A Brooklyn woman is suing the MTA for $50 million, alleging that they could have done more to find her son, who was killed when a train hit him on the tracks near the Newkirk subway station. The victim's sister Yunette Rowe told NBC New York, "He was not searched for long enough."
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MTA Sued For $50 Million In Subway Track Death
Unwanted Roommate
Hopefully this isn't a new trend amongst muggers. The NY Post reports that after a 25-year-old man mugged a Newkirk Avenue (off Bedford Avenue) resident inside his apartment building, he decided to set up camp and live there for more than a day, even fooling the locksmith into thinking it was his apartment after the real resident called to have the locks changed! Cops eventually intervened, but, shouldn't that have taken a lot less time?
Eagerly Awaited Bistro on the Way in Ditmas Park
Fans of Ditmas Park favorite the Farm on Adderley, get ready: The newest venture from co-owners Gary Jonas and Allison McDowell, a French bistro dubbed Pomme de Terre, is on the verge of opening. Apparently the regular customers at the Farm are jonesing for another mid-range restaurant in the neighborhood, and it's unlikely a recent shooting on the very same corner will deter them.
Subway Worker Killed On The Job
Yesterday afternoon, a subway worker was killed by an oncoming B train at the Newkirk Avenue station. Harold Dozier, who was to celebrate his 13th year working for the MTA today, had been collecting work flags at the end of his shift and seemed to have gotten stuck on the tracks. The NY Times reports that Dozier was decapitated; it also noted that passengers on the B train "didn't feel anything" when it hit him. This is the 21st subway worker death in the past 20 years (the last being in January 2003, when a conductor who had stuck her head outside the window was struck by a metal fence).
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