Author: newyork-news
Firefighters had been getting nearer to taming a wildfire burning throughout the New Jersey-New York border, rising their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze. The fireplace, named the Jennings Creek blaze, was 90% contained on the Passaic County, New Jersey, facet of the border, and about 88% contained on the Orange County, New York facet. It had burned 7 1/2 sq. miles throughout the 2 states, though New York officers stated that quantity is prone to enhance considerably in coming days. Stronger winds had been forecast for the weekend, which may complicate efforts to deliver it below full management. The forecast…
The subsequent step for a proposed light-rail transit line between Brooklyn and Queens alongside 14 miles of current freight tracks shall be preliminary design work, MTA officers stated Tuesday.The Interborough Specific, a rail hyperlink between Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights, would have 19 stops and hook up with 17 subway traces and the Lengthy Island Rail Highway. The MTA additionally stated it’s probably utilizing an current tunnel beneath a Queens cemetery as an alternative of operating street-level service in Center Village.“We’re taking an underutilized train line, [which] basically gets one freight train a day, and turning it into something which…