Eyes on the Street: The Jay Street Bike Lane Gets Protected

By David Meyer
Aug 1, 2016

The city has flipped parked cars with bike lanes on Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn. Photo: NYC DOT — Part of the southbound side of Jay Street now has a parking-protected bike lane. Photo: NYC DOT

That’s right: There’s now a stretch of parking-protected bike lane on Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn. The project’s not done yet, but this afternoon DOT tweeted this photo showing a rideable section on southbound Jay near Myrtle Avenue.

Implementation of the Jay Street redesign began last Thursday, when crews started to remove the old un-protected bike lane markings overnight. When finished, it should make one of the most important links in the bike lane network much less chaotic — if the parking placard abusers who currently block the bike lane change their law-breaking ways.

The finished project will extend from Fulton Street to Sands Street at the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge [PDF], and it includes a new signal to control traffic coming off the bridge north of Nassau Street.

Keep us posted as this important bike network upgrade takes shape — send your photos to tips@streetsblog.org.

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