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Yo(gurt)! Rats fight back as dining shed is demolished on 8th Street
BY MARC ADLER | On Sunday, around 10:30 a.m., I was walking down Eighth Street by the intersection of Sixth Avenue, and I noticed some...
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Middle Collegiate Church, preservationists on different sides on saving damaged facade
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 22, 11:30 a.m.: To quote from Ecclesiastes (and The Byrds), there is "a time to tear down, and a...
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Dorothy Day ferry sets sail, honoring legacy of social justice that activist left in her wake
BY RACHEL deARAGON | On Nov. 4, a new Staten Island ferryboat, The Dorothy Day, was commissioned. Our city has honored a woman who dedicated...
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City orders demolition of landmarked 14 Gay St.; Unclear if 16 Gay St. can be saved
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 13, 12:30 p.m.: In a case of neglect followed by a renovation-and-repair project gone horribly awry, the city has...
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Activists vs. activists in fight to reclaim East Village’s old P.S. 64 as community center
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Nov. 1, 5 p.m.: For more than 20 years, East Village activists have battled a developer’s designs on the old...
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Posts tagged as “bike paths”

Friend mourns Chelsea man killed by hit-and-run cyclist; Calls NYC streets a ‘Wild West’

Sebastian Feldmann, left, with Gavin Lee. Despite living on different continents, the two men, who met in school, maintained a close friendship. (Courtesy Sebastian Feldmann)

Friend mourns Chelsea man killed by hit-and-run cyclist; Calls NYC streets a ‘Wild West’

August 30, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The Chelsea man fatally struck by a hit-and-run, rogue cyclist last month was an immigrant from Singapore who had an abiding…

Artist paints picture of bike paths gone wild; Starts stencil campaign vs. illegal scooters, mopeds

The anonymous street artist is ready to roll out his bike-lane stencil campaign. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Artist paints picture of bike paths gone wild; Starts stencil campaign vs. illegal scooters, mopeds

August 18, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | You might see him out on the bike paths — but he doesn’t want you to know who he is. All…

City rolls out ‘Bike Boulevard’ concept for University Place

A Community Board 2 flier announcing a public hearing on a proposed "Bike Boulevard" to run the length of University Place. (Photo by Jefferson Siegel)

City rolls out ‘Bike Boulevard’ concept for University Place

June 3, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A month ago, when The Village Sun reported on the Department of Transportation doing community outreach for ideas for University…

Parks and paths fill up amid warm weather

Park Enforcement Patrol officers handing out masks in crowded Washington Square Park. (Photo by Tee)

Parks and paths fill up amid warm weather

May 3, 2020

The beautiful weather over the weekend saw cooped-up New Yorkers bust out from the shelter of their apartments to stream to the parks and bike…