Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope

Dear Streetsbloggers: How Do You Handle Alt-Side Parkers in the Bike Lane?

By Ben Fried | Apr 26, 2013 | 18 Comments

Christine Bush, editor of the neighborhood blog South Slope News, writes in with this question about when painted bike lanes and alternate side parking collide: We just had our snazzy new bike lanes pop up on 14th and 15th Streets in South Park Slope last weekend, but when I left to take my son to […]

Motorists Crash Into Businesses in Queens and Brooklyn, Taking Life and Limb

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2013 | 4 Comments

Curb-jumping motorists have crashed into places of business in Brooklyn and Queens in two incidents since Tuesday morning, leaving one dead and several injured, including a man whose legs were reported severed. At approximately 11:40 a.m. yesterday, a speeding driver rear-ended a vehicle on 126th Street in Willets Point, then veered off the street and […]

Traffic-Calming Road Diet Could Come to Fourth Avenue in Park Slope

By Stephen Miller | Apr 17, 2013 | 11 Comments

For years, Fourth Avenue has been identified as one of Brooklyn’s most dangerous streets for pedestrians. Recently, DOT has been working neighborhood-by-neighborhood — in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, and Park Slope — to redesign Fourth Avenue for greater safety. Last week, the agency unveiled its proposals to calm traffic and add pedestrian space on 28 […]

Envisioning a Safer Fourth Avenue in Park Slope

By Stephen Miller | Feb 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Last night, DOT staff led a public workshop sponsored by Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Fourth Avenue Task Force on how to improve 28 blocks of Fourth Avenue in Park Slope, between 15th Street and Pacific Street. DOT expects to have a draft plan for the avenue, one of the borough’s most dangerous streets, within two months. This project follows DOT’s […]

Positively 3rd Street

By Alex Marshall | Jan 25, 2013 | 12 Comments

Strolling up 3rd Street in Park Slope from 7th Avenue toward Prospect Park, it’s easy to see this is one of the most magnificent streets in what is, let’s face it, one of the prettiest neighborhoods in the city. The homes, built in the late 19th century and often clad in white stone, are set […]

The NBBL Files: Chuck Schumer “Doesn’t Like the Bike Lane”

By Noah Kazis | Dec 20, 2012 | 20 Comments

Editor’s note: With yesterday’s appellate ruling prolonging the Prospect Park West case, Streetsblog is running a refresher on the how the well-connected gang of bike lane opponents waged their assault against a popular and effective street safety project. This is the third installment from the six-part NBBL Files. This piece originally ran on October 5, 2011. This is […]

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