Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenpoint

Next Year, Peds and Cyclists Won’t Have to Fight for Scraps on Pulaski Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Dec 19, 2013 | 19 Comments

By this time next year, people walking and biking across the Pulaski Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens won’t have to share a single narrow path. With a new, two-way protected bike lane spanning the bridge, cyclists will have a safe route and pedestrians will have the existing 8.5-foot wide pathway exclusively for walking. No more […]

Lentol: DOT Will Finalize Design for Pulaski Protected Bike Lane This Year

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2013 | 5 Comments

DOT is drawing up plans for a dedicated bike lane on the Pulaski Bridge, according to the office of Assembly Member Joe Lentol, and should have a final design ready before the end of the year The current layout of this Queens-Brooklyn link squeezes pedestrians and cyclists onto a narrow shared path, while motorists speed along on […]

Pulaski Bridge: Six Lanes for Cars, One Cramped Path for Peds and Bikes

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 3, 2013 | 15 Comments

The Pulaski Bridge is a vital link between Queens and Brooklyn. Since it was built 60 years ago, pedestrians and cyclists have been relegated to a narrow path. The shared path was good enough for some time, but when Greenpoint and Long Island City started growing rapidly a few years ago, that ceased to be […]

Pulaski Bridge Bike Lane OK’d by DOT Traffic Study; Engineering Review Next

By Stephen Miller | May 3, 2013 | 13 Comments

A protected bike lane on the Pulaski Bridge — calming traffic heading to McGuinness Boulevard and providing much more breathing room than the bridge’s narrow bike/ped path alone — has cleared a significant planning hurdle. In a letter to Assembly Member Joe Lentol [PDF], DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said that the proposal meets traffic analysis […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD (?!) Tells Greenpoint Drivers, “No Dooring”

By Stephen Miller | Mar 15, 2013 | 9 Comments

Here’s a welcome sign on the front door to Greenpoint Finest Deli, at the corner of Manhattan and Norman Avenues. The notice, ostensibly from NYPD, reminds drivers and passengers of their obligation to look before opening the door of parked cars. “Summonses will be issued,” the sign warns. The sign, spotted by Hilda Cohen, would be […]

Lentol: DOT Study of Pulaski Bridge Bike Lane Slated to Wrap By March

By Ben Fried | Jan 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

Quick update on the campaign for a protected two-way bikeway on the Pulaski Bridge: We don’t know if DOT is going to implement one yet, but we know when they’ll make a decision. Yesterday, Assembly Member Joe Lentol sent out word that DOT chief Janette Sadik-Khan told him the agency will wrap up its feasibility […]

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