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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 10:44pm

CHINATOWN

Chinatown Buses, Long Denied Legal Drop-Off Zones, Lobby for Downtown Curb Space

The bus operators have been denied a number of permit applications by Community Board 3 this year.

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No Bike Lanes For Delancey, DOT Proposes Alternative Path To WilliamsBurg Bridge

New Bike Lanes on the Lower East Side Will Steer Cyclists Away from Deadly Delancey Street

The city plans to install lanes for cyclists heading to and from the Williamsburg Bridge.

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Rutgers Houses to Receive Stimulus Funds From Washington

Manhattan's public housing complexes will get a $400 million boost this year.

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SoHo & Little Italy Locals Disgusted Over Van & Apartment Illegal Goods Sales After Chinatwon Raid(Photo: Courtesy of David Bober)

SoHo Residents Blame Soft Punishments for Thriving Illegal Handbag...

SoHo and NoLiTa residents don't think the selling of counterfeit goods has slowed down despite hundreds of arrests in the last year.

DOT Proposes Traffic Medians on Bowery, Manhattan Bridge Ramp Work(DNAinfo/Suzanne Ma)

City Proposes Tree-Lined Median on Bowery to Protect Pedestrians...

A tree-lined median built along the Bowery from Division to Canal Street is the city's solution to calming traffic in accident-prone Chinatown.

Delivery Truck Demolishes Newsstand in Chinatown

An 85-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after a delivery truck backed into the newsstand where she was working — demolishing it completely.

Two Downtown Manhattan Catholic Schools set to Close((AP Photo/Matt Moyer))

Parents Protest at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Over Closings of Two...

Angry parents and students protested in front of St. Patrick Cathedral Sunday against plans by the archdiocese to shutter two historic Catholic schools downtown.

Chinatown Residents Return to Last Year's Fire-Ravaged Tenement

One year after a devastating fire destroyed a Chinatown apartment building, 11 displaced families have finally returned home.

Police Searching For Cell Phone Capers(Courtesy of the NYPD)

NYPD Seeking Three Men in Cell Phone Store Robbery Spree Across...

The men have hit T-Mobile and AT&T stores from SoHo to Washington Heights, the NYPD said.

Chinatown Landlord Compares Proposed Tax to Gang Extortion

A proposed business improvement district would impose a yearly tax on property owners in Chinatown.

Community Board 1 Continues to Push Attorney General on Terror Trials

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that civilian trials for alleged 9/11 terrorists in Manhattan was still possible.

Chinatown And Lower East Side Officially A National Historic District(DNAinfo/Suzanne Ma)

Chinatown, Little Italy Officially a National Historic District

Two downtown neighborhoods, intertwined in over a century of shared histories, have been recognized as a single, national historic district.

In Chinatown, Fujanese Say They Are Forgotten(DNAinfo/Suzanne Ma)

In Chinatown, Fujianese-Cantonese Rift Exposed at Neighborhood Meeting

A brief clash at a community meeting last week exposed a rift between Chinatown's Fujianese and Cantonese residents.

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