Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bay Ridge

A Verrazano Bike/Ped Path Doesn’t Have to Cost as Much as the MTA Claims

By David Meyer | Oct 20, 2016 | 11 Comments

How much will it cost to build bicycle and pedestrian paths on the Verrazano Bridge? A lot less than the MTA says it will, if the agency removes unnecessary ramps from the project, according to advocates and engineers who’ve reviewed the options. Last year, the MTA and engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff released a preliminary cost estimate of $300 to $400 […]

Bay Ridge CB Overwhelmingly Backs Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Safety Fixes

By Stephen Miller | Apr 27, 2015 | 8 Comments

Bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements are coming to Bay Ridge after a pair of votes at Brooklyn Community Board 10 last week. It’s a turnaround from just a few years ago, when the board gained a reputation as one of the most anti-bike in the city. After voting down a 2011 DOT proposal to add bike […]

Three Years After Voting Down Bike Lane, CB 10 Weighs Bay Ridge Bike Plan

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2014 | 2 Comments

Three years ago, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio cheered as Brooklyn Community Board 10 helped kill a bike lane proposal. Tonight, there’s a very different story unfolding: Responding to CB 10’s request for new bike routes, Mayor de Blasio’s DOT has proposed a bike lane plan for the neighborhood. The plan under consideration tonight [PDF] is different […]

This Is What NYPD’s “Pedestrian Education” Looks Like

By Stephen Miller | Mar 10, 2014 | 5 Comments

Walk against the light or cross midblock in Bay Ridge, and the 68th Precinct might hand you a flyer modeled after an official warning notice. Members of a Bay Ridge neighborhood Facebook group report officers on Fifth Avenue at 76th and 86th Streets handing out the flyers: “Pedestrian failed to exercise due care when crossing a roadway creating […]

Xiaoci Hu, 75, Killed in Sunset Park — NYC’s First Pedestrian Fatality of 2014

By Stephen Miller | Jan 3, 2014 | 11 Comments

Just after 6:45 a.m. yesterday, Xiaoci Hu, 75, of Sunset Park was walking south along the east side of Seventh Avenue when he was struck and killed in a two-car crash while crossing 65th Street. The intersection is wide, with multiple lanes in each direction, and is a busy route for drivers coming to and from […]

CB 10 Votes Against Centerpiece of Bay Ridge’s Fourth Avenue Safety Plan

By Stephen Miller | Oct 22, 2013 | 12 Comments

Last night, Brooklyn Community Board 10 voted on a slate of pedestrian safety improvements for Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge. While a number of smaller changes, such as wider crosswalks and curb extensions, received the board’s support, the board rejected the centerpiece of the plan — trimming traffic lanes to slow speeding drivers [PDF]. The current high-speed […]

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