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It’s Jew vs. Jew in the fight over a Brooklyn bike lane

JL;DR SUMMARY In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the longstanding clash over a bike lane has evolved from a hipster-Hasidic conflict to a Hasidic internal dispute. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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BrooklynNew York CityEric AdamsHasidicLegal BattleWilliamsburgTransportationBaruch HerzfeldBike LaneRafe Herzfeld

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Williamsburg, New York, United States
"The fight over the bike lanes in Hasidic Williamsburg has been going on, more or less, for over a decade."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Anyone who bikes in Brooklyn has taken the bike lane on Bedford Avenue somewhere; it runs across the entire borough, all the way from Sheepshead Bay to Williamsburg."
Sheepshead Bay, New York, United States
"Anyone who bikes in Brooklyn has taken the bike lane on Bedford Avenue somewhere; it runs across the entire borough, all the way from Sheepshead Bay to Williamsburg."
Prospect Park, New York, United States
"A protected bike lane that still exists, along Prospect Park in Brooklyn, running between the parked cars and the sidewalk."
New York City, New York, United States
"So current New York City Mayor Eric Adams ordered that the protected bike lane be downgraded to an unprotected lane again."

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