Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Boerum Hill

Jim Brennan Wants to Force Ratner to Build More Atlantic Yards Parking

By Noah Kazis | Jul 7, 2011 | 21 Comments

Could the state legislature get in on the costly, congestion-inducing parking minimum game? And could they do it at the site of Brooklyn’s biggest transit hub? Under a proposal by Assembly Member James Brennan, that’s exactly what would happen. Brennan is working on legislation that would force Forest City Ratner to build more off-street parking […]

Tonight: Get In on the Ground Floor of Steve Levin’s Traffic Task Force

By Brad Aaron | Feb 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

Brooklyn Council Member Steve Levin will host the first meeting of a new “traffic task force” tonight in Boerum Hill. According to Levin spokesperson Hope Reichbach, the group is convening in response to a number of long-time neighborhood traffic issues. Reichbach says the initial meeting will serve to outline long-term goals — one possibility is […]

Legacy of Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Advocates Continues

By Ben Fried | Aug 28, 2009 | No Comments

A bit more background on the generous neckdown at Smith and Bergen spotlighted earlier today: This pedestrian amenity never would have been built without the long-term organizing for the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project. Street protests and advocacy campaigns stretching back more than a dozen years are bearing fruit now. And advocates are still on […]

Now That’s What I Call a Neckdown!

By Ben Fried | Aug 28, 2009 | 19 Comments

Since the spring, DOT construction crews have been building out traffic calming improvements all over the neighborhoods near downtown Brooklyn. When the years-in-the-making Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project wraps up, pedestrians will have safer crossings at dozens of intersections. The sidewalk extension at the northwest corner of Smith and Bergen, shown here, is especially impressive. […]

Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Residential Parking Program

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler (in back), Mayor Bloomberg, Boerum Hill Association President Sue Wolfe and Council Member David Yassky. Thanks to another 11:30am press conference in Midtown, I figured Streetsblog might be the only press to cover Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement of a new, citywide residential parking permit program. But, no. There […]

Senator in Gridlocked Brooklyn District Has Doubts About Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 23, 2007 | 10 Comments

For a sense of the challenge that lays ahead for congestion pricing supporters, take a look at the mailer that Brooklyn Democratic State Senator Velmanette Montgomery sent to all of her constituents last week. Montgomery has a smart, engaged staff when it comes to transportation policy and she has often been helpful when it comes […]

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