Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn Heights

DOT Unveils Livable Streets Makeover for Approach to Brooklyn Bridge Park

By Ben Fried | Jun 28, 2011 | 12 Comments

Last week NYC DOT presented plans for expanded pedestrian areas and upgraded bike markings on Old Fulton Street, which serves as the primary gateway to the recently opened Pier 1 of Brooklyn Bridge Park. The plan [PDF] calls for a new pedestrian plaza, treatments to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists crossing highway exits, and […]

Henry St. Placard Abuser Fends Off NYPD By Mixing Church and State

By Noah Kazis | Apr 18, 2011 | 17 Comments

At this point, it’s hardly news that the length of the Henry Street bike lane was filled with parked cars yesterday (see here and here). Being a Sunday, it was par for the course, though still infuriating, that churchgoers were taking advantage of an informal agreement with the police to snatch that lane away from […]

Illegal Parking in Brooklyn Heights: Scenes From the Placard Orgy

By Ben Fried | Nov 2, 2010 | 52 Comments

A few weeks ago we ran an update on the Henry Street bike lane in Brooklyn Heights, where members of the First Presbyterian Church illegally park on Sundays and police look the other way. The era of NYPD-sanctioned bike lane blocking had supposedly come to an end this summer, right before primary day, when local […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Sanctions Bike Lane Blocking on Henry Street

By Ben Fried | Oct 13, 2010 | 38 Comments

Looks like Assembly member Joan Millman’s efforts to keep the Henry Street bike lane clear of cars belonging to church-going motorists yielded only a Pyrrhic, pre-primary day victory. For those who are just tuning into this saga, Ink Lake blogger and Brooklyn Heights resident Peter Kaufman has been trying to get the 84th Precinct to […]

Eyes on the Street: Gravelly Bike-Ped Path Through Brooklyn Bridge Park

By Noah Kazis | Aug 27, 2010 | 22 Comments

Construction is still underway, but the bike-ped path through Brooklyn Bridge Park is open. Photo: Noah Kazis A vital link in the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway is open, as a path through Brooklyn Bridge Park for pedestrians and cyclists nears completion. Though the park is still far from complete, the path cuts straight through the construction, […]

Fixing the Ditch: Planning a Less Awful BQE Trench

By Noah Kazis | May 13, 2010 | 22 Comments

The BQE trench divides a neighborhood in two, spewing noise and air pollution. Photo: NYCEDC [PDF] Between 1950 and 1964, Robert Moses gouged a path across two boroughs to build the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. In Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, the BQE slices through the urban fabric in the form of a below-grade trench, […]

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