Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midwood

Anti-transit NIMBYs protesting better B82 bus service take a moment to wish Council Member Mark Treyger a happy birthday. Photo: @KalmanYeger

Will DOT and the MTA Prioritize Parking Over Tens of Thousands of B82 Riders?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 16, 2018 | 3 Comments

It looks like the MTA and DOT are altering the plan for B82 Select Bus Service to appease electeds who don't want room for bus riders on Kings Highway.

Marty Golden and 5 Democrats Want to Block Better Bus Service on Kings Highway

By David Meyer | Mar 22, 2018 | 74 Comments

The Southern Brooklyn pols are trying to nix bus lanes planned for the B82, one of the slowest bus routes in the borough.

Avenue J and E. 10th Street in Midwood, where Joseph Zayats fatally struck Krystyna Iwanowicz with an SUV and fled the scene. Image: Google Maps

Eric Gonzalez: Probation, $500 Fine for Driver Who Killed Woman and Fled

By Brad Aaron | Apr 18, 2017 | 3 Comments

Krystyna Iwanowicz was crossing the street with a walker when Joseph Zayats hit her with a Jeep SUV and left her to die.

Drugged Driver Who Killed Brooklyn Cyclist Pleads to Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2017 | No Comments

Eduard Nikhman was charged with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of assault, homicide, and driving while impaired by drugs -- all felonies -- as well as speeding, reckless driving, and failure to obey a traffic device.

Nostrand Avenue at Kings Highway, where 29-year-old teacher Hermanda Booker was killed trying to cross the street. Image: Google Maps

Nostrand Avenue, Vision Zero Priority Corridor, Takes Another Life

By Brad Aaron | Jan 4, 2017 | 1 Comment

A teacher on her way to work was killed yesterday by two drivers on Nostrand Avenue, a Vision Zero priority corridor that is slated for safety fixes -- but not at the intersection where the collision occurred.

Got a Parking Problem? David Greenfield’s Purported Solution Won’t Fix It

By Stephen Miller | Jul 28, 2014 | 56 Comments

Six months ago, when Council Member David Greenfield got the chair of the land use committee, it looked like a bad sign for parking reform in New York City. Can the city eliminate costly parking minimums if the land use committee is led by an elected whose approach to every parking problem seems to be “add […]

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