Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

MTA: Not Stealing Bikes. Just Following the Rules.

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 25, 2007 | 23 Comments

The MTA has been taking a lot of flack following yesterday’s dust-up over MTA workers seizing bicycles locked to the Bedford Avenue subway station stairwell railing in Williamsburg. Perhaps the wrong transportation agency is taking the hit on this one. A camera phone-toting tipster sends along the above photo. It shows that, not only does […]

DOT Installs 58 Muni-Meters in Bensonhurst

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2007 | 7 Comments

Is the Department of Transportation laying the groundwork for market rate, on-street parking? From a DOT media release yesterday: New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today joined State Senator Marty Golden to announce the installation of credit card friendly Muni-Meters along 86th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. The Department of Transportation (DOT) installed 58 Muni-Meters […]

Now the MTA is Stealing Bikes in Williamsburg

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 24, 2007 | 65 Comments

Back in July, New York City’s Department of Transportation built sidewalk extensions and bike racks on a few automobile parking spaces-worth of street space near the Bedford Avenue subway stop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was the first time ever that on-street car parking had been replaced by bike parking in New York City. The Bedford […]

Memorial Held for Craig Murphey

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2007 | 13 Comments

Friends of Craig Murphey held a memorial ride Saturday, and installed a ghost bike near the spot where he was struck by a commercial truck last week. Police say Murphey was killed riding on the wrong side of Union Avenue while racing the truck to the intersection of Ten Eyck Street, near his home, just […]

Details and Questions Emerge in Brooklyn Cyclist Deaths

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2007 | 27 Comments

Craig Murphey The deaths of two Brooklyn cyclists just hours apart yesterday have resulted in a homicide charge and an outpouring of grief for a man friends describe as "a truly thoughtful and selfless individual." Friends of one of the victims are also questioning the official account of his death. City dailies report that Williamsburg […]

Two Cyclists Killed in Brooklyn This Morning

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2007 | 16 Comments

From WABC: Two men, both bicyclists, were killed in separate accidents in Brooklyn Thursday morning. In the first, police say a bicyclist was struck and killed by an oil truck at the intersection of Union Avenue and Ten Eyck Street in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The bicyclist, a 26-year-old Massachusetts resident, was hit […]

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