Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Metropolitan Bridge Bike Lane Will Connect Ridgewood and Williamsburg

By David Meyer | Jun 15, 2016 | 13 Comments

After two years of back-and-forth with the local community board, a proposal to link the bike networks of Williamsburg and Ridgewood via the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge may finally be coming to fruition. DOT presented an updated version of the plan, which it first unveiled in June 2014, to Brooklyn Community Board 1 last night [PDF]. The Metropolitan Avenue […]

DOT Hints at Upcoming Bike Projects in North Brooklyn

By David Meyer | May 27, 2016 | 16 Comments

Last night DOT outlined some of the bike projects it’s planning for Williamsburg and Bushwick in the near future, including bike lanes on Meeker Avenue and improved southbound bike connections from the Williamsburg Bridge. While it didn’t come up at the meeting, the looming L train shutdown lends some extra urgency to bike network improvements in this […]

Video: Rampaging Sidewalk Driver Injures Child in Williamsburg

By Brad Aaron | May 27, 2016 | 2 Comments

A hit-and-run motorist sped down sidewalks in Williamsburg Thursday, injuring a child as pedestrians scrambled to get out of harm’s way. Yeshiva World reports that the driver and at least one other man were suspected of trying to pass counterfeit money at stores in the vicinity of Bedford Avenue and Lee Avenue, in the 90th […]

Brewer to DOT: Start Looking Into a Bus-Only 14th Street

By David Meyer | May 24, 2016 | 15 Comments

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer is calling on DOT to study making 14th Street a bus-only thoroughfare while L train service is disrupted during Sandy-related repairs. To allow for urgently-needed fixes to the L train tunnel, the MTA is considering either a full shutdown of service between Bedford Avenue and Eighth Avenue for 18 months, or a three-year […]

NYPD: Teacher Killed by Cop in Crosswalk “Assumed Risk” by Crossing Street

By Brad Aaron | Mar 22, 2016 | 396 Comments

NYPD and the city Law Department are fighting a lawsuit filed by the family of a Brooklyn man who was killed in a crosswalk by an on-duty officer, on the grounds that the victim behaved recklessly by crossing the street. Felix Coss was crossing Broadway at Hooper Street in Williamsburg, in a crosswalk with the signal, on […]

DOT’s Meeker Ave Safety Project Gets — You Guessed It — Meeker

By David Meyer | Feb 24, 2016 | 15 Comments

DOT has watered down its safety plan for the area around Meeker, Union, and Metropolitan avenues. And for the second time in as many meetings, Brooklyn Community Board 1’s transportation committee could not make quorum last night to vote on the project. DOT’s plan calls for sidewalk extensions and crosswalks at several intersections where Meeker, Union, and […]

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