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Brooklyn Subway Stations: Crunching the numbers
The NYC subway system is the largest rapid-transit system in the world by number of stations – 468, or 421 if you count stations with free transfers between different lines as single stations. … Full Article
OPINION: Never mind the bikes: subways to Staten Island!
Bay Ridge
A few weeks ago, my wife and I went to a concert at Historic Richmondtown in Staten Island. I thought this would be a simple matter: take the subway from our home in Chelsea to South Ferry, take the ferry, then take a bus. … Full Article
OPINION: Let LICH live!
Cobble Hill
On March 19, the State University of New York voted again to approve the closure of Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH), arguing … Full Article
OPINION: `Ultra-Orthodox Jews’: who are they?
Williamsburg
Now that we are in the middle of Passover, perhaps the time has come to talk about the media’s constant use of the term “Ultra-Orthodox Jews” – a term newscasters and writers sometimes misuse or overuse. … Full Article
OPINION: Vision for Brooklyn does not include Walmart
Crown Heights
According to many, Brooklyn is in the midst of a Renaissance. There are Brooklyn restaurants in the Michelin guide and Brooklyn apartments in Architectural Digest. You can order a Brooklyn lager in Hong Kong. … Full Article
OPINION: Why does Bloomberg stress the soda ban above evertying else?
New York City certainly seems to have its share of problems. … Full Article
OPINION: Remembering a unique Brooklyn high school student
Ditmas Park
I’ve been teaching writing and literature in New York City’s public school system for almost nine years. This spring, my former building will graduate its final class just shy of reaching the century mark. The school’s phase-out process followed the usual script that no education reformer … Full Article
OPINION: Soda ban: The battle is far from over
A Manhattan judge took the fizz out of New York City's attempt to ban large sugary beverages at restaurants, handing the soft drink and fast food industries a major victory and sending a pointed message to the mayor and the city's board of health about regulatory overreach. … Full Article
OPINION: Granny shouldn’t have to be in the garbage
Bensonhurst
A while back, we ran an article in this paper about a local Bensonhurst celebrity, “Maria, the Ice Cream Girl,” who is well-known for her charity efforts and her occasional forays into show business as well as for selling ice cream. … Full Article
LETTER TO EDITOR: Do Not Sell Off Our Library!
Brooklyn Heights
I am a regular patron at the Brooklyn Heights library at Cadman Plaza West. Every morning there are herds of people waiting for the doors to be thrown open, and like hungry cattle we all rush in, anxious to grab a seat. … Full Article
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