Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carroll Gardens

Citi Bike Could Expand to 86th Street This Summer

By Stephen Miller | May 4, 2015 | 20 Comments

It looks like some parts of Manhattan north of 59th Street could be getting Citi Bike sooner than previously expected. At a town hall hosted by Council Member Helen Rosenthal last week, DOT Manhattan Borough Commissioner Margaret Forgione said Citi Bike would expand to 86th Street by August or September, and to 110th Street “probably in March,” […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Contraflow Over the Gowanus

By Ben Fried | Jul 26, 2013 | 30 Comments

Reader Keith Williams, who blogs at The Weekly Nabe, recently got a few shots of the brand new contraflow bike lane in progress on Union Street. This project will add a sorely needed westbound bike connection across the Gowanus Canal — part of a route that jogs from Degraw, down to Union, then back up […]

You Can’t Catch Speeders If You Don’t Have a Radar Gun

By Noah Kazis | May 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

Here’s how unconcerned the New York Police Department is with deadly traffic violations: For at least a month, and possibly longer, reports DNAinfo, Brooklyn’s 76th Precinct went without a radar gun. Perhaps due to said lack of a radar gun, the 76th Precinct issued almost no speeding tickets in 2012 until this month: all of […]

Eyes on the Street: NYC’s First Bike Corral Underway on Smith Street

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2011 | 25 Comments

Reader Jeremy Charette sends this shot from the corner of Smith Street and Sackett Street in Brooklyn, where a crew was installing what I believe to be a genuine first for NYC: on-street bike parking. Eight bike racks are getting bolted into the blacktop in what’s currently a no-standing zone. In addition to the added […]

Van Driver Kills Carroll Gardens Pedestrian Crossing Columbia Street

By Noah Kazis | Mar 31, 2011 | 5 Comments

A van driver hit and killed a woman in her 50s as she crossed Columbia Street at around 7:40 this morning, according to an article in the Carroll Gardens Patch. The crash took place near the intersection of Columbia and Summit Street. The driver stayed at the scene, and while police are still investigating the crash, […]

Levin Traffic Task Force Gets to Work

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2011 | 12 Comments

A traffic task force spearheaded by Brooklyn Council Member Steve Levin and the Boerum Hill Association convened for the first time Wednesday night. Levin’s district includes several neighborhoods battered by traffic heading to and from the free East River bridges, and local residents have been engaged for years in efforts to make streets safer, eventually […]

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