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🚌 Community Takes Action on the Bus Stop and Shuttle Line

May 1, 2026

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3 min read

🚌 Community Takes Action on the Bus Stop and Shuttle Line

Next steps with the Franklin and Fulton Bus Stop, a Shuttle Clean Up and more from BetterBlockGPT

🏛️ How Historical Landmarks Show Up in Bed Stuy

Mar 29, 2026

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7 min read

🏛️ How Historical Landmarks Show Up in Bed Stuy

And new features for BetterBlockGPT

🏢 75 Macon Finally Listed for Sale

Mar 22, 2026

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5 min read

🏢 75 Macon Finally Listed for Sale

And latest on the Fulton and Franklin Bus Stop and Improvements to BetterBlockGPT

💵 BetterBlockGPT Now has NYC Spend Data

Mar 15, 2026

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5 min read

💵 BetterBlockGPT Now has NYC Spend Data

And we made some improvements to search and broadened it to all of New York

💬 Introducing BetterBlockGPT

Mar 8, 2026

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6 min read

💬 Introducing BetterBlockGPT

We launched a ChatGPT-like interface to gather 311 data on our blocks

👩‍💻👨‍💻 Working Together to Improve Our Blocks

Mar 1, 2026

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5 min read

👩‍💻👨‍💻 Working Together to Improve Our Blocks

This week, I wanted to spotlight three separate efforts to improve the neighborhood in Bed Stuy

🌳 How Long Does it Take to Prune Your Street Tree? Maybe 25 Years

Feb 22, 2026

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7 min read

🌳 How Long Does it Take to Prune Your Street Tree? Maybe 25 Years

We heard back from NYC Parks on our FOIL Request

🚌 News from the MTA and DOT on Options for the Bus Stop

Feb 15, 2026

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7 min read

🚌 News from the MTA and DOT on Options for the Bus Stop

The MTA needs DOT. The DOT needs MTA.

🚌 MTA Meeting on Franklin and Fulton Moved to Feb 10th

Feb 8, 2026

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7 min read

🚌 MTA Meeting on Franklin and Fulton Moved to Feb 10th

And, why NYC Agency decision making is broken

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