Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bushwick

Central Avenue, just east of Linden Street, in Bushwick, where a motorist struck and killed Ronald Burke early Friday morning. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD Blames Victim After Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Ronald Burke in Bushwick

By Brad Aaron | Jul 3, 2017 | 55 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a man cycling in Bushwick early Friday morning, and a yellow cab driver killed an elderly man walking in Greenwich Village last night. NYPD blamed the victim in both cases.

The new pedestrian plaza at the Myrtle-Wyckoff transit hub will save lives. Photos: David Meyer

Families for Safe Streets and DOT Cut the Ribbon on Myrtle-Wyckoff Plaza

By David Meyer | Dec 2, 2016 | No Comments

The plaza, on the block of Wyckoff Avenue between Myrtle and Gates, is the centerpiece of a major safety project that will reduce conflicts between drivers and pedestrians at an intersection where three people were killed by motorists since 2009.

CB 1 Endorses Metropolitan Bridge Bike Lane After Two Years of Delays

By David Meyer | Oct 14, 2016 | 7 Comments

Brooklyn Community Board 1 unanimously endorsed DOT’s bike lane plan for the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. It took a while to reach this point — the board repeatedly delayed an endorsement for more than two years. The project will add painted bike lanes in both directions over the bridge, which connects Bushwick and Ridgewood [PDF]. DOT has revised the design […]

CB 1 Stalls Bike Lane Because of “Left Turn of Death” Where No One Has Died

By David Meyer | Oct 13, 2016 | 6 Comments

The leadership at Brooklyn Community Board 1 is pulling out all the stops to delay or block DOT’s plan for safer bike infrastructure on the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. After a meeting last month, CB 1 leadership sent a packet to all board members arguing that the project should not move forward until DOT makes changes at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and […]

Brooklyn CB 1 Wants to Delay Metropolitan Ave Bridge Bike Lane Some More

By David Meyer | Sep 16, 2016 | 13 Comments

On Wednesday night, Brooklyn Community Board 1 voted 18 to 8 against a DOT plan to add a bike lane connecting Bushwick and Ridgewood via the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. Technically, the board voted against making a recommendation on the project, but after two years of deliberation already, the decision to withhold an endorsement is tantamount to opposition. The Metropolitan […]

A Closer Look at How the L Train Shutdown Will Disrupt Transit Trips

By David Meyer | Sep 7, 2016 | 2 Comments

The 18-month shutdown of the L train between North Brooklyn and Eighth Avenue may be three years away, but officials still have to move quickly to help hundreds of thousands of L passengers get where they need to go. So far, city officials and the MTA have yet to provide much in the way of specifics. To get a better […]

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