Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Hasidic Cyclists Joined Up With Secular Riders in Bedford Ave Re-Striping

By Jack Savage | Dec 7, 2009 | 21 Comments

Photo: Gothamist. The guerrilla re-striping of a portion of the Bedford Avenue bike lane at 4:00 a.m. this morning was the work of both secular Williamsburg residents and members of the Hasidic community, according to Baruch Herzfeld, a local bike-shop operator and cycling advocate with ties to both communities. Views of the bike lane within […]

Guerrilla Stripers Paint Back Bedford Avenue Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Dec 7, 2009 | 12 Comments

Looks like some New Yorkers who bike on Bedford Avenue decided not to sit idly by after the city removed 14 blocks of bike lane in South Williamsburg. Multiple sources informed Streetsblog this morning that DIY, unofficial bike lane striping has appeared along the stretch of Bedford Avenue that was sandblasted last week. We don’t […]

Speak Out at Tonight’s CB1 Meeting: Bikes Belong on Bedford

By Ben Fried | Dec 1, 2009 | 3 Comments

The removal of the Bedford Avenue bike lane in South Williamsburg this morning proceeded without any public input. Although the thermoplast has already been stripped away, the cause of safer streets will be better off if New Yorkers who ride this bike lane speak out strongly in response. It’s important, if you can make it, […]

DOT Wipes 14 Blocks of Bike Lane Off Bedford Avenue

By Ben Fried | Dec 1, 2009 | 102 Comments

Workers blast away at the Bedford Avenue bike lane. Photo: Elizabeth Press. As reported by Gothamist, DOT is removing a 14-block stretch of the Bedford Avenue bike lane between Flushing Avenue and Division Street in Hasidic Williamsburg. Workers were seen erasing the lane this morning, taking away a safer cycling connection to central Williamsburg that […]

Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalks, Better Bike Lanes, Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Nov 23, 2009 | 13 Comments

Clarence Eckerson sends these shots of DOT street safety improvements taken on a recent ride near the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront. Above is the newly traffic-calmed intersection of Joralemon and Hicks — part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project — which now sports two sidewalk extensions. (According to the Post, a third corner was […]

NYPD’s Bedford Avenue Circular Saw Massacre Caught on Tape

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 5, 2009 | 18 Comments

The NYPD’s 94th Precinct in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is working hard to build on its reputation for being New York City’s most infamous bike thieves. Too much demand for bike parking in the neighborhood? "I know what to do," says the 94’s commanding officer Dennis M. Fulton. "Bust out the circular saw!" This time Greenpoint resident […]

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