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Jones Beach Airshow May 2006
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Eyes on the Street: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
By Aaron Naparstek |
A Streetsblog tipster notices that Prospect Park motorists seem to be unindoctrinated in the ways of the Litterbug: Since I have been training for this half marathon, I have been doing more running in Prospect Park than bike riding the last few weeks. Each of the last three times I have run in the park […]
Eyes on the Street: Biking on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway
By Ben Fried |
Last time we checked in on the Columbia Street section of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, construction was in full swing. Now, along much of the path in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook, the orange barrels are gone and new plantings are taking root. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson snapped these shots last week, noting that about 40 […]
Eyes on the Street: Friday, August 4, 2006
By Aaron Naparstek |
Woman crossing at 43rd Street and Ninth Avenue. Video still by Clarence Eckerson
Eyes on the Street: Safer Crossings on Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn
By Stephen Miller |
Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, from 65th Street to 15th Street, is getting its road diet after Brooklyn Community Board 7 overwhelmingly approved changes to the street in May. Seven pedestrians were killed in traffic along the corridor between 2006 and 2011. To make it safer, DOT is reducing Fourth Avenue from three lanes in each direction […]
Eyes on the Street: Adam Clayton Powell Now Safer, With or Without CB 10
By Stephen Miller |
Harlem’s Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, connecting Macombs Dam Bridge to Central Park, has long been a dangerous speedway. DOT clocked drivers traveling as fast as 52 mph on the six-lane divided road, with up to two-thirds of evening drivers going above the 30 mph speed limit. Between 2006 and 2012, twelve pedestrians were killed on the […]