Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

Joe Lentol is Worried About Congestion Pricing Park-and-Riders

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 4, 2007 | No Comments

Local elected officials appear to be moving from a "tax on the middle class" critique of Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal to a "park-and-ride" argument. Check out these two letters from senior Brooklyn Assembly member Joseph Lentol to constituents. In the first letter, written May 15, Lentol says that he is giving congestion pricing "his […]

Tour de Brooklyn: City is Considering Car-Free Central Park Trial

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 4, 2007 | 5 Comments

New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan enjoys a lighter moment with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz as Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives welcomes cyclists to the 2007 Tour de Brooklyn. The third annual Tour de Brooklyn bike ride rolled through the borough Sunday with sunny skies, temperatures in the low 70s and a light breeze along a […]

Hit by a Car? Nothing Can be Done Unless You’re Hurt.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 1, 2007 | 15 Comments

A letter in the Daily News this week reminds us of the need for better enforcement as well as the open source hit-and-run investigation conducted by Streetsblog readers last November: Brooklyn: Last week, as I rode my bicycle along Third Ave. in Brooklyn, I was hit by a car as it cut around traffic in […]

Armoring Up on the Streets of New York

By Alex Marshall | May 31, 2007 | 34 Comments

We’re pleased to announce that Alex Marshall will now be contributing to Streetsblog. As a journalist and author Alex has written extensively on how transportation shapes our cities. He is a columnist at Governing Magazine and a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter. Here […]

David Yassky Supports Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | May 29, 2007 | 12 Comments

City Council Member David Yassky has come out in favor of congestion pricing, with the caveat that "many features of the Mayor’s proposal will need to be reworked." Yassky’s Brooklyn district, it’s worth noting, encompasses three East River bridges, the Battery Tunnel and a seemingly endless number of of honking, spewing, frustrated motorists. Until last […]

In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza

By Jason Varone | May 23, 2007 | 2 Comments

The Department of Transportation has unveiled plans to turn the gritty Pearl Street Triangle in DUMBO into a public plaza. The plaza will be similar to the one DOT creaed on Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn last year. The Triangle currently serves as a parking lot. Some interesting notes about the project: The plaza […]

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