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Mean Streets

January, 2010

What happened to the Prospect Park West bike lane? Ask Marty!

By Stephen Brown
Mean Streets: Did Marty Markowitz bring the Prospect Park West bike lane to a skidding halt? Comments (24).

It’s trench warfare as city eyes quick BQE fix

By Stephen Brown
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Mean Streets: The notorious trench portion of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway would be cleaned up and beautified under a less-than-ambitious proposal put forward by the city late last month. Comments (11).

December, 2009

Slopers are now texting each other to find parking spaces

By Stephen Brown
Mean Streets: A group of Park Slope activists are employing social networking — normally useful only for obnoxious status updates and stalking ex-lovers — to engineer a solution to the neighborhood’s notorious parking woes. Comments (7).

Big bust! Snow ruins topless protest on Bedford Avenue

By Andy Campbell
The Brooklyn Paper / Andy Campbell
Mean Streets: For the second time in a week, bicyclists’ attempts to protest the city’s removal of the Bedford Avenue bike lane were foiled by the weather. Comments (8).

Sign of confusion on Washington Avenue is fixed

By Barry Shifrin
Mean Streets: It may be the longest bus stop in all of Brooklyn — but it’s no longer the most confusing. Comment.
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