Painted Flowers on Manhattan Bridge

With the cold weather only getting colder, this is as close as you’ll get to riding your bike through a field of wildflowers. Just remember to slow down before you hit the strip of ice at the bottom of the bridge.


With the cold weather only getting colder, this is as close as you’ll get to riding your bike through a field of wildflowers. Just remember to slow down before you hit the strip of ice at the bottom of the bridge.

A fire is causing people to be evacuated from a B train on the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge. According to a police officer on the scene, engine trouble caused a fire in the first car. According to a firefighter on the scene, the toxic smoke smelled like barbecue.
CBS 2 has a helicopter in the sky. We’ve got bikes on the street. It’s on. One of us will get the story.
Update: CBS 2 reports:
Sixty passengers on a rush-hour Brooklyn subway train were evacuated this evening, due to a smoke condition on a platform.
A Transit Authority spokesman says 11 passengers suffered minor injuries and went to Brooklyn Hospital. Train service is also suspended on the B and D lines.
The smoke condition call came in 6:14 p.m. at a subway platform at the DeKalb Avenue station on the B line. It wasn’t immediately clear if a fire was on the platform or in the first subway car.