Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn Greenway Initiative

DOT Plans Road Diet and Bikeway Upgrade on Deadly Section of Kent Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2013 | 18 Comments

Last night, Brooklyn Community Board 1’s transportation committee unanimously recommended the board support a DOT project [PDF] to calm traffic on a deadly stretch of Kent Avenue between Clymer Street and the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The project also upgrades a link in the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway to a two-way protected bike lane. Last March, hit-and-run driver Julio Acevedo, […]

Here’s What’s Next for the Flushing Ave Segment of the Brooklyn Greenway

By Ben Fried | Oct 29, 2013 | 35 Comments

The next phase of Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway construction on Flushing Avenue will build a raised two-way bikeway and planted buffers alongside the Brooklyn Navy Yard, creating a safer, more appealing environment on what has already become a much-used bike route. Here’s a look at the recently unveiled design from NYC DOT, the Department of Design […]

Eyes on the Street: Minivans Parked All Over Williamsburg Sidewalk, Bikeway

By Stephen Miller | Oct 3, 2013 | 34 Comments

A reader sent in this photo of what looks to be several dozen minivans in Williamsburg parked all over the sidewalk and bike lane on Kent Avenue. Along this section of Kent, which is part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, the parked cars blocked both a southbound bike lane and a northbound bike route on […]

One-Way Gap in Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Set to Be Closed This Fall

By Stephen Miller | Aug 2, 2013 | 3 Comments

Construction continues on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway along Van Brunt Street, with a two-way buffered bike lane extending the greenway south through Red Hook striped recently, but there’s a conspicuous gap in the route that won’t be filled until at least this fall. Reader Anna Zivarts flagged the problem with this short video and set of photos showing […]

CB 6 Committee Votes for PARK Smart Zone, Brooklyn Greenway Extension

By Ben Fried | Feb 22, 2013 | 8 Comments

Last night, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 voted unanimously in favor of a new PARK Smart zone for Atlantic Avenue, Smith Street, and Court Street, and for a Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway segment connecting Van Brunt Street to Valentino Pier in Red Hook. The new PARK Smart zone, which Stephen covered earlier this […]

Greenpoint Gets a Preview of Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway on West Street

By Stephen Miller | Nov 16, 2012 | 6 Comments

NYC DOT and consultants for the Department of Design and Construction gave Greenpoint residents a glimpse of preliminary designs for the West Street segment of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Wednesday night at a full meeting of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The two-way bikeway proposed for West Street is the first of 23 capital projects that will eventually comprise the finished, 14-mile […]

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