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Gothamist takes a swing at the NY Post’s floridly hyper-active coverage of last week’s CitiBike/Greenwich Village kerfuffle, in which an EMS crew was forced to negotiate a 39-space bike kiosk when called to the rescue of a 92-year-old resident of E. 13th Street, with this juicy bit: “Though the Post is congratulating itself for its victory over Satan CitiBike…”
Hahaha, Satan. So, there’s that. Even closer to home is BlackHatGate in South Williamsburg.
From ABC News: “New York City’s long-awaited and much-hyped bicycle-sharing program is finally set to begin.”
“Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will christen the beginning of bike-sharing at a docking station near the Brooklyn Bridge Monday morning. The privately funded Citi Bike bike-share program will launch with 6,000 bikes at 330 docking stations in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Officials hope to expand to 10,000 bikes and 600 docking stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.”
Join us for some fin-flapping fun at the Mini Mermaid March on Saturday June 8th. The day will start at 11 am over at Mini Jake (178 North 9th Street) with our favorite author/illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg reading her terrific tale ‘Mermaids on Parade’.
After a little fish cake lunch break we will meet up around 2 pm over at Mini Jake and get ready for the big parade! Bring your costumes, wigs, make up, sparkly stuff, pets. Everything you can wrap your gils on to get you ready for the fin-tabulous march! At 3pm we will begin the march down the center of Bedford Ave in all of our seaside glory. Can’t wait to swim up Bedford Avenue with you!
Mini Mermaid March
Saturday, June 8th
11am – storytime with Melanie Hope Greenberg reading her book Mermaids on Parade
2pm – meet at Mini Jake to get your fins in order
3pm – march down Bedford Ave
Happy Memorial Day Weekend, everybody! Make it a G train weekend, because the L is not running.
Woody Guthrie on the NYC Subway, for a Life Magazine project, 1943
According to the MTA’s Weekender you’ll spend it anywhere but on the L train between Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and 8th Avenue in Manhattan.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on May 13, 2010. We’re re-publishing articles in this series so that we can share the wonderful Kimberly Sevilla’s knowledge and experience with you, because, hey, it’s spring! Again!
Photo by Jessi Bautista
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