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Day tripper: Destination, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Special to NewsdayPark Slope is a fine mixture of late 19th century elegance and 21st century cool: Brownstones and limestones complete with bow windows, bay windows, turrets and cupolas vie for space along its tree-lined streets with up-to-the minute bistros and bars....Tags: Calvert Vaux, Central Park, Brooklyn Museum, Gardens and Parks, Sales
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19 LIRR trains canceled in PM commute
alfonso.castillo@newsday.com and john.valenti@newsday.comLIRR riders can expect significant disruptions in their evening commute Monday as a result of Sunday's train derailment at Jamaica station. Nineteen evening eastbound rush-hour trains were canceled, including 11 from Penn Station, six from Brooklyn and...Tags: Railway Accidents, Freeport, Transportation, Merrick, Long Island Rail Road
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LIRR expects normal evening rush after morning "bump"
john.valenti@newsday.comWednesday's evening rush on the Long Island Rail Road was expected to be normal, after a morning incident when two trains bumped each other, causing minor injuries to five riders and delays of more than an hour. In a statement, the LIRR said that a...Tags: Railway Accidents, Forest Hills, Injuries, Kew Gardens, Transportation
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Equipment problems cause LIRR delays
john.valenti@newsday.comA truck hit a bridge overpass at Merillon Avenue in Garden City on Monday, causing 10- to 15-minute delays on trains on the Long Island Rail Road west of Mineola, railroad officials said. It is unclear how long those delays will last. Details on the...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Far Rockaway, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Long Island
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12 LIRR trains to be canceled for Monday morning
jennifer.maloneyA Long Island Rail Road train derailment that caused major damage to rails and switches at Jamaica Station yesterday will disrupt the morning rush hour, prompting 12 morning westbound train cancellations as crews scramble to make repairs at the railroad's...Tags: Railway Accidents, New York University, Transportation, West Hempstead, Inwood (Hempstead, New York)
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LIRR's Monday morning delays and cancellations
Long Island Rail Road riders can expect delays and 12 canceled trains Monday morning. The following westbound morning rush hour trains will be canceled: 6:25 AM train from Hicksville, scheduled to arrive in Penn Station at 7:11 AM 6:26 AM train from...Tags: Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Freeport, Nassau County, Long Island Rail Road, Suffolk County (New York)
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Huntington bus driver runs Haiti school
Special to NewsdayThe more inquisitive parents in Huntington may know that the school bus driver they entrust with their precious cargo has five children of her own. They may even know that this woman who speaks with an accent grew up in a small town in northern Haiti....Tags: West Babylon, Huntington (Suffolk, New York), Public Employees, New York, Maine
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Green streets where everyone wins
e-mail irene@irenevirag.com.Ever since I spent a year in England as a college student, I dreamed that one day I'd have a garden in the front of my house. I didn't know much about gardens then, but I knew I loved stopping to smell the roses tumbling over the low stone walls and...Tags: Northport, East Flatbush, Transportation, House and Home, Park Slope
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Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn: City Living among old and new
Special to amNewYorkAs the F or G train transitions to the elevated tracks after leaving the Carroll Street station, the first thing many straphangers notice are the unusually expansive gardens sprawling out in front of the surrounding brownstones. Fenced in by iron gates,...Tags: Justice System, Crimes, Carroll Gardens, IKEA, Court Administration
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Cops continue search for man who attacks elderly women
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comPolice on Tuesday pressed the search for the mugger who preys on elderly women, choking them until they stop resisting and then robbing them. The New York Police Department is focusing in large part on the area around Flatbush Avenue, near Prospect...Tags: New York, Crimes, Raymond W. Kelly, Police, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Crowds revel at West Indian American Day Parade
Tens of thousands of revelers gathered in Brooklyn yesterday for the West Indian American Day Parade, a boisterous celebration of Caribbean culture featuring reggae beats, miles of food stalls and costumes with a 20-foot wing span. The annual parade takes...Tags: Beijing Games, Crimes, Regional Authority, Louisiana, Labor Day
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Variety of delays on the LIRR
john.valenti@newsday.comA rough overnight stretched into a tough early morning for the Long Island Rail Road on Tuesday, as everything from "disorderly passengers" to switch trouble delayed trains. The 2:10 a.m. train from Penn Station to Babylon operated 25 minutes late...Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Transportation, Railway Transportation
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