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Barricade Burglar? Battle Brewing Over ‘Open Streets Program in Brooklyn Myles Miller What to Know For 12 hours a day a section of Driggs Avenue at Russell Street is supposed to be closed to through traffic as part of the citys Open Streets program --  but the barricades have disappeared. A video from a neighbor captured a man in a truck with an Amazon logo taking the barricades and driving off. The barricades stolen were part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Open Streets program ...

Updated 4 hours ago What to Know For 12 hours a day a section of Driggs Avenue at Russell Street is supposed to be closed to through traffic as part of the citys Open Streets program --  but the barricades have disappeared. A video from a neighbor captured a man in a truck with an Amazon logo taking the barricades and driving off. The barricades stolen were part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Open Streets program -- an initiative developed at the height of the pandemic to create more open space a...