Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

After Two Meetings, CB 6 Still Hasn’t Decided on QBB Bike Access Plan

By Stephen Miller | May 7, 2013 | 22 Comments

At the end of its second meeting on a DOT proposal to improve bike safety on the Manhattan approaches to the Queensboro Bridge, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 reached a conclusion. The committee needed more time to make up its mind. “We will have a decision by June,” chair Fred Arcaro said. North of 59th […]

Stringer Gives Safe Streets Foe Dan Zweig Two More Years on Manhattan CB 7

By Brad Aaron | Apr 2, 2013 | 4 Comments

Borough President Scott Stringer considers community boards “the first line of defense for Manhattan neighborhoods.” But one name among his final round of appointments, announced yesterday, makes you wonder if Stringer believes Manhattan neighborhoods should be protected from reckless drivers. Stringer re-upped CB 7’s Daniel Zweig, who along with transportation committee co-chair Andrew Albert opposed […]

Brownsville Will Get Bike Lanes After Supportive Vote from CB 16

By Stephen Miller | Feb 27, 2013 | 19 Comments

Good news out of Brooklyn last night: After a community-driven process that started in 2011, Community Board 16 voted to support painted bike lanes and sharrows on 15 miles of Brownsville streets. The proposal calls for bike lanes on New Lots Avenue, Pitkin Avenue, Mother Gaston Boulevard, and a north/south pair on Hendrix Street and Schenck […]

CB 6 Committee Votes for PARK Smart Zone, Brooklyn Greenway Extension

By Ben Fried | Feb 22, 2013 | 8 Comments

Last night, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 voted unanimously in favor of a new PARK Smart zone for Atlantic Avenue, Smith Street, and Court Street, and for a Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway segment connecting Van Brunt Street to Valentino Pier in Red Hook. The new PARK Smart zone, which Stephen covered earlier this […]

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