Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Heights

Cars are cars, all over the world. And especially on narrow Underhill Avenue. File art

City Backs Away from Most Aggressive Plan on the Proposed Underhill ‘Bike Boulevard’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 1, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation quietly caved to car owners when it tweaked a plan to dramatically limit northbound traffic on a narrow Brooklyn avenue slated to get the agency's "bike boulevard" treatment, Streetsblog has learned.

Cyclists wait to make the transition from the east. side of Bedford Avenue to the west side of the block. Photo: Dave Colon

Cycling Advocates To DOT: Great Bedford Avenue Bike Lane Plan, Here’s How To Make It Better

By Dave Colon | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

Cycling advocates in Brooklyn gave the Department of Transportation high marks for its proposed protected bike lane upgrade on Bedford Avenue, but said there's a couple of tweaks that can turn it from good to great.

The open dining street on Vanderbilt Avenue. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Proposes Bike and Pedestrian Upgrades to Two Prospect Heights Avenues

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 5, 2022 | No Comments

The city's conversion of its best open streets continues with changes coming to Vanderbilt and Underhill avenues.

Looks nice ... to some. Photo: ODA Architecture via Commercial Observer

Op-Ed: Pro-Development Message Downplays Gentrification Threat

By Rico Cleffi | Oct 1, 2019 | 26 Comments

Streetsblog has become the go-to place for a raging debate about housing policy!

Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards project in 2014. Dense developments such as this one can help transit and street safety, growth proponents argue. Photo: Chris Hamby/Flickr

Op-Ed: Density Is the Friend of Safe Streets and Transit

By Dan Miller | Sep 20, 2019 | 39 Comments

Why city transportation activists should seek alliances with pro-growth groups.

A summer weekend in New York's richest neighborhoods means empty streets. So why should we care what car owners think is just?

New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 5, 2019 | 101 Comments

Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.

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