Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

T.A. Offers Reward for Park Slope “Post-Automobile Street” Designs

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2008 | 10 Comments

9th St. and 4th Ave.: "A dangerous crossing that divides surrounding neighborhoods and inhibits street life." Transportation Alternatives is seeking proposals to reinvent the intersection of 9th Street and 4th Avenue in Park Slope. "Designing the 21st Century Street," a competition open to the general public, will reward the three most promising submissions with up […]

Bedford Avenue to Go Car-Free Four Saturdays This Summer

By Brad Aaron | Jun 27, 2008 | 11 Comments

Brooklynites fretting that their borough would be excluded from this summer’s car-free fun can rest easy. For four consecutive Saturdays beginning on July 19, Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg will be closed to cars from Metropolitan Avenue to North Ninth Street from noon to 7 p.m. "Williamsburg Walks" is spearheaded by Billburg.com in association with neighborhood […]

Ikea Tests Bike-Share in Denmark. Why Not NYC?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2008 | 18 Comments

Responding to yesterday’s post on Ikea shuttle buses causing a stir in Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, Streetsblog commenter Lee Watkins reminds us of the company’s Danish bike-share program. As previously noted here, Copenhagenize has the scoop: IKEA of Denmark is now starting a new concept at their Danish stores. They did a bit of […]

Eyes on the Street: Ikea Shuttles Tearing Through Brooklyn ‘Hoods

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2008 | 49 Comments

A pair of Ikea buses clog Clinton St. in Cobble Hill. A tipster sends along a disturbing Red Hook Ikea traffic update. The residents of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens are going nuts about the Ikea buses that have decided against Hicks and gone with Clinton as a route. The buses, every hour on the […]

Squad Cars Clear Out of Dekalb Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jun 20, 2008 | 12 Comments

A tipster sends photographic evidence that the NYPD does, at times, show cyclists some courtesy. Last week, a post on Clinton Hill Blog drew attention to parked squad cars at the 88th Precinct jutting out into the bike lane on Brooklyn’s Dekalb Avenue. Streetsblog and Gothamist picked up the photo, and now those cars are […]

Eyes on the Street: Dekalb Bike Lane Used for NYPD Parking

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2008 | 28 Comments

From Clinton Hill Blog via Gothamist: Since I’ve been biking a lot lately, I’ve come to realize how wonderful bike lanes actually are. I’m pleased to say that we now have a bike lane on both Myrtle AND DeKalb! However, I have noticed that the DeKalb bike lane seems to be contributing to the bottle […]

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