[UPDATE - November 4] With the restoration of Brooklyn-to-Manhattan train service via the 2/3/4/D/F/J lines, the MTA has published a new hurricane recovery map – click here. The original post is below for reference.
Via Matt Chaban at the New York Observer, here’s a map the MTA just put out illustrating the limited subway service which will take effect tomorrow morning.
The 2011 NYC Marathon along 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (Photo: Brian Hedden).
[UPDATED] 11/2/12 As per multiple news sources, the 2012 ING NYC Marathon has been cancelled. The announcement by Mayor Bloomberg came in the midst of increasing public outcry and after a number of elected officials issued statements strongly criticizing the event for potentially taking away resources from citywide relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
It seems ING New York City Marathon officials and city pols may have decided as early as Monday that the annual race would be set to go on as planned. Continue reading »
Still stuck at home and bored? Or maybe you’ve made it in to work and decided to take your mind off commuter hell for a few moments?
Here are a couple examples of footage taken on Monday while superstorm Sandy was still raging over our area.
One video shows the 69th Street pier during what looks like the height of the so-called frankenstorm.
In another, World News Australia conducts a phone interview with stranded-at-home high school math teacher Ellie Terry – who works at Telecommunications High School [350 67th Street], while scenes captured during Sandy’s wrath play on screen.
Terry’s plans while schools are still being used as evacuation centers? Using a special Facebook plug-in, she’s opted to take a couple of days to phone undecided voters in Pennsylvania for President Obama’s reelection campaign.