Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Downtown Brooklyn

Sooner or Later, the Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront Needs Better Transit

By John Petro | May 22, 2014 | 30 Comments

The Brooklyn and Queens waterfront is in the midst of a grand transformation that’s only just begun. Newly built Brooklyn Bridge Park is already firmly established as one of the city’s most stunning public spaces. The Brooklyn Navy Yard now hosts glitzy fashion shows by international designers like Alexander Wang and Dior. Long Island City’s waterfront is […]

Eyes on the Street: Illegal Parking Crackdown Coming to Jay Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 2, 2014 | 10 Comments

Reader Eric McClure spotted these flyers today on cars “up and down Jay Street between Johnson and Willoughby,” in the 84th Precinct. This comes a few weeks after attendees at a public workshop identified illegal parking as a major safety hazard and a major source of dysfunction on Jay Street, where pedestrians, cyclists, buses, and private […]

Fixing Jay Street Starts With Cracking Down on Illegal Parking

By Stephen Miller | Mar 11, 2014 | 7 Comments

Jay Street, the north-south route often overshadowed by nearby car-clogged Adams Street and Flatbush Avenue, is a major artery in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn, flush with pedestrians going to and from the subway and cyclists heading to the Manhattan Bridge. It’s also overrun with illegally-parked drivers, creating an obstacle course for anyone trying to navigate […]

Monday: Reimagine the Mess That Is Jay Street

By Ben Fried | Mar 7, 2014 | 5 Comments

It’s filled with double-parked cars. On just about every block, drivers stand illegally in bus stops, block the bike lane, and make illegal U-turns. If you’ve ever walked to jury duty in Brooklyn or biked over the Manhattan Bridge, you know Jay Street is chaos incarnate. What can be done? Well, here’s a chance to […]

Cyclist Struck in the Bronx Today Is Second Fatality in Past Two Weeks

By Brad Aaron | Oct 30, 2013 | No Comments

A cyclist was struck and killed by a driver this morning in the Bronx, and EV Grieve reports that a restaurant worker who was hit by a motorist last week while biking in Brooklyn died from his injuries. Today’s crash occurred in Claremont. NYPD and published reports say Walter Ayala, 36, was traveling west on St. […]

Feds Reject All Three NYC Applications for Latest Round of TIGER Grants

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2013 | 6 Comments

This morning, U.S. DOT announced the winners in the latest round of its highly-competitive TIGER grant program. While upstate New York won grants for two projects — a highway teardown in Rochester and a complete streets project in Olean — New York City missed out, with applications for ferry improvements, a greenway connection in the Bronx, and […]

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