Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Gowanus

The crash site on Ninth Street, where Sarah Schick (inset) was killed by a truck driver. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk (main photo has been slightly altered)

Widowed Husband of Slain Cyclist Says Ninth Street Redesign ’Falls Short’

By Julianne Cuba | May 19, 2023 | No Comments

The city's proposed changes to a dangerous stretch of Ninth Street in Gowanus do not go far enough to make the street safer, the widowed husband of a cyclist killed there earlier this year charged on Wednesday.

The parents of Sarah Schick, Evelyne (right) and Pierre Schick, during a press conference at the site where their daughter was killed on Monday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Family of Killed Cyclist Will Seek $100M For City Negligence in Crash

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 27, 2023 | No Comments

“They knew and did nothing,” Sarah Schick's widowed husband Maxime Le Munier said on Monday.

A biker named Elizabeth takes a few seconds to take in Sarah Schick's memorial. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Ninth Street Cyclists Share Their Stories of Fear

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 13, 2023 | No Comments

Cyclists vented their anger at unsafe conditions on Brooklyn’s Ninth Street bike lane on Thursday, two days after a truck driver killed a 37-year-old wife and mother of two while she was riding an electric Citi Bike on an unprotected stretch west of Third Avenue.

The Gowanus Canal: not exactly a garden spot of America. Photo: Annie Weinstock

OPINION: Progressives Should Support the Gowanus Rezoning

By Annie Weinstock | Jun 25, 2021 | No Comments

NIMBY opponents are throwing everything they can at the plan. But they aren't looking at the real benefits.

Top candidates in the 39th Council district include (from left) Shahana Hanif, Justin Krebs, Briget Rein, Doug Schneider and Brandon West.

DECISION 2021: Race to Succeed Brad Lander in Brooklyn is a Laboratory of Transportation Ideas

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 1, 2021 | No Comments

Here's our primer on a key district that extends from Downtown Brooklyn to Flatbush and has been represented by Brad Lander and a former school board member named Bill de Blasio.

Here's what the finished portion of the Brooklyn greenway on Flushing Avenue looks like more or less. Image: NYC DOT/DDC/Parsons

Elected Officials to Mayor: Finish the Brooklyn Greenway

By Dave Colon | May 20, 2020 | No Comments

Elected officials want the city fill a hole in Brooklyn's protected bike network as cycling surges — and newbie riders will need safety when all the cars return to the roads.

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