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Hon. Adam Silvera has been named the new deputy chief administrative judge for the New York City Courts, as announced by Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas. The appointment, approved by Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, was made after consultation with Appellate Division Presiding Justices Dianne Renwick of the First Department and Hector LaSalle of the Second […]
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Brooklyn experienced its safest summer in terms of gun violence, with the fewest shootings and shooting homicides ever recorded during the summer months, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. From June through August, the borough saw an 11% drop in shootings and a 24% reduction in shooting homicides compared to the same period last […]
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A former high-ranking New York State government employee, Linda Sun, has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn. Sun, who held positions including deputy chief of staff within the New […]
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After missing out on competing for the Mustard Belt at this year’s Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, Joey Chestnut smashed his world record Monday during a head-to-head showdown with longtime rival Takeru Kobayashi.
The world’s top-ranked competitive eater scarfed down 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes on Labor Day, finally settling his 15-year beef with Kobayashi, another former Nathan’s champ who managed to eat only 66 franks and buns during Netflix’s live stream event “Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef” at the HyperX Arena in Las Vegas.
The streaming giant announced the all-you-can-eat match between Chestnut and Kobayashi one day after the reigning Nathan’s champ was banned from the Coney competition due to his decision to represent a rival brand, according to Major League Eating, the organization behind the beloved Fourth of July tradition.
Chestnut said in June that he learned of his disqualification through the media and disputed claims that he had any contracts with MLE or Nathan’s Famous. He vowed to return for the fans who started a petition to lift the ban.
In recent years, the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest has become synonymous with Joey Chestnut, who established himself as the one to beat in the annual Fourth of July frank-fest since 2016. In 2023, he attempted to beat his personal best of 73 hot dogs and buns but only managed to swallow 62, still taking the title.
In Chestnut’s absence at the 2024 contest, Patrick Bertoletti took home the win after eating 58 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.
Kobayashi was the undisputed winner of the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest from 2001 to 2006, until Chestnut ended his reign in 2007. Since then, the two professionals have been revered as the ones to beat. Kobayashi was also banned from competing in the Coney Island competition due to a contract dispute in 2010.
“Retiring for me will only happen after I take him down one last time,” Kobayashi told Netflix ahead of the match. “This rivalry has been brewing for a long time. Competing against Joey live on Netflix means fans all over the world can watch me knock him out.”
The Labor Day showdown had one significant rule difference from the Coney Island competition, a signature of Chestnut’s eating technique: hot dogs could not be dunked in water.
Despite the rule change, Chestnut still emerged as the top dog. Following the competition, the champ credited his rivalry with Kobayashi as a major factor in his beating his own world record.
“It’s amazing. I’ve been trying to hit 80 hotdogs for years and without Koybayashi I wouldn’t have been able to do it,” Chestnut said. “He drives me. We weren’t always nice to each other but we push each other to be our best.”
SIXTEEN-TIME NATHAN’S HOT Dog Eating Competition champion Joey Chestnut set a new world record of an astonishing 83 hot dogs.
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SIXTEEN-TIME NATHAN’S HOT Dog Eating Competition champion Joey Chestnut set a new world record of an astonishing 83 hot dogs.
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More bone fragments, presumably human, were found along the shore in Brooklyn Bridge Park — the third time in the past two weeks.
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The G train is finally back to full service following a painful summer shutdown.
The Crosstown Line returned to its full route between Court Square in Long Island City, Queens and Church Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn at 5 a.m. on Sept. 3. The line had been shuttered in phases since late June so the MTA could perform major capital work to modernize the route’s signal system, replacing a nearly 100-year-old analog system with modern Communication-Based Train Control, allowing trains to run faster and closer together.
Since June, the G has been outfitted with 100 miles of new cable, while 17 switches and six relay rooms were replaced, MTA construction chief Jamie Torres-Springer said on Tuesday. Ten stations were also deep-cleaned while service was shuttered.
The full $368 million project won’t be completed until 2027, but further work will not require any more 24/7 shutdowns, and by the time it’s finished the MTA expects reliability on the G to rocket upwards.
The G is the only direct train connection between Brooklyn and Queens that doesn’t bypass through Manhattan, and in some parts of its route it’s the only train line available, especially in Greenpoint.
The MTA provided free shuttle bus service along the closed G corridor, which riders reviewed as decent for what it was, but still a significant inconvenience.
“I did them once or twice, and they actually were pretty okay,” said Bushwick resident Addison Boucher, who noted she traveled much less frequently during the shutdown, especially to Greenpoint. “They were air-conditioned. I couldn’t complain, they came quickly. It was fine, but, I mean, it’s still annoying to have to take the bus and go through city traffic instead of the subway.”
Others, however, sought to avoid the shuttle bus entirely. Ben Grube, who works in Gowanus, said he started taking the L to Manhattan and transferring to the F this summer, adding about 20 extra minutes to his daily commute.
“I luckily didn’t have to do it for that long,” said Grube as he waited for a Church Avenue-bound train at Metropolitan Avenue. “But I was happy to see that the G was running today and back in service, because it’ll carve like 20 minutes off my commute.”
Others, like local City Council Member Lincoln Restler, opted to make their trip on two wheels.
“I have biked through extreme heat waves, up and down from Greenpoint to Downtown Brooklyn, many dozens if not hundreds of times this summer to get around our district,” said Restler, who represents much of the G corridor in North Brooklyn. “It was not fun, I would have rather been on an air-conditioned train, but it’s what needed to get done.”
Restler and state Sen. Kristen Gonzalez had mostly positive things to say about the MTA’s handling of the shutdown — particularly regarding shuttle bus service and communication with riders. They expressed dismay, however, that the city had not constructed a dedicated lane so shuttle buses could move faster.
CBTC is a computer-based signaling tech that allows trains to be run closer together than the Great Depression-era analog signals used in much of the system. That means trains arrive faster and more can be run, providing more reliable service. Being nearly 100 years old, analog signals also break down frequently and are one of the primary drivers of subway delays and poor reliability.
The L and 7 lines are the only two routes in the system already fully equipped with CBTC, which has caused reliability to jump on both lines, something riders have noticed.
Jennyfer Ogarro, who works in Long Island City and lives in Williamsburg, said the L has improved noticeably in the 30 years she’s lived in the area; she takes the L and the G on her morning commute.
“I’ve lived around here for 30-odd years, and when I started living around here, the L train was really horrible. It has gotten a lot better,” said Ogarro. “So I’m just trusting that [the G] will get a lot better as time goes on. It’s a work in process.”
Besides the G, the MTA has CBTC projects underway on the Queens Boulevard Line serving the E/F/M/R, the Culver Line serving the F in Brooklyn, and the 8th Avenue Line serving the A/C/E in Manhattan.