Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn

A Parking Lot Grows in Brooklyn

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 6, 2006 | 1 Comment

Norman "the Human Tape Rec’oder" Oder , the hardest working advocacy journalist in New York City, has really been digging in to the important but not-particularly-sexy issue of parking policy at Forest City Enterprise’s proposed "Atlantic Yards" development in Brooklyn. In July when the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was issued it included a plan to […]

What Went Wrong With “Atlantic Yards?”

By Ezra | Nov 29, 2006 | 31 Comments

An Interview With Kent Barwick, President of the Municipal Art Society "There is disappointment, annoyance, and anger because there hasn’t been any way for anyone to have a voice. Who is listening to the people living around Atlantic Yards?" With the Pataki Adminstration scrambling to beat the buzzer and win approval for Forest City Enterprise’s […]

A CRISPier Way to Build NYC’s 200+ Miles of New Bike Lanes?

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 21, 2006 | 17 Comments

See the world’s first music video about shared-lane bike markings by Streetfilms Clarence Eckerson. At times over the last two and a half years I have done quite a bit of organizing and advocacy work to help get new bicycle lanes and shared-lane markings installed on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, my neighborhood’s main bike route. Though […]

Speak Up to Keep the Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 20, 2006 | 1 Comment

Before being transformed into a public plaza, Willoughby Street was filled with illegally parked cars. Tomorrow evening there will be an important public meeting at St. Francis College, Room 7402, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, 5:00 to 6:00 pm, to help determine the fate of the new Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. If you are someone […]

“Officials Deny” That Flatbush and Glenwood is Dangerous

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 9, 2006 | 4 Comments

The green circle with the red dot in the middle marks the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Glenwood Road where, between 1995 and 2001 there were 23 pedestrian injuries and one fatality. More recent data shows the intersection to be one of the most dangerous in New York City. Source: Crashstat.org Yesterday morning, the driver of an SUV […]

Buses and Atlantic Yards

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2006 | No Comments

BrooklynSpeaks on Atlantic Yards and Buses: The Atlantic Yards project, despite sitting adjacent to the some of the best transit connections in the city, hasn’t been planned with transit in mind. A real transportation plan would look very different. It would push people away from driving cars that clog the streets by reducing parking on […]

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