Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bay Ridge

On Thursday night, DOT officials unveiled their plan to allow car-storers to continue to use the public right of way to block safety improvements. Board member Steve Harrison, who doesn't want to remove parking, is on the far right. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT to Bay Ridge: You Get Unsafe Bike Lanes Because We Don’t Want to Remove Parking

By Dave Colon | May 10, 2019 | 19 Comments

The DOT offers "murderstrips" instead of protected bike lanes — even though Bay Ridge residents are increasingly open to real safety improvements. How is this Vision Zero?

A protected bike lane on Seventh Avenue in Bay Ridge could eliminate speedway conditions on the wide roadway. The neighborhood will not get them. Photo: Google

Bay Ridge Community Board Shows How It’s Done

By Ben Verde | Apr 16, 2019 | No Comments

CB10 offers support for DOT plan for a protected bike lane, but also offers some advice on how to make it better.

CB 10 rejected a plan back in 2013 to convert Fourth Avenue from two lanes in each direction to one. But the DOT says it's now reviewing it again.

Safety First! DOT Revisiting Fourth Avenue Road Diet for Bay Ridge

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 2, 2019 | 2 Comments

Transportation officials say they will dust off an old plan to slow down speedsters in Bay Ridge — a life-saving proposal that the local community board killed in 2013.

Bay Ridge May Finally Get a Protected Bike Lane

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 27, 2019 | 4 Comments

Finally, Bay Ridge would enter the 21st century, thanks to a city plan to put a protected bike lane on Seventh Avenue.

This is Bay Ridge Parkway. If you think that it's too narrow for proper safety infrastructure, perhaps you should not be sitting on a community board. Photo: DOT

Bay Ridge Supports Some Cycling Infrastructure — But Protected Bike Lanes Don’t Seem Likely

By Dan Hetteix | Jan 22, 2019 | 9 Comments

The good news: A long-sought bike lane on Bay Ridge Parkway may be back on the drawing board a decade after it was unceremoniously buried by Community Board 10.

East-west routes in southern Brooklyn are limited.

Bay Ridge’s Anti-Bike Cold War Starting to Melt

By Dan Hetteix | Dec 10, 2018 | 6 Comments

A board described as "frozen in time" may soon see a thaw on bike lanes.

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