Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Across Brooklyn, More Commuters Rely on Transit to Get to Work

By Noah Kazis | Jan 30, 2012 | 4 Comments

Brooklyn commuters — already some of the biggest transit riders in the country — are opting for transit at ever higher rates. New numbers from the Center for the Study of Brooklyn at Brooklyn College, first highlighted by City Limits’ Brooklyn Bureau, crunch Census data to reveal the evolving commuting patterns in the borough’s 18 […]

Next for Select Bus Service: Webster Ave in the Bronx, Utica Ave in Brooklyn

By Noah Kazis | Dec 12, 2011 | 17 Comments

A new crop of bus routes is moving into the pipeline for implementation as Select Bus Service. The MTA and NYC DOT are in the initial stages of bringing SBS to the Bronx’s Webster Avenue, where the most unreliable bus in the borough runs, and to Brooklyn’s Utica Avenue, the second-busiest bus route in the […]

80-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed in Sheepshead Bay; No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Dec 8, 2011 | 9 Comments

An 80-year-old man was killed while walking in Sheepshead Bay on Tuesday. According to NYPD and online reports, Aron Dudkin was crossing East 7th Street at Avenue T at 6:45 a.m. when he was hit by the driver of a Nissan. Dudkin was taken to Coney Island Hospital, where he died from his injuries. The […]

Next Week: Fourth Avenue Task Force Talks Transportation

By Noah Kazis | Nov 11, 2011 | 6 Comments

Right now, Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue is known for its speedway design and anti-urban architecture. But Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz hopes to turn the road into a grand “Brooklyn Boulevard” and in August, he established a task force charged with planning the street’s future. This Monday, the task force’s transportation and traffic committee will hold its first […]

Bus Bulbs Will Boost Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Oct 5, 2011 | 4 Comments

With Select Bus Service speeding trips and boosting ridership on Fordham Road and First and Second Avenue, the next route slated for an upgrade is Brooklyn’s Nostrand Avenue. The B44 bus runs over nine miles from the Williamsburg Bridge to Sheepshead Bay. It attracts 41,000 riders a day, making it the seventh busiest route in […]

Brooklyn Pop-Up Café Wins Community Board 2 Endorsement

By Noah Kazis | Apr 14, 2011 | 6 Comments

Brooklyn’s only proposed pop-up café won the approval of Community Board 2 last night in an 18-10-1 vote, allowing the city to replace on-street parking with public seating. This pop-up is sponsored by the Ecopolis Café on Smith Street, which will pay the cost of building the temporary public space. The Ecopolis pop-up had received […]

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