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BQE repair plan panned by Windsor Terrace, Kensington residents

September 29 | Brooklyn Eagle Staff

WINDSOR TERRACE — A plan to close much of the BQE during three weekends next year and divert traffic onto local streets has met with some real opposition in the Windsor Terrace and Kensington areas, published reports say. As the Brooklyn Eagle reported earlier this month, traffic from the BQE, which carries more than 150,000 […]

Brooklyn rabbi’s family losses fuel personal quest to enforce COVID-19 safety measures

October 6 | Reuven Blau, THE CITY

This story was originally published on Oct. 5 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. For Rabbi Robert Blustein, enforcing mask-wearing in his synagogue is personal. Blustein lost both his parents and an older sister to COVID-19 — and doesn’t want anyone else […]

10-year-old cyclist killed by man driving without license: police

October 7 | Noah Goldberg

A 10-year-old boy riding his bike in Kensington was struck and killed by a man driving a car without a license Saturday, according to police. Dalerjon Shahobiddinov was riding his bike through a crosswalk near the intersection of Seton Place and Foster Avenue — an area without bike lanes — when 29-year-old Victor Mejia tried […]