Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenpoint

Speed Survey Confirms Deadly McGuinness Boulevard Is Out of Control

By Brad Aaron | Mar 27, 2012 | 15 Comments

A study released today finds that two out of three motorists speed on Brooklyn’s McGuinness Boulevard [PDF], a notorious Greenpoint thoroughfare where locals have for years called on the city to take action to prevent pedestrian and cyclist injuries and deaths. The McGuinness Boulevard Working Group — comprised of Transportation Alternatives, Neighbors Allied for Good […]

Support For Neighborhood Slow Zones Keeps on Growing

By Noah Kazis | Mar 2, 2012 | 12 Comments

Interest continues to grow in the Department of Transportation’s slow speed zones, which place 20 mph speed limits on residential streets. One month after the application deadline for the program, community boards across the city continue to pass resolutions in support of slow zones. In February, Streetsblog wrote about applications or expressions of interest from Mt. […]

Support a Safer Passage Across the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

By Noah Kazis | May 11, 2011 | 12 Comments

Last July, the DOT announced plans to calm one of the most dangerous intersections in Queens, at the foot of the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge. Greenpoint Avenue is only two lanes wide on either side of the bridge, but as the road crosses Newtown Creek, it widens to four lanes and the bike lane on the […]

Greenpoint Ave Bridge Plan Adds Bike Lanes With Fat Buffers

By Noah Kazis | Jul 7, 2010 | 42 Comments

The proposed redesign for the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Queens. Image: NYCDOT Here’s a look at NYCDOT’s plan for the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge [PDF], which would give cyclists traveling between Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Sunnyside, Queens a safer and more comfortable ride by installing bike lanes with extra-wide buffers. The project recently got […]

Greenpoint Hit-and-Run Victim Dies. McGuinness Blvd Must Be Tamed.

By Noah Kazis | Apr 20, 2010 | 10 Comments

Calyer Street and McGuinness Boulevard, where a driver killed Neil Chamberlain and fled the scene. Image: Google Maps. Gothamist reports that Neil Chamberlain, a 28-year-old Williamsburg resident, was taken off life support today after a driver struck him and fled the scene in Greenpoint early Sunday morning. The still-unidentified driver was traveling east on Calyer […]

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