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Proposed 7th Avenue Bike Lane Extension for 15th to 20th Streets via DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/7th-avenue-park-slope-feb2017.pdf]The Department of Transportation (DOT) failed to sell all Community Board 7 (Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace) members on a bike lane extension on 7th Avenue. DOT presented
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(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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Fourth Avenue by iverson97 via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/aEamLuCO7o/?tagged=4thavebrooklyn]Good 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
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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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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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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 Dov Hikind. (Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites)Assemblymember Dov Hikind is not messing around [/blog/politics/hikind-asks-cuomo-to-stop-ocean-parkway-changes-until-he-comes-to-see-the-road-himself/] 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
![[Updated] Flatbush Avenue Bike Lane Petition Builds Momentum This Week](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Screenshot_20161124-093607_0.png)
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [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
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [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
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[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 [/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-2-5-billion-proposal-parkslopestoop/] (BQX), a proposed 16-mile light rail system that would run from Sunset Park
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(Photo by Shannon Geis / Ditmas Park Corner)In January, we asked [/blog/transportation/does-the-intersection-of-beverley-and-westminster-roads-need-a-traffic-signal/] 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
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Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago