Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Want a Seat on Your Community Board? There’s Still Time.

By Brad Aaron | Jan 14, 2009 | 13 Comments

If you want to join a Manhattan community board and haven’t yet filed an application, you have until tomorrow. Manhattan has the earliest (and by far the most well-publicized) deadline of the five boroughs, so no need to panic if you intend to apply elsewhere. As regular readers know, community boards often represent the front […]

Big Day for NYC Livable Streets Activism

By Ben Fried | Jan 13, 2009 | 8 Comments

Pedestrian improvements to Gansevoort Plaza, the product of a community-based process, are now under threat. There’s a lot on the table today for New Yorkers looking to make streets safer and more welcoming for pedestrians and cyclists. Turnout will be needed at three events, including two meetings where recent improvements are expected to come under […]

Tomorrow: Speak Up for Safer Biking on Kent Ave

By Ben Fried | Jan 12, 2009 | 6 Comments

A tipster sends word that opponents of the Kent Avenue bike lane are making appeals to Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, a long-time supporter of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. A large group representing the Williamsburg Hasidic community showed up at Velazquez’s office last week, our source tells us, to register their opposition to the bike lane, which […]

Queens CB1 Chair: Secure Bike Parking Serves “No Purpose”

By Ben Fried | Jan 6, 2009 | 10 Comments

A zoning change that would provide better bike parking options in new buildings is wending its way through the city’s public review process, which means 59 community boards have a chance to vote on it. The Queens Gazette reports from the goings on at CB1, which encompasses Astoria and Long Island City: "I see no […]

The Livable Streets Backlash Claims a Victim at Brooklyn’s CB1

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 24, 2008 | 25 Comments

Teresa Toro, one of New York City’s most productive livable streets activists in recent years, has been deposed as chair of Brooklyn Community Board 1’s Transportation Committee. CB1 covers the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of Brooklyn and has recently been embroiled in bitter fighting over the new bike lanes on Kent Avenue. CB1’s executive committee […]

Council Members Surprised to Hear CBs Approved Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Dec 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

With news swirling about possible cuts to New York’s bike network build-out and City Council oversight of street re-designs, we’d be remiss not to pass along this anecdote from the Bikes in Buildings hearing earlier this week. After DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan wrapped up her testimony to council members, she was peppered with questions about […]

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