Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

78th Precinct Sets Up Protected Bike Lane on Bergen Street

By Stephen Miller | Nov 20, 2012 | 9 Comments

The guerrilla bike lane on Bergen Street now has an official imprimatur. It may be hard to believe, but the tug-of-war over whether bike riders or parked cars from the 78th Precinct belong in the Bergen Street bike lane — tough one, isn’t it? — now has an unexpected referee. Over the weekend, NYPD barriers […]

G Train Disruption Strengthens Case for Pulaski Bridge Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Nov 7, 2012 | 8 Comments

Over the past week, the long G train outage caused by flooding from Hurricane Sandy brought the need for changes to the Pulaski Bridge into starker relief. Streetsblog received multiple reports of extreme crowding on the bridge’s narrow bike and pedestrian path, which could have been relieved with a protected bikeway across the bridge. Crowded conditions […]

New Coalition Aims for a More Bike-Friendly Flatbush

By Stephen Miller | Nov 5, 2012 | 2 Comments

Last month, Council Member Mathieu Eugene hosted a forum to address traffic calming needs along Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn. While the event generated a lot of ideas and suggestions from neighborhood residents and business owners, many participants have been discouraged by the lack of follow-up from Eugene. Now, some are turning their desire for safer streets into […]

Starting With a Single Street, an Effort to Make an Entire Borough Safer

By Stephen Miller | Oct 12, 2012 | 4 Comments

Last year, Hilda Cohen, Ali Loxton and their neighbors picked up the pieces of a torpedoed bike lane proposal for Lafayette Avenue, showing DOT and Brooklyn Community Board 2 the community’s broad support for safer cycling on the busy street. After 1,400 signatures and countless hours of work, Lafayette Avenue from Fulton Street to Classon Avenue […]

DOT Study Rejects Residential Parking Permits For Stadium Neighborhoods

By Noah Kazis | Jul 13, 2012 | 12 Comments

The Department of Transportation has rejected neighborhood demands to implement residential parking permits around the Barclays Center and Yankee Stadium, according to a DOT report released last Friday. DOT cited the availability of on-street parking spaces during Yankee games, the large number of non-residents parking on the street for purposes other than visiting the stadium, […]

Christopher Hutchinson Killed in Brooklyn, Driver Charged With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Jul 6, 2012 | 19 Comments

A driver has been charged with manslaughter and homicide for killing a Brooklyn man who was sitting outside his own home. Christopher Hutchinson was struck in Prospect Lefferts Gardens at around 3 a.m. Thursday, according to reports. Police say Jean Bigord, 53, was speeding in a 2006 Crown Victoria when he struck a parked car while […]

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