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Bedford Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Flushing Avenue is basically a three-lane highway with a painted bike lane. Photo: David Meyer

Activists Want a Protected Bike Lane on an Unsafe Stretch of Bedford Avenue

By Dave Colon | Mar 22, 2023 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation must add a protected bike lane on the dangerous stretch of Bedford Avenue between Flushing and Flatbush avenues, a major north-south spine that spans multiple neighborhoods in Brooklyn, a group of advocates led by a Black-run bike club is demanding.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg rode to her press conference celebrating the new Flatbush Avenue protected bike lane. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DOT Commissioner Says She Feels Comfortable Riding on Unprotected Roads, But Newbie Cyclists Don’t

By Dave Colon | Nov 5, 2020 | No Comments

At a ceremonial ribbon-cutting of a new protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue on Thursday, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg shrugged off concerns that the city's many unprotected bike lanes don't make cyclists feel comfortable.

Here's Prospect Park West at the start of the open streets program. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

LIVE FROM NYC OPEN STREETS: Hailing First Day Success, DOT Says Position on Cops Has ‘Evolved’!

By Streetsblog | May 2, 2020 | No Comments

Imagine that: open streets, people walking, neighbors socially distancing while they get some air — and not a cop in sight.

State Senator Zellnor Myrie. Photo: Courtesy Zellnor Myrie

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Activists Want a Protected Bike Lane on an Unsafe Stretch of Bedford Avenue

DOT Commissioner Says She Feels Comfortable Riding on Unprotected Roads, But Newbie Cyclists Don’t

LIVE FROM NYC OPEN STREETS: Hailing First Day Success, DOT Says Position on Cops Has ‘Evolved’!

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie on Gentrification, Master Plans and the Inherent Bias of Cops

Op-Ed: Communities of Color Need Protected Lanes, Too!

No Controversy as Park Slope Panel Backs Flatbush Ave. Bike Lane