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Street closures for NYC Memorial Day 2024 Parades
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – New Yorkers will commemorate fallen military personnel with a number of parades Monday for Memorial Day, meaning many street closures across the city. With parades in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, drivers should be aware of the following closures: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, starting at 11 a.m. Little Neck, Queens, starting […]
3 falcon chicks hatch atop the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, officials said. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels said Friday that the chicks hatched in a nesting box set up by the agency atop a 693-foot-tall (211-meter-tall) tower on the bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. Officials check on the nest each year around the end of May to put identifying bands on the falcon chicks to help keep track of how many peregrines are in the city and to identify them if they get sick. The three chicks were banded Friday and are about three weeks old, according to a statement.
Rare magnitude 2.9 earthquake strikes the heart of New Jersey; Shaking felt in parts of New York
Early Friday morning, a 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor occurred at 3:50 a.m., with the epicenter located approximately 4.3 miles from Gladstone.
Storms may bring flash floods, damaging wind gusts, hail to North Jersey on Memorial Day
Strong thunderstorms are expected to head into North Jersey on Monday afternoon, bringing strong wind gusts, heavy rain that could cause flash flooding and even hail to cap Memorial Day weekend, forecasters said. The worst of the storms will hit northeastern New Jersey around 4 p.m. and could last until...
NYC Property Owners Could See Their Water Bill Rise by 8.5%
New York property owners may get hit with an 8.5% increase on their water bills, the biggest hike in nearly 15 years, in large part because of huge fees charged to the city’s water board by the Adams administration. Public hearings on the rate hike, which would take effect July 1, begin Tuesday and continue […] The post NYC Property Owners Could See Their Water Bill Rise by 8.5% appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
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