by Justine The new Miss Brooklyn is actually from Brooklyn this year, go figure. And she’s a pretty mittle Irish lass from Manhattan Beach. – The Brooklyn Paper
Hayden-Harnett names a cork wedge shoe after Greenpoint. They’re cute, too! – via Lui’s Picks
Metro has an article featuring Lily Leewho owns Xtra (now called Bang for the Buck), the discount store that was displaced by WaMu late last year. With the WaMu branch now…
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The L train won’t be without a human operator any time soon, if only because the contract between the MTA and TWU requires trains to be manned.
The L has been running “OPTO” (one person train operation, a train operator but no conductor) during late nights and weekends for months, and has both an operator and a conductor the rest of the time. That won’t change under CBTC.
Also, the trains still aren’t completely under computer control. The operator at all times controls the emergency brake, and either the operator or conductor close the doors — even under CBTC “Automatic Train Operations mode”.
And the trains can still be run manually, in “Automatic Train Protection mode,” which means that the train operator is in control except that the system restricts speed and maintains safe distance between trains.
The headline on this one was a little misleading. I was hoping it had to do with the fire that devestated the restaurant, Paloma on Greenpoint Avenue. (i.e. there is a secret subway tunnel in that place right?)
check out the comments section of the article on paloma – it will be back soon after all