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In the Bronx, [4] runs every 16 minutes between 167 St and Woodlawn The last stop for alternate trains from Manhattan is 167 St
[7] trains are running with delays in both directions while we address a signal problem at 33 St-Rawson St. [7X] service is suspended.
[A] trains are running on the local track in both directions between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts and Euclid Av. Board [A] trains on the lower level at Nostrand Av.
In Brooklyn, no [B] between Kings Hwy and Brighton Beach - take the [Q]
[J] trains run every 10 minutes
[L] trains are running with delays in both directions after we removed a train with a mechanical problem from service at Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy.
In Brooklyn, no [Q] between Brighton Beach and Coney Island-Stillwell Av
The first of 17 free modular bathrooms opened on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy and 34th Avenue in Queens, open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., and the door opens by itself after 10 minutes.
Mayor Mamdani launched a yearlong pilot of self-contained bathrooms run by Throne Labs, which need no sewer, water or power hookup and can be moved. [66] Entry takes a text message, QR code, the Throne app or a tap card handed out by local groups, and homeless advocates warn that shuts out people without a charged phone. [66] Mamdani said all 17 units together cost roughly what one traditional public restroom has cost the city. [66] Queens and the Bronx each get four, Manhattan four, Brooklyn four including Columbus Park, and Staten Island one on the North Shore Esplanade. [66]
“This is not a place to scroll on your phone.”
“Many may not have a smartphone or be able to easily obtain a physical tap card to open these restrooms.”
City LimitsTwo weeks before the freeze takes effect Oct. 1 for about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, a Manhattan judge let landlords seek City Hall's written messages to the Rent Guidelines Board.
Justice Brendan Lantry authorized limited discovery of written communications between the mayor's office and board personnel from Jan. 1 through the June 25 vote, excluding messages inside City Hall and inside the board. [55] He has not ruled on blocking the freeze. [55] The board's lone dissenter, Gupta, said a day after the vote they saw no administration interference in members' decisions. [55] The Real Deal notes Lantry is a former chairman of the Staten Island Republican Party. [59]
“this was a sham process with a predetermined outcome”
“The Law Department will continue to vigorously defend the Rent Guidelines Board”
Gothamist
City data shows 219 public schools with fewer than 200 students, and Chancellor Kamar Samuels says mergers and closures are coming.
Comptroller Mark Levine urged the Mamdani administration to plan consolidations, noting some schools are too small to field a sports team. [95] Northeast Brooklyn, Upper Manhattan and the South Bronx hold the heaviest concentrations, and Samuels has convened working groups in five districts, including Bed-Stuy, on enrollment, class size and integration. [104] The Citizens Budget Commission wants the city to end "hold harmless," which funds schools at pre-pandemic enrollment. [104] At Bed-Stuy's P.S. 309, second grade had 27 students in a single class. [104]
“We have many schools that are too small,”
“We really understand that we're going to have to close schools, we're going to have to merge schools,”
Gothamist
On Thursday, Oct. 1, Zabar's will lock up the smoked fish and turn its Broadway store into an after-hours magic show, doors at 7pm, tricks at 7:30, with free cocktails and a chance to browse the aisles after closing. [153] The organizers, Underground Overground, got here by booking magicians for the after-parties of comedy shows they had already staged at Zabar's, Barney Greengrass and Russ & Daughters. [153] Tickets come only through their waitlist. [153]