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Parking Wars: Can School Buses Park On Your Block Overnight?

(Photo by Carly Miller)It’s a sight so common on our streets that we often don’t notice: armies of school buses parked on residential blocks on nights and weekends — when commercial vehicles are normally banned. But for some neighbors, it’s more than an eyesore. Perpetual fleets of

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DOT Proposes 4th Avenue Bike Lane From Boerum Hill To Bay Ridge

Fourth Avenue by iverson97 via InstagramGood news for bicyclists! The Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing two eight-mile protected bike lanes for 4th Avenue between Boerum Hill and Bay Ridge. The lanes would be installed on the north and south sides of the avenue and span from Dean Street down

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Slow Zone Coming To A Neglected Stretch Of 19th Avenue

19th Avenue Slow Zone between 54th and 58th Streets. Via Google Maps.There should be fewer cars flying down 19th Avenue this summer, making the area a little safer for the students of FDR High School, neighborhood residents, and most prominently — sanitation workers. Last summer a number of residents voiced

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Southern Brooklyn Pols Demand DOT Traffic Study At Dangerous Sheepshead Bay Intersection

Assemblyman Cymbrowitz (center), DOT Borough Commissioner Keith Bray (far right) and other reps discuss possible safety improvements at Avenue X and Ocean Parkway. (Photo via Assemblyman Cymbrowitz)Today, local politicians in southern Brooklyn met with city and state Department of Transportation officials and community leaders to discuss a plagued intersection

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‘A Dying Waterfront Transformed’: Digging Into The History Of Brooklyn Bridge Park

South of the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, park features include an expansive lawn, a nautical playground, a pebble beach, an environmental center, a dog park, and a bouldering wall. (Courtesy of Alex McLean)With its breathtaking views of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York Harbor, and the Manhattan skyline, acres of

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Assemblymember Hikind Takes ‘No More No-Turns’ Fight To The Mayor & State DOT

Assemblymember Dov Hikind. (Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites)Assemblymember Dov Hikind is not messing around in his attempt to stop the traffic changes to Ocean Parkway. He had a meeting yesterday with the NYS Department of Transportation (NYS DOT), an official from the city DOT (NYC DOT), a representative

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[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition)[Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue (covering the eastern side of Prospect

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[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week

(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition)[Updates 12/7 & 12/8: We spoke to the petition’s founders and added in their story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue (covering the eastern side of Prospect

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‘No One Has Ever Asked If We Even Want It’: Prickly Public Responds To 16 Miles Of BQX Streetcar Proposal

[L-R] Jeff Peel, project manager at the Department of Transportation and Adam Giambrone, Economic Development Corporation. (Photo by Amy Holiday / BKLYNER)Community members made their feelings known Thursday night over the prospect of theBrooklyn Queens Connecter (BQX), a proposed 16-mile light rail system that would run from Sunset Park to

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Traffic Signal Coming To Dangerous Corner At Westminster & Beverley Roads

(Photo by Shannon Geis / Ditmas Park Corner)In January, we asked if a traffic signal would ease the number of crashes at the notoriously dangerous intersection of Westminster and Beverley Roads. Now, it looks like the DOT plans to install a signal at the intersection within the next two months.

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Stryker Court Residents Demand That Their Parking Returns To Normal

Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps.The Department of Transportation (DOT) struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago in the dead of the night. Both sides of Stryker

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There Are New Parking Spots Coming To Avenue P

Screenshot from a diagram from DOT.Avenue P will see a 25 percent increase in parking spaces in the next few weeks, according to City Councilmember Chaim Deutsch. The Department of Transportation (DOT) just finished milling and paving the road, and the next step will be to add the

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Epoxy Gravel Laid Down As Latest Part Of Vision Zero Changes In Sheepshead Bay

Photo by Bob De ThomasYou may have noticed the light brown gravel that was laid down on East 15 Street between Avenue Z and Sheepshead Bay Road as well as the Jerome Avenue slip from East 17 Street to Sheepshead Bay Road. This is the latest change to that area

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Utility Poles Completely Block Pedestrian Crosswalk Signals In Marine Park

Crosswalk signal, blocked. Photo by Sheepshead Bites.On July 14, ConEd installed a utility pole inches away from the face of a crosswalk signal on the northwest side of Avenue S and East 36 Street, rendering the sign that tells pedestrians when it is safe to cross the road completely

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A Brief History Of MTA Station Art

Source: MTA.infoTHE COMMUTE: Renovation of the Ocean Parkway Station is nearing completion. The MTA contracted Railworks Transit (subcontractor- Oliviera Contracting) to perform the work including structural concrete repairs, repairs to the subway platforms, platform edge removal and reinstallation including rubbing board and ADA Warning Tiles at a cost of

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Why Can’t We Get Bike Lanes Right?

Shore Boulevard, site of a proposed bike lane. Photo by George BurshteynBike lanes are a hot-button issue in southern Brooklyn these days, and we just don’t seem to be getting them right. We wrote about how the city reversed its decision on exactly where the bike lane should be

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No Parking: 4 Roads Resurfaced This Week In Ditmas Park

Newkirk Avenue, from road re-surfacing in August. (Photo by Alex K. / Midwood Productions)Throughout the summer, the Department of Transportation has deployed fleets of massive trucks to Ditmas streets for road resurfacing projects. Regular road resurfacing, which is a smaller, cheaper project than entire road reconstruction, replaces the top layer

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Neighbors Call For More Traffic Signals In Gerritsen Following Deadly Crash

Scene where 17-year-old Sean Ryan was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Mike Wright / Facebook)Neighbors are demanding the city improve traffic safety on Gerritsen Beach’s main strip after a teenage bicyclist was struck and killed this week by a suspected drunk driver.

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Poll: What Do You Think Of The New Sheepshead Bay Road Traffic Plan?

Traffic cones closed traffic on East 15th Street between Sheepshead Bay Road and Avenue Z. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The outcry over the Department of Transportation’s new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road has been well documented on this site. Community leaders and civic groups have been nearly

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Lighting, Parking Spaces, Taxi Stand Added To Sheepshead Bay Road After Community Outcry

The Department of Transportation (DOT) completed several changes last week on Sheepshead Bay Road to make the area more orderly and address some of the safety concerns raised by neighbors about the controversial new traffic plan. Residents will notice LED lights added under the train trestle on East 15th Street.

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DOT Will Not Drop Traffic Plan, Despite Continued Pressure From Community Leaders

New street signs were installed on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Here’s another one for the wastebin! Despite receiving letters from community leaders protesting the new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Transportation (DOT) says they will not abandon

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Awesome Arts Events Going On All Month At New Avenue C Plaza

photo by Anney FreshIt all started with Kensington neighbors speaking up and demanding more open space in the neighborhood, said the office of local City Councilmember Brad Lander. And now, this weekend, neighbors and city officials are unveiling a vibrant public plaza on the formerly barren concrete triangle at Avenue

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How To Get Your Money Back If You Were Wrongfully Ticketed At A Pedestrian Ramp

Photo by Park Slope StoopNow that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing thousands of legally parked vehicles, raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their money back? Here is a step-by-step guide: The Department of Finance has said that they will review wrongfully

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Following Backlash, DOT Withdraws Clinton Avenue Bike Lane Proposal

(courtesy NYC Department of Transit)Amidst a sea of opposition from local residents, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has decided to withdraw its plan to change Clinton Avenue from a two-way street to a one way street in order to create a two-way protected bike lane. The item was removed

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This Saturday: Here’s What You Need To Know About The Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon

Photo via Airbnb Brooklyn HalfTime to lace’m up! Or cheer on the runners doing the lacing. The Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon takes off at 7am this Saturday, May 21, and the New York Road Runners Club estimates 27,000 runners will be dashing from the Brooklyn Museum all the