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Brooklyn Today March 26: Off-peak Subway Passengers are Being Left Stranded

March 26, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Happy Monday, Brooklyn! L&B Spumoni Gardens is one of Brooklyn’s restaurants facing lawsuits, Pope Francis encourages youth activism, and Barclays CEO calls out Islanders. Plus, the NRA bashes gun reform movement, the royal family has its superstitions, and a Chinese space station is plummeting back to Earth. Finally, Stormy Daniels speaks onTrump payout, a Brooklyn public library gets modernized, and a new Senate bill will affect sex workers.  
 
IMPRINT: Ricky Martin poses for the cover of Attitude.

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The Rundown

 
~STRINGER REPORT SAYS OFF-PEAK SUBWAY CUSTOMERS LEFT STRANDED: New York City is increasingly a 24-hour city — but the city’s subway system is leaving its off-peak customers waiting on the platform, according to a study released by Comptroller Scott Stringer on Friday. The study shows a substantial drop-off in service during non-traditional commuting hours. The MTA runs 60 percent fewer trains citywide from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., for example, than it does from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., and 38 percent fewer from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. (via Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

~BROOKLYN RESTAURANTS ARE FACING LAWSUITS: Next to a wall of pizza ovens, an assembly line of workers at Brooklyn’s L&B Spumoni Gardens dishes out square, after round, after square pies as beads of sweat drip down their faces. While the shoulder-to-shoulder customers make their way to the cash register, a worker’s call: “Tips, guys!” is responded by a resounding, “Thank you!” when a dollar falls into the jar. Across the way at the restaurant’s sit-in area, Isaac Perez, a former cook of 13 years, has filed a federal lawsuit against owners for skirting mandatory overtime pay. (via Brooklyn Eagle)

~IN BROOKLYN, MODERNIZING A LIBRARY FOR ROBOTS AND DOWNLOADS: By early 2020, the wave of people that surges into the Brooklyn Public Library on Grand Army Plaza every day will be reminded ofMajor R. Owens, because the library is about to begin an ambitious renovation project. One of the first things people will see — after they pass through the monumental entrance with its sculptures of literary figures like Hiawatha and Tom Sawyer — will be the Major Owens Welcome Center. (via The New York Times)
 
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Staff Picks:   

 
LONG READ: Pope Francis tells young people to raise their voices in PalmSunday address. (via Time)
 
ANOTHER LONG READ: Military troops took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, leaving some upset and some thankful. (via Washington Post)
 
EAT: What 14 standout bars and restaurants are offering Crown Heights.(via NBC)
 
SPORTS: Barclays CEO Brett Yormark calls Islanders in Brooklyn a “rent-a-team.” (via Newsday)  
 

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NATIONAL BULLETIN: The NRA mocks the “March for Our Lives” rally …Stormy Daniels says she feared for her safety after she was threatened to keep Trump payout a secret … And how a new Senate bill will affect sex workers. (via Huffington Post, USA Today and Rolling Stone)         
 
FOREIGN FLASH: Grab to buy Uber’s Southeast Asia operations … Chinesespace station set to plummet uncontrollably back to Earth … And 37 are dead and more missing after Russian shopping center fire. (via BBC, abc and the Daily News)
                       
ROYAL WATCH: The monarchy has some bizarre superstitions. (via Cheat Sheet)
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BROOKLYN TONIGHT   

 
8:00AM – 6:00PM — Katie Shima: What time is it there? at BRIC House.Details.
 
10:00AM – 6:00PM — Bordering the Imaginary: Art From the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Their Diasporas. Details. 
 
12:00PM – 6:00PM — And So Now: Speech Act Scores. Details. 
 
6:30PM – 8:00PM — The Rise of Antifa. Details.  
         
11PM — Whiplash. Details. 
 
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MILESTONES

 

Happy birthday to Keira Knightley, Diana Ross, Steven Tyler, Kenny Chesney, Guccio Gucci, Leslie Mann and Martin Short.
 
Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at[email protected]. 


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