Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cobble Hill

Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots

By David Meyer | | 20 Comments
The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations […]

Citi Bike Expands South of Atlantic Avenue

By David Meyer | | 8 Comments
Yesterday, Citi Bike began installing stations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods south of Atlantic Avenue and west of Prospect Park. A few stations are already operating, according to the Citi Bike station map, with a total of 73 set to go live in the area in the coming weeks. All told there are 139 new bike-share stations […]

The Case for the “Amity Street Wiggle”

By David Meyer | | 11 Comments
Ian Dutton has an idea to improve the eastbound bike route through Cobble Hill. The street network has no good, officially-sanctioned bike connection from points west of Court Street onto the Dean Street bike lane. But hundreds of cyclists each day make their own route, taking Amity Street, then doing a short jog against traffic on Court Street […]

The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike

By Ben Fried | | 42 Comments
DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system. Spread-out stations are a problem for bike-share users because people have to walk farther to make trips, and that costs time. The National Association of City Transportation Officials recommends 28 stations per square mile — and […]

No Charges for Driver Who Killed 66 Year-Old Man on Atlantic Avenue

By Stephen Miller | | 20 Comments
Update [Wednesday, August 12]: The victim has been identified as Muyassar Moustapha, 66. A driver struck and killed a local store owner on Atlantic Avenue last night. NYPD says the pedestrian was at fault for crossing outside the crosswalk and against the light, and the driver faces no charges. Police have not released the victim’s name pending family notification, but […]
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