Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn Bridge

People love the Brooklyn Bridge bike path. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Led Ongoing Boom Through 2021

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

Daily trips over the new eight-foot two-way bike path on the roadbed of the bridge’s Manhattan-bound side soared 27.2 percent across all of 2021, according to data compiled by Bike New York.

Need Help Finding the Brooklyn Bridge Foot and Bike Paths? Good Luck!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 7, 2022 | No Comments

A plan by the city to help people locate the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge foot and bike paths has stalled.

Garbage lane? Sometimes the new Brooklyn Bridge bike path is full of trash. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Drivers, Pedestrians are Already Trashing the Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

The newly opened Brooklyn Bridge bike path is being defiled with garbage that's either cascading down from the pedestrian path or tossed by drivers over the short fence from the car lanes. But DOT is on it!

Bridges 4 People volunteers paraded across the Brooklyn Bridge in September in celebration of the new bike path. Photo: Rose Uscianowski

OPINION: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Is Only the Beginning of ‘Bridges 4 People’

By Liz Denys, Diane Martins and Katherine Willis | Oct 15, 2021 | No Comments

The city needs even more safety infrastructure for cyclists, say leaders of the successful campaign.

Wednesday’s Headlines: The Best and Worst of De Blasio Edition

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 15, 2021 | No Comments

As predicted, Tuesday was "Tale of Two de Blasios" day in New York, with the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge bike path, but dueling rallies to protest all the car-caused carnage this year. Plus all the other news.

Will New Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path Also Reform a Notorious Placard Zone?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

The protected bike lane on the roadbed of the Brooklyn Bridge is about to open, but the real news is what the Department of Transportation is doing just north of the bridge's Manhattan end — where a redesign of Foley Square has the potential to clean up one of the most notorious placard abuse zones in the city.

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