News
Screenshot courtesy of Curtis FoxHackers on Monday aimed, again, to make drivers consider the impact of their choice of transportation in Prospect Heights, co-opting a digital street sign to display messages such as “cars kill kids” and “cars are death machines.” > Wow, finally some truthful messaging I can get
Announcements
At a community garden tour last year. (Photo via BQLT).Often, you need a key to get in. Some, have waiting lists for new members. But this weekend you have a chance to visit a dozen of them thanks to the Brooklyn Queens Lands Trust (BQLT) [https://bqlt.org/], a
Arts & Culture
Urban Glass’ “Weird Science” is a highlight of an action packed weekend.(Photo by Kathleen Caulderwood/ CUNY Photo Wire)WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/] also has great listings. Submit your event
Events
Are you a cycling book lover? Register now for Bike the Branches [http://misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/], a daylong bike ride through the Brooklyn Public Library’s 60-branch system this Saturday. Last year’s event drew nearly 1,000 riders and participants. Enjoy a day of biking through Brooklyn as
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BP Adams leads mourners on Sunday. (Courtesy Eric Adams/Twitter.)A witness has cast doubt on the NYPD’s claim that a bicyclist killed [http://://bklyner.com/blog/2016/04/15/bicyclist-killed-riding-traffic-classon-avenue-say-cops/] earlier this month was riding against traffic. Lauren Davis, 34, was riding her bike when she was killed
biking
Photo via bruce_mcadam [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_mcadam/295346798/] The City Council took up Councilman Mark Treyger’s controversial biking and texting bill [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/12/biking-texting-laws/] this week, which seeks to fine cyclists caught using mobile devices while riding. Biking advocates and at
bicycling
Plumb Beach bike path (Photo by Stephen Arthur)It only took the city more than five years to slap down a mere 450 feet of asphalt, but the obliterated bike path [/index.php?s=plumb+beach+bike+path] running between Plumb Beach and the Belt Parkway is finally complete. Tipster
bicyclists
Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2014/10/28/truck_you_bike_lane.php]‘s John Del Signore [http://gothamist.com/staff.php] posted the above video today of a scary situation on Flushing Avenue, where it seems massive trucks have taken up residence in the westbound bike lane. The presence of
bicycling
The NYPD has announced a two-week bicycle safety enforcement initiative called Operation Safe Cycle, which begins today, Wednesday, August 13 and continues through Tuesday, August 26. They say they’ll be targeting cyclists who fail to stop at red lights, disobey traffic signals or signs, ride the wrong direction against
Belt Parkway
The bike path in 2009, just days after it was hit by a nor’easter. This unsalvageable section was ultimately ripped apart and covered in sand and gravel, and has stayed that way since.It looks like we’ll be going our fourth consecutive summer without the Plumb Beach bike
Bicycle Repair Clinics
If your bike has been sitting in storage, tires slowly deflating for the last six months or so of horrific weather, now’s the time to start getting it ready for spring! Flatbush Mutual Aid [http://flatbushmutualaid.wix.com/flatbushmutualaid] will be offering bike tune up workshops this Saturday, March
bicycles
For many New Yorkers, cycling doesn’t end when the winter begins. On extremely cold and icy days like today, extra precaution is necessary. Avid cyclist and employee at 9th Street Cycles [http://www.ninthstreetcycles.com/] (375 9th Street at 6th Avenue), Giovanni Ramirez shares his top five tips that
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A little duck walks around the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. (Source: peterjr1961 / Flickr)The Obama administration is looking to transform Jamaica Bay and other parks located in urban areas, into hotspots for hiking, biking, boating and camping, putting them on par with the nation’s most popular national parks like
Alec Brook-Krasny
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz announced today that he will withdraw legislation he introduced in the Assembly earlier this month that would transfer oversight of a swath of sand at Brighton Beach and Coney Island from the state to New York City [/local-pols-devise-plan-to-expedite-boardwalk-bike-path-spurring-outcry-from-environmentalists/] . Cymbrowitz did not credit
50th anniversary of verrazano bridge
Source: fawlty128 via FlickrHave you ever dreamed of running across the Verrazano Bridge only to be stifled once you realized that the bridge is only open to motor traffic? Well, a petition [http://www.change.org/petitions/support-bicycle-and-pedestrian-pathways-on-the-verrazano-narrows-bridge] was started on Change.org calling for special construction that would allow
biking
If you saw a roving gang of 15 bike riders around the neighborhood last Saturday, it was the Historic Districts Council’s Victorian Flatbush Bike Tour [http://hdc.org/uncategorized/six-to-celebrate-victorian-flatbush-bike-tour], part of HDC’s Six to Celebrate [http://ditmasparkblog.com/neighborhood-history/the-historic-district-council-celebrates-vicotrian-flatbush] advocacy program. The tour was led by