Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenpoint

Eyes on the Street: Green Bike Lanes on the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 15, 2015 | 6 Comments

Biking between Greenpoint and Woodside is getting less hairy. DOT crews have painted buffered bike lanes on the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, a project that was first proposed five years ago. Under the old design, speeding on the four-lane bridge was a big problem. The 2010 version of the redesign would have trimmed it to two motor […]

Two Community Boards Sign Off on Greenpoint Avenue Bridge Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Apr 17, 2015 | 6 Comments

Four years ago, DOT shelved a plan that would have added bike lanes to the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, also known as the J.J. Byrne Bridge, after a year of outcry from area businesses and residents. Now, a modified plan has cleared two community boards little more than a month after it was first proposed. Unlike the previous […]

Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Washington Heights After CB 12 Vote

By Stephen Miller | Mar 25, 2015 | 7 Comments

Washington Heights will get protected bike lanes and major pedestrian upgrades after Manhattan Community Board 12 endorsed a DOT proposal last night. Sections of 170th Street, 158th Street, and Edgecombe Avenue will get protected bike lanes, and pedestrian crossings will be improved on Edgecombe Avenue and at the complex intersection of 158th Street, Riverside Drive, and Edward Morgan Place […]

Construction Has Begun on the Pulaski Bridge Bikeway

By Brad Aaron | Mar 24, 2015 | 6 Comments

DOT has started work on the much-anticipated Pulaski Bridge bikeway, which will more than double the space for people walking and biking on the bridge. The Pulaski Bridge spans Newtown Creek, linking Greenpoint and Long Island City. Right now people who cross the bridge on foot and by bike are crammed into one eight-foot lane next to […]

DOT Has a New Plan for Bike Lanes on the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Mar 10, 2015 | 13 Comments

DOT has a plan to add bike lanes to the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, which carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens [PDF]. The agency has also mapped out new striped bike lanes and markings in Sunnyside and Long Island City [PDF], which would improve access to the bridge. A similar DOT plan for […]

Pulaski Bridge Bike Path Now Scheduled to Open by End of 2015

By Stephen Miller | Dec 11, 2014 | 16 Comments

About a year behind schedule, a major project to improve walking and biking between Queens and Brooklyn is set to move forward in 2015. The project, originally scheduled to be complete this year, will convert one southbound car lane on the Pulaski Bridge into a protected bike lane, giving more breathing room to pedestrians on what […]

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