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Crash closes northbound lanes of BQE

A fiery crash under an overpass near the Brooklyn Bridge has caused the closure of the northbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near Exit 28A in Fulton Ferry on Monday.

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LIRR to spend $20.7M to reduce platform gaps

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The rail line will spend $20.7 million to reduce the gap between trains and station platforms systemwide.

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