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Activists gathered on Atlantic Avenue calling on the city to make the deadly corridor safer on Saturday, April 29. Photo: Kevin Duggan

In Wake of Death, Pols Want Mid-Block Crossings, Safer Atlantic Ave.

By Kevin Duggan | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

"It is wrong how deadly this strip is," Council Member Lincoln Restler said of the portion of Atlantic Avenue that functions as a speedway for drivers between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Barclays Center.

Why does the city require parking spaces at transit-rich developments?

End Parking Minimums Now!
Analysis: Zoning Rule is Choking the City With Cars

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 18, 2021 | No Comments

The mandatory parking minimum law is the demon child of car culture and NIMBYism — but it is finally being attacked by progressive leaders. Where will Mayor Adams stand? He isn't saying.

Police employee-owned vehicles fill the bike lane on Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Brooklyn Candidate One-Ups Boss, Proposes Plan to End Illegal and Placard Parking

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 19, 2021 | No Comments

City Council candidate Elizabeth Adams wants to finish the job that her boss, Council Member Steven Levin, did not come close to finishing.

Police from Transit Bureau 30 shut down an open street in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday.

NYPD Didn’t Get The Memo, Shuts Down Open Street in Downtown Brooklyn

By Julianne Cuba | May 8, 2020 | No Comments

Everything was worked out, eventually, after the cops left with their bagels.

Lucky you, you found a bike rack. Photo by Dave Colon

EYES ON THE STREET: City Finally Unveils Brooklyn’s First ‘Shared Street’

By Dave Colon | Sep 30, 2019 | 4 Comments

Chicanes! Slow driving! People parking in loading zones! But In the languid, yearning words of Julian Casablancas: "Is this it?"

The New Plan to Connect Downtown Brooklyn to Its Waterfront

By Stephen Miller | Mar 18, 2015 | 6 Comments

Starting in the 1930s, entire city blocks in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, and DUMBO were razed for expressways and parks. Today, this jumble of on-ramps and disconnected green space separates Brooklyn’s waterfront from its downtown core. A new public-private initiative, called “The Brooklyn Strand,” seeks to knit these disjointed areas back together. On Monday evening, Claire Weisz […]

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