bicyclist safety

Following The Death Of Naiem Uddin, Residents Call For Safer Streets

Councilman Brad Lander and area residents are urging city officials to make the streets around the incoming PS/IS 437, at Caton Avenue and East 7th Street, safer.Following the death of 14-year-old Naiem Uddin [/news/community-gathers-for-mohammad-naiem-uddins-funeral-ps-130-collecting-donations-for-family] , who was killed by a hit-and-run driver at Caton Avenue and East 7th

bicyclist safety

Neighbor Suggests Funding Safety Improvements For Coney Island Avenue & Cortelyou Road Through Participatory Budgeting

As part of the city’s participatory budgeting program [http://pbnyc.org/] (a process that allows residents to have a direct say on what they’d like to see funded in their area), neighbor Amanda suggested a “pedestrian friendly intersection at Coney Island Avenue and Cortelyou Road,” [http://ideas.pbnyc.

3rd avenue

Attend A Vision Zero Traffic Safety Meeting Tomorrow Night

Neighbors are invited to attend Community Board 7’s Vision Zero Task Force meeting [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/calendar/] at 6:30pm tomorrow, September 3, in the group’s board room at 4201 4th Avenue (the entrance is on 43rd Street) in Sunset Park. The task force was set up