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350-year-old tree, saplings planted for fallen WWI soldiers included in city’s updated ‘Great Trees’ list

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350-year-old tree, saplings planted for fallen WWI soldiers included in city’s updated ‘Great Trees’ list

Time for these trees to take a bough. Dozens of leafy legends across the five boroughs have been added to the city’s tree hall of fame this week — which is the first time the Big Apple’s official roll call of top timber has been updated since 1985. One of the impressive additions to the … Read more

G train shutdown means pricier, longer commutes for some straphangers

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G train shutdown means pricier, longer commutes for some straphangers

Buckle up, Brooklyn commuters: it’s going to be a longer, warmer and more expensive ride for some this summer. The infamous G train summer shutdown slated to modernize Depression-era signals and speed up train service has, in the meantime, spurred even longer travel times, as well as sometimes costly alternative modes of transit for its … Read more