Surfers and New Residents Clash in the Rockaways; Times Square Pedestrian Plaza Reduces Traffic Injuries
- The surfing crowds are multiplying in the Rockaways, but residents of the huge new Arverne by the Sea development are eyeing the same stretch of beach. [NYT]
- Traffic injuries and casualties are down in Times Square since the 2009 pedestrian plaza conversion. [WSJ]
- And on that note, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer released a statement in support of the plaza. [Streetsblog]
- NYC is getting its first independent cinema theater in ten years. The two-story movie house called Metrograph will open on the Lower East Side in February. [Indie Wire]
- Of course Brooklyn now has a sneaker-inspired cereal “bar.” [Gothamist]
Images: Surfers on the Rockaways via Numb Photo/Flickr (L); Times Square pedestrian plaza (R)
