Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cobble Hill

Making Streets Safer With On-Street Bike Parking

By Elizabeth Press | Jan 4, 2012 | No Comments

The corner of Smith Street and Sackett Street in Brooklyn had a problem. Drivers approaching the intersection from Sackett couldn’t get a clear view of Smith because of the parked cars blocking their line of sight. Crashes kept happening and local residents started pushing for safety improvements. After experimenting with a few options, NYC DOT […]

Fixing the Ditch: Planning a Less Awful BQE Trench

By Noah Kazis | May 13, 2010 | 22 Comments

The BQE trench divides a neighborhood in two, spewing noise and air pollution. Photo: NYCEDC [PDF] Between 1950 and 1964, Robert Moses gouged a path across two boroughs to build the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. In Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, the BQE slices through the urban fabric in the form of a below-grade trench, […]

The District 33 Transpo Debate: Can They Top Yassky on Livable Streets?

By Ben Fried | Sep 2, 2009 | 4 Comments

L-r: City Council candidates Ken Baer, Doug Biviano, Ken Diamondstone, Jo Anne Simon, Evan Thies. The most telling answers at Transportation Alternatives’ District 33 City Council candidates forum came after an audience member asked point blank for the debaters’ stance on congestion pricing. "I can’t support a candidate who’ll support congestion pricing," said the questioner, […]

Legacy of Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Advocates Continues

By Ben Fried | Aug 28, 2009 | No Comments

A bit more background on the generous neckdown at Smith and Bergen spotlighted earlier today: This pedestrian amenity never would have been built without the long-term organizing for the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project. Street protests and advocacy campaigns stretching back more than a dozen years are bearing fruit now. And advocates are still on […]

Eyes on the Street: Ikea Shuttles Tearing Through Brooklyn ‘Hoods

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2008 | 49 Comments

A pair of Ikea buses clog Clinton St. in Cobble Hill. A tipster sends along a disturbing Red Hook Ikea traffic update. The residents of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens are going nuts about the Ikea buses that have decided against Hicks and gone with Clinton as a route. The buses, every hour on the […]

Congestion Pricing: Joan Millman is Not Convinced

By Aaron Naparstek | May 23, 2007 | 29 Comments

State Assembly Member Joan Millman’s Downtown and brownstone Brooklyn district includes some of the most politically progressive, environmentally-conscious and traffic-choked neighborhoods of New York City — neighborhoods that have been clamoring for traffic relief for years. Yet, Millman is, for now, opposed to Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. In a letter sent to constituents who […]