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NYC is targeting "ghost cars" that obscure license plates to avoid tolls. Violators risk fines up to $500, vehicle seizures, and even license suspension. New efforts aim to recover millions in ...
George C. Parker (March 16, 1860 [1] – 1937) was an American con man best known for his repeated successes "selling" the Brooklyn Bridge.He made his living conducting illegal sales of property he did not own, often New York's public landmarks, to unwary immigrants.
Public transit service began with the opening of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Railway, a cable car service, on September 25, 1883. [180] [190] [191] On May 17, 1884, one of the circus master P. T. Barnum's most famous attractions, Jumbo the elephant, led a parade of 21 elephants over the Brooklyn Bridge. This helped to lessen doubts about ...
South of Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall on a curved balloon loop. Closed due to low ridership, short platform length and the proximity of the busier Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station. [6] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Court Street: B Fulton Street Line: Brooklyn: April 9, 1936 [7] June 1, 1946 [8] West of Hoyt ...
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.
Wild surveillance video captured a car dashing down a Brooklyn sidewalk — knocking over entire storefronts and nearly plowing over pedestrians after the driver suffered a medical episode.
They claimed to be haunted by sticking out tongue female ghost and chased their car for 3 km (1.9 mi). [20] Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong: the Tuen Mun Road, one of Hong Kong's major expressways, is said by believers to be haunted. Many car accidents have been blamed by locals to the ghosts that suddenly appear along the middle of the expressway.
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.