Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

DOT added eighteen miles of protected lanes to this map in 2016, but NYC will never have cohesive citywide network of safe bike routes without protected bike lanes on major streets like Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue. Map: Jon Orcutt

If de Blasio Is Serious About Vision Zero, 4th Ave Will Get a Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Dec 16, 2016 | 18 Comments

In 2017, will City Hall be more committed to ambitious street redesigns that save lives? An early litmus test will be Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn -- which is ripe for a protected bike lane but is currently in line for much more modest changes from NYC DOT.

No More Stalling: DOT Redesigns Gerritsen Ave After Teen Cyclist’s Death

By David Meyer | Oct 24, 2016 | 9 Comments

DOT will install a two-way protected bike lane and other traffic-calming measures on Gerritsen Avenue, the street next to Marine Park in southern Brooklyn where a drunk driver killed a teenage cyclist this summer [PDF]. On the night of July 19, Thomas Groarke, 24, overtook another driver on the left and sped into the wide painted median on […]

Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2016 | 20 Comments

The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations […]

An NYPD Light Tower Has Blocked the Flushing Ave Bike Lane for Three Days

By David Meyer | Aug 31, 2016 | 31 Comments

An idle NYPD light tower has been sitting in the Flushing Avenue bike lane all week, forcing cyclists into motor vehicle traffic. Flushing Avenue’s westbound bike lane runs along the north curb. It will eventually be upgraded to a two-way protected lane, but right now is separated from motor vehicle traffic by a painted buffer. Commuters found the […]

3,000 People Join Sister of Lauren Davis to Call for Bike Lane on Classon Ave

By David Meyer | Aug 25, 2016 | 15 Comments

Danielle Davis lost her sister in April. Lauren Davis was biking on Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill when a driver turned left across her path, killing her. Now Danielle is calling on the city to add a bike lane to the street where Lauren lost her life. With the support of Transportation Alternatives, she launched an online petition yesterday addressed to local City Council […]

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