Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Visualizing a Car-Free Bedford Avenue

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 15, 2007 | 41 Comments

Emil Choski has given his Car-Free Bedford Avenue project a serious face lift. The 22-year-old freelance graphic designer and community organizer’s new web site includes a three dimensional “flyby” visualization accompanied by some very un-Williamsburgy classical music. With apologies to the Meatpacking District and Ninth Avenue, Emil’s project has to be my favorite grassroots livable […]

Eyes on the Street: Grim, Immovable

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 2, 2007 | 9 Comments

The BQE, as seen from Lorimer Street. All this talk about Robert Moses lately leads one to think about the Freeway Revolt.

Small Step for Pedestrians & Cyclists; Giant Leap for NYC

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 22, 2006 | 8 Comments

The Department of Transportation’s recently announced streetscape renovation at the Bedford Avenue L subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn marks the first time ever in New York City that car parking spaces have been removed to make way for bicycle parking. Since breaking the news of this development on Monday, Streetsblog has learned more about the project. DOT’s plan […]

Wider Sidewalks & a Bicycle Park-and-Ride for Williamsburg

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 18, 2006 | 68 Comments

Streetsblog has gotten a hold of a draft of DOT’s plan to widen the sidewalk and install new bike racks at the Bedford Avenue L subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As diagrammed above, the plan calls for the elimination of five motor vehicle parking spaces on N. 7th Street at Bedford Avenue, alongside the subway […]

Streetfilms: Car-Free Bedford Avenue

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 19, 2006 | 2 Comments

Emil Kozerawski is still working on the idea of making Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s "Main Street" into a car-free pedestrian boulevard. Now Car-Free Bedford Avenue has its own Streetfilms-style video on YouTube. Speaking of which, don’t forget to tag those YouTube videos "Streetsblog" to ensure that we get a hold of them. I love the vision and […]