Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights

De Blasio’s Office Ducks Responsibility for Erasing Eastern Pkwy Ped Islands

By David Meyer | Aug 31, 2016 | 25 Comments

DOT removed pedestrian islands on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights yesterday, undoing years of street safety advocacy work on the part of local residents and community board members with no public process, and no one in the de Blasio administration is taking responsibility. Earlier this week, the Post reported that organizers of the West Indian […]

DOT, NYPD Remove New Eastern Parkway Ped Islands for Once-a-Year Parade

By David Meyer | Aug 29, 2016 | 56 Comments

DOT and NYPD are destroying two concrete pedestrian islands the city installed less than a year ago on Eastern Parkway at the request of organizers of next weekend’s West Indian Day Parade, the Post reports. Instead of making the parade accommodate permanent pedestrian infrastructure, the city is undoing safety measures that protect people 365 days out of the year […]

Assembly Member Nick Perry Tried to Weaken Bus Lanes All Over NYC

By David Meyer | Jul 11, 2016 | 12 Comments

Upset at the prospect of camera-enforced bus lanes on Utica Avenue, which carries more bus passengers than all but a few other streets in New York, Assembly Member N. Nick Perry introduced a bill in Albany this session that would have rendered every bus lane in the city next to useless during midday hours. The bill […]

Relief for Riders on Brooklyn’s Busiest Bus Route as B46 SBS Debuts

By David Meyer | Jul 7, 2016 | 15 Comments

The B46 on Utica Avenue is Brooklyn’s busiest bus route, with more than 44,000 trips each weekday. Like other high-volume NYC bus routes, the B46 has also been susceptible to paralyzing traffic congestion and a boarding process that takes ages, as each passenger dips a Metrocard at the front of the bus. But B46 riders got some […]

The Campaign for a Better Street Safety Conversation in PLG/Crown Heights

By David Meyer | Mar 25, 2016 | No Comments

Last night, Transportation Alternatives’ Brooklyn Activist Committee and the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association hosted a #SlowDownPLG workshop for neighborhood residents to share ideas about walking and biking safety in the neighborhood. Around 35 people attended and worked in small groups to address concerns on five streets: Ocean Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Rogers Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Empire […]

Gwendolyn Booker, Killed by School Bus Driver on Atlantic Avenue Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Feb 8, 2016 | 7 Comments

Another pedestrian was killed on Atlantic Avenue when a motorist struck a woman on the sidewalk. Gwendolyn Booker, 50, was walking on Atlantic near Schenectady Avenue last Friday at around 6:30 p.m. when a school bus driver mounted the curb, according to NYPD and published accounts. From Gothamist: The bus struck two light poles, a gas station, […]

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