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The legendary boardwalk of
At least that will be the case if the city Parks Department goes ahead with its plans – which Community Board 13 chairwoman Marion Cleaver confirmed are definitely slated to begin -- to replace all of the Brighton boardwalk and most of the
The project will create “a secondary concrete jungle,” said Michael Greco, 48, an electrician, construction designer, and inventor (who holds one patent with several more in the works).
In exclusive interviews with Bay Currents, Greco described the plan as a “boardwalk blunder” that will “not only take away from the legacy of an American icon, but also has several flaws in design.”
For one thing, textured concrete, “although appealing to the eye,” is too rough and hazardous for bicycles, baby carriages, or jogging, he said.
Full Story >>Community Board Round-Up
CB 15
By KATERYNA STUPNEVICH
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Community Board 15 members have been trying to get the MTA to reduce the amount of time for the renovations along the B and Q lines (see our story, "What's up with the Q?"), but so far have not had much success, the board reported at its Oct. 27 monthly meeting at Kingsborough Community College
They also have been pushing for an elevated express lane over the Belt Parkway from Ocean Avenue to Kennedy Airport, but reported no headway for that, either.
The board members said they had not gotten much attention, either, for needed funding for parks, street paving, and sewer-pipe replacement
Full Story >>Voting in Russian
BRIGHTON BEACH -- The large number of Russian-Americans in the Bay area and around the rest of New York City will now be able to have election materials and ballots in Russian.
A new state law, which supporters said will have a “profound impact” on the Russian-speaking community, will require cities in the state with a population of at least 1 million to provide voting materials translated into Russian. The bill was scheduled to be signed into law on Wednesday, Sept. 9 by Gov. Paterson in ceremonies at the Shorefront YM-YWHA in Brighton Beach, a neighborhood which has become the center of the Russian-American community in New York. Full Story >>
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