Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Red Hook

One-Way Gap in Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Set to Be Closed This Fall

By Stephen Miller | Aug 2, 2013 | 3 Comments

Construction continues on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway along Van Brunt Street, with a two-way buffered bike lane extending the greenway south through Red Hook striped recently, but there’s a conspicuous gap in the route that won’t be filled until at least this fall. Reader Anna Zivarts flagged the problem with this short video and set of photos showing […]

No Charges Filed as Six Are Killed by NYC Drivers in Seven Days

By Brad Aaron | Mar 14, 2013 | 6 Comments

A Brooklyn woman who was struck by a truck driver in Red Hook Wednesday was the latest victim among six city pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the last week. At approximately 6:40 a.m. yesterday, Lillian Cruz, 60, was crossing Hamilton Avenue at Court Street when the signal changed and the driver of a tractor-trailer, westbound […]

CB 6 Committee Votes for PARK Smart Zone, Brooklyn Greenway Extension

By Ben Fried | Feb 22, 2013 | 8 Comments

Last night, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 voted unanimously in favor of a new PARK Smart zone for Atlantic Avenue, Smith Street, and Court Street, and for a Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway segment connecting Van Brunt Street to Valentino Pier in Red Hook. The new PARK Smart zone, which Stephen covered earlier this […]

After the Service Cuts: Riders Cram on to Overburdened, Unreliable B61

By Ben Fried | Dec 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

Toward the end of a press conference at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 9th Street this morning, Council Member Brad Lander remarked that not a single B61 bus came by during the 15-minute event. This was only fitting, since Lander was unveiling a new report from his office that found most rush hour B61 […]

DOT to Red Hook: No Streetcar For You

By Noah Kazis | Apr 20, 2011 | 43 Comments

Proposed Red Hook streetcars aren’t worth the cost, according to the city DOT. In a presentation to community groups last Thursday [PDF], DOT revealed the results of its streetcar feasibility study and recommended against the construction of a line that would run from the Smith/9th subway station into Red Hook and up the waterfront to […]

Can Streetcars Work for Red Hook? City Begins Study to Find Out

By Ben Fried | Sep 9, 2010 | 38 Comments

The New York City Department of Transportation announced today that the agency has started a five-month study to determine whether streetcars should return to Brooklyn on a route linking Red Hook to the downtown area. The city first committed to the study this spring, using funds secured by Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez back in 2005. Today’s […]

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