‘Skateboarding has never been a personal passion,’ chef Hervé Riou tells French Morning of his efforts to build a community skate garden near Prospect Park. ‘But you have to open up your soul, open up to others.’
Bronx
Africans in the Bronx Find Family on the Soccer Field
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Originally dubbed the African Diaspora Youth Sports Club, that team is now called the United Africa Football Club—a multilingual group that has won seven annual soccer tournaments.
Investigations
What’s Behind NYC’s Mounting Cyclist Death Toll?
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Cycling advocates see promise in recent city initiatives but say they’d like to see the administration take more aggressive action overall when it comes to transforming New York’s streets.
baseball
New Sports, More Players and Limited Space are a Challenge to NYC Parks
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In 2017, the city’s Parks Department issued 8,100 athletic permits for 877,000 hours of athletic time on DPR’s 800 ballfields—satisfying most but nowhere near all the demand for space. There are indications that pressures around parks permits are increasing.
biking
It’s Been Slow-Pedaling for Bike Infrastructure in Bushwick
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The neighborhood has been in the middle of a tug-of-war between some local leaders and citywide policy over how far to go to accomodate bikers.
bus
Speaker Wants Mayor in Charge of Transit, 50 Miles of New Bike Lanes Each Year
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Corey Johnson also says he plans to introduce legislation that would require the Department of Transportation to issue a ‘a comprehensive master plan for city streets’ every five years, He also wants to ‘reimagine’ the BQE.
sports
The U.S. Open is Over. Did Queens Benefit?
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‘Undoubtedly, the U.S Open is positive for the city. We just wish the USTA was as involved in promoting the vibrancy of our communities as we believe they should be.’
bike lanes
CityViews: Death Highlights Need for the Right Kind of Bike Lane
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The majority of the city’s designated bike lanes are unprotected: basically nothing more than around thee-feet wide stretches of asphalt marked by strips of paint and an occasional bike lane symbol. That has to change.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Why NYC Schools Need Sports Equity
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‘Every year segregated high schools ask the PSAL for more sports teams and are denied. Why is that allowed to happen?’
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Suit Says NYC Schools Shortchange Some Black, Latino Athletes
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The case cites over a hundred public schools without any sports teams, of which Black and Latino students are twice as likely to attend.
The Global Squeeze
To Save a Stadium for the Middle Class, Manila Advocates Used Preservation as a Tool
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The saga of the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in the Philippines illustrates the possibility—and potential pitfalls—of using heritage preservation as a tool to resist gentrification.