Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Eyes on the Street: 78th Precinct Clears the Bergen Street Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2014 | 12 Comments

The story of the Bergen Street bike lane, and the 78th precinct, keeps getting better. Your eyes are not deceiving you. Reader N. Wayne Bailey sent in these photos of NYPD officers — including CO Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri — shoveling the Bergen Street lane, which for over a year now has been protected by […]

Cuomo Announces $67M for Bike/Ped Projects, Including Pulaski Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jan 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

[Editor’s note: Streetsblog will not be publishing Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.] Via the Tri-State Transportation Campaign: Earlier this week Governor Andrew Cuomo announced $67 million in funding for walking and biking infrastructure statewide, after advocates had pressed the state to follow through on the recently passed complete streets law with […]

Drunk Driver Avoids Homicide Charge in Brooklyn Pedestrian Death [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jan 17, 2014 | 25 Comments

A motorist who has admitted to driving drunk in a crash that killed a Brooklyn pedestrian was not charged with homicide by District Attorney Charles Hynes or his successor Ken Thompson. He was allowed to plead guilty this week to a top charge of misdemeanor DWI, court records say, and faces a maximum sentence of […]

How One Merchant Group Went From Bus Lane Opponent to SBS Supporter

By Stephen Miller | Dec 12, 2013 | 2 Comments

When B44 Select Bus Service launched last month, regular Streetsblog readers may have recognized Lindiwe Kamau’s along with the elected officials celebrating Brooklyn’s first SBS route. Kamau, who is president of the Nostrand Avenue Merchants Association, spoke with Mayor Bloomberg at the grand opening and had her photo snapped by the press. Under sunny skies, it was all […]

Unlicensed Driver Who Critically Injured Senior Faces 30 Days and $500 Fine

By Brad Aaron | Nov 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Maude Savage did everything right. She used the crosswalk. She looked both ways before entering the street. She waited for the pedestrian signal. Then she was hit by an allegedly unlicensed motorist in a commercial van who drove into her while making a left turn at a high rate of speed. The crash happened at […]

Three People Killed by Motorists in Manhattan and Brooklyn This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | Nov 25, 2013 | 1 Comment

Three people were killed by motorists in separate crashes in Manhattan and Brooklyn over the weekend. At around 10:00 Sunday morning, Willie Zachary, 65, was struck on St. Nicholas Avenue in the vicinity of W. 131st Street by an alleged drunk and unlicensed driver. According to reports, Prince Julien, 23, was traveling south on St. Nicholas […]

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