Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bed-Stuy

William Boney Killed in Brooklyn, Driver Charged With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2012 | 7 Comments

The motorist accused of fatally striking a Brooklyn pedestrian while driving drunk this weekend will be charged with manslaughter, Streetsblog has learned. At around 12:34 a.m. Sunday, William Boney, 49, was crossing Atlantic Avenue at Troy Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant when he was struck by a Lincoln Navigator driven by Carmelo Galloway, 39, according to reports. […]

Private Sanitation Truck Kills Pedestrian in Brooklyn

By Noah Kazis | Mar 18, 2011 | 13 Comments

The driver of a private sanitation truck hit and killed a pedestrian at the intersection of Broadway and Myrtle Avenue this morning, according to the NYPD. The driver hit the pedestrian, a man in his 60s crossing Myrtle, at 7:12 a.m and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The police, as usual, do […]

Department of Health Takes a Snapshot of Bed-Stuy Cyclists

By Noah Kazis | Jul 29, 2010 | 18 Comments

Image: NYC Department of Health The city’s Department of Health has made encouraging physical activity, which can help prevent obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and other ailments, a top priority. As part of promoting healthy lifestyles, the Department’s Brooklyn District Public Health Office spent last summer studying cyclist behavior in Bedford-Stuyvesant to learn who in that […]

Feds Green Light Funding for Better Nostrand Avenue Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2010 | 5 Comments

A potential configuration for the Nostrand Avenue SBS Route. Image: NYCDOT. As Elana reported earlier today, the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget includes $28 million for the Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service project. The announcement should help build momentum for a high-priority transit project set to launch in 2012. Nostrand Avenue SBS would ply the B44 […]

Tish James: We Need to Improve NYC’s Most Unreliable Bus, But…

By Ben Fried | Nov 6, 2009 | 19 Comments

Yesterday the Straphangers Campaign awarded Brooklyn’s B44 the Schleppie Award in recognition of its status as the most unreliable bus route in the city. Over 20 percent of B44 buses, which run on the Nostrand Avenue corridor, arrive either bunched together or very far apart. About 42,000 people endure the route’s maddening inconsistency every weekday. […]

Brooklyn Bus Stop Draws Bigger Crowd Than Thompson Anti-BRT “Rally”

By Ben Fried | Nov 2, 2009 | 45 Comments

Bill Thompson hops off his campaign truck at the corner of Fulton and Nostrand in Bed Stuy. Also pictured: Council Member Tish James, Comptroller favorite John Liu, and the frontrunner for Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio (facing away from camera). With extremely low turnout expected for tomorrow’s mayoral election, Bill Thompson and Mike Bloomberg canvassed […]

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