Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Downtown Brooklyn

The Jay Street Bike Lane Won’t Work If NYPD Parks All Over It

By David Meyer | Aug 2, 2016 | 36 Comments

As crews restripe Jay Street to implement a curbside protected bike lane, some sort of learning curve is to be expected. Drivers need a little time to adjust to the new parking lane, which floats to the left of the bike lane buffer. But NYPD should know better from the start. Streetsblog reader Brandon Chamberlin snapped the […]

Eyes on the Street: The Jay Street Bike Lane Gets Protected

By David Meyer | Aug 1, 2016 | 3 Comments

That’s right: There’s now a stretch of parking-protected bike lane on Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn. The project’s not done yet, but this afternoon DOT tweeted this photo showing a rideable section on southbound Jay near Myrtle Avenue. Implementation of the Jay Street redesign began last Thursday, when crews started to remove the old un-protected bike lane markings overnight. When […]

Jay Street Protected Bike Lane Construction Begins Next Week

By David Meyer | Jul 22, 2016 | 6 Comments

Work on the protected bike lane on Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn — including a new signalized crossing at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge — begins next Thursday, July 28. With around 2,400 cyclists a day, Jay Street is one of the busiest bike routes in the city — cyclists account for 34 percent of vehicle traffic during rush […]

DOT Bike Planning Starts From Scratch in Clinton Hill

By David Meyer | Jun 22, 2016 | 21 Comments

After withdrawing its plan for a two-way protected bike lane on Clinton Avenue last month, DOT will start over with a series of public workshops to develop a new plan for walking and biking safety in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. DOT Bicycle and Greenway Program Director Ted Wright shared the news at last night’s Community Board 2 transportation committee […]

Streetfilms Shortie: Double-Parking Insanity in the Jay Street Bike Lane

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 3, 2016 | 19 Comments

While out collecting footage yesterday, one of my missions was to document a whole bunch of street conditions that NYC DOT is actively working to improve. One was the chronic double-parking that has overrun the Jay Street bike lane in Downtown Brooklyn forever. The level of disregard for the bike lane is just about unmatched anywhere else in […]

Jay Street Redesign Clears CB 2, With Some Design Details Left for Later

By David Meyer | Apr 14, 2016 | 69 Comments

Brooklyn Community Board 2 endorsed most of DOT’s plan for curbside protected bike lanes on Jay Street between Fulton Mall and Tillary Street at its monthly meeting last night. Two key design decisions at each end of the project have yet to be finalized, however, and will be presented to the transportation committee in May. Chaotic Jay Street is […]

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