Remember that story in OTBKB about Daniel Epelbaum, a seventh grader at the Brooklyn Friends School, who wrote a letter to Borough President Marty Markowitz about the B67 bus and how it doesn’t run often enough.

Well, that’s a problem many Park Slopers can relate to. That bus, that bus. It never comes. It’s always crowded, etc.

On that day at Sweet Melissa, Daniel Epelbaum had just gotten a response from Marty. He was overjoyed. Here’s a very detailed response from the Borough President to Epelbaum,

Props to Daniel Epelbaum. Because of his letter and his interest, New York City Transit may make some much needed improvements to that bus line which serves Park Slope and downtown Brooklyn.

You can fight City Hall. Go Daniel!

Mr.
Daniel Epelbaum

Seventh Grade Student

Brooklyn Friends School
375 Pearl Street
Brooklyn, NY
11215

Dear Mr. Epelbaum:

 

I have received a response to the letter I sent on January
29, 2007 to Transit President Lawrence Reuter on your behalf. You may have read
that Mr. Lawrence Reuter is no longer President of New York City Transit, having dedicated
many years of his life to improving our Transit system. However, I have received
a response from Acting President Millard Seay, who advises me that Transit is
considering your concerns.

 

In his response, which I have enclosed for your
information, Mr. Seay addresses a number of issues in this
matter:

 

• Your
    letter was forwarded to Transit’s Division of Operations Planning for their
    consideration and response.
• The
    Department of Buses was directed to closely monitor the southbound B67 service
    leaving Downtown Brooklyn during the evening peak travel period and take appropriate
  action to ensure that the service is operating closely to
  schedule.

• He
    encourages you to forward any pertinent information to Bus Customer Relations
    if you experience any inordinate delay on your homeward bound
    trip.

 

I believe that it is important for public spirited citizens
such as yourself to voice any legitimate concern about the public service to
which we are entitled. In a democracy,

participation of the public in reporting the performance of
public services is the best guarantee that our concerns are addressed and
remedied.

 

By calling attention to the service deficiencies you
observed, you have played a valuable role for those of us who are concerned
about maintaining the quality of life and the balanced growth of Downtown
Brooklyn.  

 

Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Marty Markowitz