Every now and then we get sent a photo that just can’t wait for our next Midweek Photo feature. This is one of them.
Arthur Borko caught this fella mid-step as he jogged over to his car near Kings Highway and Flatbush Avenue. Mr. Lady Liberty was trying to hand him a flyer for a tax service I won’t promote here. Do I sense a new Winter Olympic sport?
Police and fire units were on the scene at Kings Highway and East 14th Street this morning (photo taken at 8:45 am), responding to some emergency. The officer at the scene wouldn’t say what was wrong, but it must have been pretty big because traffic was diverted at East 15th Street. Does anyone have additional information?
Courtesy of LivableStreets.com
A bicycling and public transit advocacy group says that the areas around the Kings Highway B and Q train station needs more bike paths to alleviate stress on the connecting bus lines.
Transportation Alternatives dispatched volunteers to the station in September to survey commuters waiting for the bus home from the train station. After speaking to residents from neighborhoods along the B2, B3K, B31, and B100 bus lines, they found Southern Brooklyn may be an amenable home to new bike routes along the wider, less congested streets.
“My impressions from this survey is that there is some interest in better bike lanes and infrastructure in Mill Basin, Marine Park, Madison, Gerritsen Beach, Sheepshead Bay, etc,” said Murray Latner, a former Mill Basin resident who produced the survey materials.
What do you think? Would more bike lanes and sheltered bike parking locations near subways alleviate congestion on the streets and crowding on buses? Would you use it?
[via LivableStreets.com]
Assemblyman Cymbrowitz’ mobile community office will be visiting the Kings Highway branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Friday, October 16, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. A staff member will be on hand to help community residents with problems, answer questions and discuss local issues. The library is located at 2115 Ocean Avenue, near Kings Highway. For additional information please call (718) 743-4078.
The last we heard from the Hebrew Language Academy (HLA) Charter School, they withdrew their proposal to move into Marine Park Junior High School in the face of riotous opposition. Now the school is raising eyebrows among the secular with their latest announcement: HLA is cohabitating with a Kings Highway yeshiva.
From the New York Post:
HLA, which is a public school receiving tax dollars as well as private funding, is operating on the first floor of Yeshiva Rambam, 3340 Kings Highway.
Critics say the space-sharing arrangement gives the appearance that HLA is blurring the line between church and state.
“I think that it kind of muddies the water on their original intent,” said Christopher Spinelli, president of District 22’s Community Education Council (CEC), which represents Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Manhattan Beach, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach and parts of Midwood, Flatbush and Sheepshead Bay.
“It definitely detracts from the fact of it being a non-religious school,” Spinelli added. “To house it in a religious facility raises valid questions from people who are concerned about church, state issues.”
Read the full article here.
(Photo courtesy of gkjarvis via Flickr)
Given that we’re still fuming over the coming termination of B express service, we thought we’d use another subway-themed photo. And remember: write your representatives about these cuts!
It appears as if the exterior work on the Walgreens going up on Coney Island Avenue and Avenue W is almost done. Construction started about six months ago, notes Lisanne Anderson, who shot the above photo, and looks as if it may open sometime mid-summer.
This will be Walgreens’ fifth location in the area. Last June, they bought out Morris’ Drug Store on East 17th Street, where they expanded the store last month by removing the wall separating it from the next storefront, which is part of the same building. There is also a branch on the corner of Kings Highway and Coney Island Avenue, in the building that formerly housed the Kingsway Theater, and another branch at Brighton Beach Avenue at the intersection of Coney Island Avenue. Their branch at West 5th Street and Neptune Avenue was probably their only Brooklyn store previously, having been there at least since the late seventies, if not earlier.
Thanks to Lisanne for the information.
Gothamist Maps – and one Sheepshead Bites reader – is reporting a corpse on the NY-bound tracks at the Kings Highway station. The incident occurred between 8:30pm and 9:00pm, and a portion of the platform remained roped off after 10:00pm. Below is the blurb from Gothamist. Any readers with more information are encouraged to add it in the comments section.
Fatal Person Under Train
E 16 St & Kings Hwy
Brooklyn, NY
5/19/2009 8:43 p.m.
I hate to keep telling everyone about the crime and dangerous situations happening in our area, because no matter what — Sheepshead Bay and its environs are a great place to live.
It just so happens, that South Brooklyn is getting overdeveloped and crowded beyond capacity. With more average people unable to afford living anywhere in the five boroughs, it’s no wonder serious incidents seem to be on the rise.
Yesterday and today, the Gothamist listed Breaking News and Latest Incidents in the Kings Highway, Midwood, and Bergen Beach (near Mill Basin & Marine Park) areas. A pedestrian was struck, a carjacking thief was being pursued, and another perpetrator was also being sought at a shoe store. On Emmons Avenue, someone was reported as “in the water”.
Here are the listings as they appeared on the site and anyone with more information about any of these incidents are encouraged to comment:
Breaking News and Latest Incidents
Pedestrian Struck | Ocean Ave & Avenue O Brooklyn, NY | 3/29/2009 2:38 p.m.
Perp Search / Carjacking | 2014 E 67th St Brooklyn, NY | 3/29/2009 10:03 a.m.
Vehicle Pursuit | Ave T & E 67st Brooklyn, NY | 3/29/2009 10:02 a.m.
Perp Search | 1402 Kings Highway @ The Shoe Store Brooklyn, NY | 3/29/2009 12:49 a.m.
Person In The Water | Emmons Ave At Bragg St Brooklyn, NY | 3/28/2009 6:41 p.m.
This warning sign on Ave R and East 8 St in Gravesend appears to be quite official, but does not indicate any city agency in charge. If it’s a local homeowners association that placed it, there’s no identification as such.
I have a few questions about this bold, but ambiguous, sign and would appreciate any answers local residents may have.
What is the sprinkler system that the sign is referring to and how does it get activated? Why would the sign identify this small grass-covered median as a boulevard? Has there been some problem with people rushing to the median during emergencies?
It seems to me, that if there was a raging fire in the buildings nearby or other dangerous situation on the sidewalk, I might want to rush to the median. If you look just past the sign, you can see the brick footpath, but pedestrians are warned to keep off of the boulevard. How are they supposed to get to the other side of the road?
