Greenpoint This Week: Kosciuszko Bridge, L Train Repair Costs, #ClearTheList, and More!

Posted by Greenpointers Staff | August 30, 2019

Kosciuszko Bridge’s 2nd span is now open for traffic, including lanes for pedestrians and cyclists! (courtesy of Johnny Cirillo)

Welcome to the Labor Day weekend Greenpointers! This is the perfect weekend to enjoy the outdoors before the summer fades. Looking for what’s happening this weekend? on Saturday, there’s a pollinator planting with the Newtown Creek Alliance amd an impromptu sausage cookout at Archesrtatus, and for the kids a sing-a-long in Domino Park on Sunday morning. Catch up on this week’s headlines:

Help Greenpoint teachers #ClearTheList of school supplies ahead of the school year. (Greenpointers)
The second span of the $873 million Kosciuszko Bridge is now open with four lanes of Brooklyn-bound traffic and bike and pedestrian lanes. (Greenpointers)
The lack Of bike lanes leading to Kosciuszko Bridge is ‘Utterly Baffling,’ says Comptroller Stringer (Gothamist) (NY Post)
The estimated L train repairs costs have doubled. (THE CITY)
Greenpointer Victoria Cambranes is running to represent City Council District 33. (Brooklyn Eagle)
Residents of 196 Huron Street claim their landlord is illegally pushing out stabilized tenants. (NY1)
Gov Cuomo didn’t address bike safety while touting that Kosciuszko Bridge speeds are now “65 % faster.” (Curbed)
The Newtown Creek Alliance and Hunters Point Parks Conservancy will unveil a new education program for Queens students. (LIC Post)
Attacks against Orthodox Jewish people in Williamsburg echoed in Crown Heights and Borough Park (NY Magazine)
Controversial chocolatiers Mast Brothers have exited Williamsburg, for now (Eater)
The city fixed the slippery “Space Jam” court. (Brooklyn Paper)
Check out new renderings for 340 Metropolitan Ave. (YIMBY)