Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn Greenway Initiative

Friday Bikeway Omnibus Review

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2010 | 11 Comments

Furman Street, under the BQE. Photo: Paco Abraham We’ve got a few different bikeway-related reader submissions that have come over the wire recently. First up, Dave "Paco" Abraham sends this picture of a two-way barrier-separated bikeway going in on Furman Street by the downtown Brooklyn waterfront. Furman is on the route of the Brooklyn Waterfront […]

Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Approves New Plan for Flushing Avenue Bikeway

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2010 | 22 Comments

Phase two of the Flushing Avenue project maintains the city’s commitment to a two-way bike path, but Brooklynites will have to wait a few years to get it. Image: NYCDOT Last night, NYCDOT’s Ted Wright presented a revised design for the Flushing Avenue bikeway to the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 2. The new […]

Tonight: Turn Out to Support Safer Biking and Walking on Flushing Ave

By Ben Fried | May 18, 2010 | 3 Comments

What it’s like to bike on Flushing Avenue now. Photo: NYCDOT We’ve got a late and important addition to the Streetsblog calendar: At tonight’s meeting of the Brooklyn Community Board 2 transportation committee, DOT will present a revised proposal to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists on Flushing Avenue near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This […]

Sunset Park Greenway: Big Challenges, Bigger Potential

By Ben Fried | Apr 9, 2010 | No Comments

A map of potential greenway routes and east-west connections in Sunset Park. Image: UPROSE A full crowd of about 60 people turned out for NYCDOT’s Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway workshop in Sunset Park last night. The meeting was the second of four sessions the city is putting on with the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and the Regional […]

DOT Proposes Flushing Ave Bikeway in Prelude to Major Greenway Push

By Ben Fried | Mar 17, 2010 | 33 Comments

Image: NYCDOT [PDF] Here’s a look at the Flushing Avenue bike path concept that NYCDOT presented to the Brooklyn Community Board 2 transportation committee last night. This project would add another preliminary link to the path of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, following in the footsteps of the Kent Avenue bike lane. After a round of […]

Tomorrow: Speak Up for Safer Biking on Kent Ave

By Ben Fried | Jan 12, 2009 | 6 Comments

A tipster sends word that opponents of the Kent Avenue bike lane are making appeals to Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, a long-time supporter of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. A large group representing the Williamsburg Hasidic community showed up at Velazquez’s office last week, our source tells us, to register their opposition to the bike lane, which […]

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