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Oct
30
One Day Left To Give Feedback On Citi Bike Phase 3 Expansion

One Day Left To Give Feedback On Citi Bike Phase 3 Expansion

Citi Bike. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – There is just one day left to give feedback on the Citi Bike
3 min read
Oct
29
Pedestrians Will Get A Few Seconds Headstart On The Corner Where 7-Year-Old Was Killed In Bath Beach

Pedestrians Will Get A Few Seconds Headstart On The Corner Where 7-Year-Old Was Killed In Bath Beach

The intersection where the LPI will be installed. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) BATH BEACH – Just one month after seven-year-old Sama
3 min read
Jan
27
Seeing Red: School Blasts City for Ignoring Dangerous Traffic Conditions

Seeing Red: School Blasts City for Ignoring Dangerous Traffic Conditions

The back entrance of PS229 in Dyker Heights, on Bay 7 Street and Benson Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.DYKER HEIGHTS
6 min read
Oct
11
Downtown Brooklyn’s New “Shared Streets” Popular With Locals

Downtown Brooklyn’s New “Shared Streets” Popular With Locals

Pearl Street looking toward Willoughby Street. Ben Brachfeld/BklynerThe newly unveiled redesign of Downtown Brooklyn’s “shared street” is seen
2 min read
Jul
31
It’s Not About Buses, It’s About Respect: A Heated Meeting Over Church Avenue Parking

It’s Not About Buses, It’s About Respect: A Heated Meeting Over Church Avenue Parking

Council Member Mathieu Eugene addresses crowd alongside Department of Transportation officials ahead of Tuesday’s meeting on the Church Avenue
5 min read
Jul
01
‘I Should Not Have to Dodge Cars to Get Home from Work’: Warm Reception to Flatbush Ave. Bike Lanes at CB9 Meeting

‘I Should Not Have to Dodge Cars to Get Home from Work’: Warm Reception to Flatbush Ave. Bike Lanes at CB9 Meeting

The Department of Transportation’s Acacia Dupierre explains the bike lane proposal at a Community Board 9 meeting, as the
3 min read
Jun
10
In Southern Brooklyn, “Traffic Violence Is An Epidemic”

In Southern Brooklyn, “Traffic Violence Is An Epidemic”

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerDYKER HEIGHTS – After the vicinity of 10th and 11th Avenues from 65th to 85th Streets saw three
6 min read
Jun
07
Traffic Light To Be Installed At Intersection Where Boy On Scooter Was Killed

Traffic Light To Be Installed At Intersection Where Boy On Scooter Was Killed

The intersection where Elnur was killed. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BATH BEACH – Just last month, three-year-old Emur Shavkator was riding
4 min read
Jan
14
Hundreds Rally Against DOT’s Plan To Turn Promenade Into 6-Lane Highway

Hundreds Rally Against DOT’s Plan To Turn Promenade Into 6-Lane Highway

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Several hundreds of people gathered on the beautiful Brooklyn Heights Promenade in the freezing cold
7 min read
Nov
01
More Citi Bikes Are Coming To Bushwick, But Where?

More Citi Bikes Are Coming To Bushwick, But Where?

A forklift unloads new CitiBike docks into a warehouse in Bushwick (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BUSHWICK – With the date for the
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