasio’s Green Wave
initiative, the city council
passed Speaker Corey Johnson’s
Streets Master Plan, both
of which call for the aggressive
installation of new bike
and bus infrastructure. Several
Brooklyn neighborhoods
are labeled as priority districts
under the Mayor’s plan, including
Borough Park, Midwood,
Sheepshead Bay, Coney
Island, East Flatbush, Bedford
Stuyvesant, Bushwick,
Brownsville, and East New
York. While most of the Green
Wave won’t be put into place
until after de Blasio leaves
office, Brooklyn can expect
several new bike projects
in 2020, including a DOT
scheme to wrap the perimeter
of Prospect Park with protected
lanes.
E-bike bill
Governor Cuomo crushed
the dreams of Brooklyn delivery
guys and gals when he vetoed
a bill legalizing e-bikes
and e-scooters, despite legislators
voting overwhelmingly
in support of the measure last
June. Cuomo criticized the
legislation for lacking helmet
requirements and other
safety features, but lawmakers
vowed to re-introduce the
bill next year with alterations
to make it more palatable for
the governor.
By Kevin Duggan
Brooklyn Paper
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced
that the city will
limit cars to 25 miles-per-hour
along Third and Hamilton avenues
next month in an effort
to increase street safety amid
rising traffic deaths along the
roadways — which are among
the most treacherous in the
borough.
“We’re increasing our
traffic enforcement efforts
and lowering the speed limit
on two of Brooklyn’s busiest
streets to ensure that all
New Yorkers arrive home
safely for the holidays,” said
de Blasio.
The Department of Transportation
will reduce the maximum
legal speeds from 30
to 25 miles-per-hour along a
2.3 mile stretch of Third Avenue
between Prospect Avenue
and 62nd Street — where cars
fatally struck six people this
year, compared with two people
throughout all of 2018.
City regulators will make a
similar change along a 1.9 mile
stretch of Hamilton Avenue
— from Luquer Street to 18th
Street, according to the agency’s
head, who claimed the
changes would create calmer
roads connecting Brooklyn
neighborhoods.
“We believe that lowering
the speed limit along Third
and Hamilton avenues, coupled
with strong enforcement,
will help calm traffic in the
burgeoning neighborhoods of
Gowanus, Red Hook and Sunset
Park,” said Department of
Transportation Commissioner
Polly Trottenberg.
The year has been particularly
deadly for both Kings
County cyclists and pedestrians,
with traffic fatalities increasing
for the first time since
de Blasio launched his Vision
Zero initiative in 2014.
This year, motorists fatally
struck 29 cyclists citywide,
including 18 in Brooklyn —
compared with 10 citywide,
and two in Brooklyn, throughout
2018.
The situation is also grim
for pedestrians — where 117
sidewalk straddlers died in
traffic, compared with 115
last year. Officials attribute
part of the rise to the increase
of SUVs and light trucks on the
roads, which were involved in
46-percent of deadly crashes
since the start of 2018, compared
to 40 percent between
2013-17.
In addition to the lower
speed regulations, the mayor
also directed the Police Department
to up enforcement,
especially during the holiday
weeks, which are the darkest
and tend to be among the
most dangerous days on the
streets.
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