Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Graphic adapted from Regional Plan Association

When Grand Street Loses the L Train, It’s Gonna Need a Car-Free PeopleWay

By David Meyer | Feb 3, 2017 | 3 Comments

Without the L train, Grand Street will be gridlocked by a surge of car traffic, unless dramatic action is taken to prioritize surface transit, biking, and walking.

TA Calls for Grand Street to Serve People, Not Cars, During L Shutdown

By David Meyer | Nov 2, 2016 | 6 Comments

Volunteers from Transportation Alternatives rallied on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge last night to call on the city to prioritize Grand Street for buses, bicycling, and walking when the MTA shuts down the western portion of the L train for 18 months to make Sandy-related repairs. Every day, New Yorkers make hundreds of thousands of trips on the […]

A Closer Look at How the L Train Shutdown Will Disrupt Transit Trips

By David Meyer | Sep 7, 2016 | 2 Comments

The 18-month shutdown of the L train between North Brooklyn and Eighth Avenue may be three years away, but officials still have to move quickly to help hundreds of thousands of L passengers get where they need to go. So far, city officials and the MTA have yet to provide much in the way of specifics. To get a better […]

Reynoso Tells DOT: Grand Street Needs a Safer Bike Lane ASAP

By David Meyer | Sep 6, 2016 | 18 Comments

Council Member Antonio Reynoso today urged DOT to upgrade the bike lanes on the Grand Street in North Brooklyn. The existing painted lanes did not protect Matthew von Ohlen, who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in July. In a letter sent this afternoon to DOT Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray, Reynoso calls for “the immediate installation of safety mitigations […]

Matt von Ohlen’s Friends and Family Call for Grand Street Protected Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 10, 2016 | 17 Comments

The family and friends of Matthew von Ohlen pleaded with Brooklyn Community Board 1 to support a protected bike lane on Williamsburg’s Grand Street, where the 35-year-old was killed while biking by a hit-and-run driver on July 3. Matthew’s father Bernt von Ohlen and other friends and supporters were joined by Council Member Antonio Reynoso, but the board did […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Murders Cyclist, So 90th Precinct Tickets People on Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 5, 2016 | 102 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a cyclist in Williamsburg this weekend. Though police believe the motorist ran over the victim on purpose, the 90th Precinct responded by ticketing cyclists and handing out bike safety fliers. Matthew von Ohlen, 35, was riding his bike east on Grand Street between Manhattan Avenue and Graham Avenue at around 2:20 a.m. […]

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