Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

In the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, a group of teenagers is transforming a drab, cinder block wall into a three-story mural to memorialize three children killed on dangerous Third Avenue and to remind motorists to drive safely. The mural is being organized by Transportation Alternatives and Groundswell Community Mural Project and painted under the guidance […]

What Up, G?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 13, 2007 | 1 Comment

Graffiti at the Metropolitan Ave. subway station on the G line. Streetsblog will be keeping an eye on Save The G, a new blog advocating for service improvements on the beleaguered G subway line. The blog is being produced by a coalition of civic groups and elected officials from Brooklyn and Queens, including, Queens Civic […]

City Launches “Public Plaza Initiative” at DUMBO Pocket Park

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2007 | 21 Comments

Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan launched New York City’s new Public Plaza Initiative with the opening of a new pocket park in DUMBO yesterday. "A short time ago, this was a barren parking lot," Sadik-Khan said. "But people immediately filled up this space as the green came in. That speaks to the hunger and demand that […]

When a Car Does the Killing, It’s Always an “Accident.”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 8, 2007 | 11 Comments

Mary-Powel Thomas is President of the Community Education Council for School District 15 in Brooklyn. Back in June Thomas organized a pedestrian safety forum for schools, community groups and others who live and work along Brooklyn’s dangerous Third and Fourth Avenue corridors where numerous pedestrians, kids and elderly people in particular, have been injured and […]

Hello, Dolly!

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 7, 2007 | 45 Comments

A knowledgeable tipster submitted this gem to UncivilServants, the web-based watchdog for government parking abuse in New York City. The yellow Porsche Carrera, above, was spotted parked in front of a fire hydrant on the east side of Seventh Avenue, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, between Sterling Place and St. John’s Place at about 7:30 pm […]

Manhattan Bridge Bikeway to Reopen on Monday

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 3, 2007 | 12 Comments

Streetsblog tipster Geoff Zink reports "this morning there were two friendly DOT guys on the Brooklyn side of the Manny B handing out flyers regarding the reopening of the north side bike lanes. Gotta love the new DOT!" Here’s the message from DOT: Important NoticeNew York City Department of Transportation Division of Bridges Rehabilitation […]

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