Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

StreetFilm: Trading Car Parking for Bike Racks

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 13, 2007 | No Comments

Trading Car Parking for Bike RacksA StreetFilm by Clarence EckersonRunning Time: 3 minutes 30 seconds In a historic first for New York City, the Department of Transportation has removed on-street car parking spaces in favor of bike racks. This revolutionary development took place near the Bedford Avenue subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Streetsblog has been […]

An NYC First: On-Street Parking Spaces Replaced by Bike Racks

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 12, 2007 | 26 Comments

The new bike racks have been installed at the Bedford Avenue L subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As the Dept. of Transportation announces in today’s press release, "The facility marks the first time car parking spaces have been removed to accommodate bicycle parking in New York City." DOT extended a 76-foot section of the sidewalk […]

TMBG’s Flansburgh: I Drive, and I Support Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Jun 28, 2007 | 3 Comments

In other rock star news, Williamsburg resident John Flansburgh — one half of the esoteric duo They Might Be Giants — issued an unprompted endorsement of congestion pricing on Daily Intel earlier this week: When’s the last time you drove a car?Today. Because I am constantly moving equipment, I drive my car or use a […]

Breaking News: 94th Precinct Clipping Bikes on Bedford Ave

By Jason Varone | Jun 28, 2007 | 25 Comments

Police officers from Brooklyn’s 94th precinct are, at this moment, clipping bike locks and seizing bicycles parked along Bedford Ave. according to Community Board 1 Transportation Chair Teresa Toro. The precinct gave Community Board members no advanced notice of the police action. Phone calls to the precinct have gone unanswered. Toro, who also works for […]

94th Precinct to Cyclists: Obey Traffic Rules

By Jason Varone | Jun 26, 2007 | 63 Comments

All of the bicycles parked on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg had these flyers stapled to them recently. The reverse side of the flyer has translations in Spanish & Polish. Thanks to Streetsblog tipster Laura for this one. She notes, "The 94th covers Greenpoint and most of Northside Williamsburg. Nothing in this statement about cracking down […]

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit This Thursday

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

When I first met Brian McCormick, Milton Puryear and Meg Fellerath in the spring of 2002, they were picking up trash and planting tulips alongside a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway off-ramp in Cobble Hill. I asked them what they were up to and they told me they were working to create a waterfront greenway for Brooklyn — […]

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