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Yesterday, a state court ruled that a regional tax applied to employers in the New York City region to fund the MTA violated the New York State constitution, putting $1.2 billion in transit funding into jeopardy. Continue reading »
I have no file photos of the B64 or X27, so you get this.
As reported by various outlets earlier in the week, the MTA has been expected to announce the restoration of some bus services that had been cut in 2010. And earlier today, the office of Councilman Vincent Gentile announced that two of the bus services coming back to Bay Ridge would be the full-length B64 and the weekend X27.
The B64 was Bay Ridge’s single-seat ride to Coney Island, but since June 2010, hasn’t been making trips any further east than 25th Avenue. The Bay Ridge end of the B64 was also rerouted further to the north, terminating near Owl’s Head Park. Pendnig today’s official announcement from the MTA, the rerouting is expected to remain, but the single-seat ride to Coney Island is restored. Continue reading »