Central Brooklyn
DOT representatives discusses changes to Terrace Place. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)The NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]announced several changes to Terrace Place in Windsor Terrace in order to increase pedestrian safety in the area at a Community
Central Brooklyn
The intersection at Beverley Road and Westminster Road. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)With the news that the DOT plans to install a traffic signal at the intersection of Caton Avenue and East 8th Street [/blog/transportation/dot-to-install-traffic-light-at-caton-avenue-and-east-8th-street/] , we’ve been thinking about other intersections in the area
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerThe intersection of Caton Avenue and East 8th Street will be getting a traffic signal, according to a letter from the Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] to Community Board 7. This stretch of Caton Avenue runs between Coney
Police & Fire
Source: changeschanging / FlickrPolice arrested the MTA bus driver who struck and killed a 62-year-old woman last week while she was crossing the street at Avenue Z and East 17th Street. The NYPD announced Monday that the driver, 52-year-old Wayne Alman, has been charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian.
Police & Fire
The scene of a fatal car crash at Emmons and Nostrand avenues. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has called on the Department of Transportation to install a dedicated left-turn signal at the intersection of Emmons and Nostrand avenues after a horrific car crash there caused the
Business
The new bike rack at al di la. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Enjoying a Sunday Italian brunch and picking up a new bike helmet on 5th Avenue just got a lot easier. While al di la Trattoria [http://www.aldilatrattoria.com/] (248 5th Avenue at Carroll Street)
Business
The new bike rack at al di la. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Enjoying a Sunday Italian brunch and picking up a new bike helmet on 5th Avenue just got a lot easier. While al di la Trattoria [http://www.aldilatrattoria.com/] (248 5th Avenue at Carroll Street)
Central Brooklyn
Photo by amberala [https://www.instagram.com/amberala/]If you’ve ridden the subway to or from the neighborhood in the last week, you might have noticed a new addition to the block. Stand alone maps outlining the neighborhood around the Newkirk Plaza, Cortelyou Road, and Beverley Road subway stops
bartel-prichard square
Draft of Citi Bike expansion. (Courtesy of DOT)The Community Board 6 Transportation Committee [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/committees/?a=detail&content_id=55] unanimously approved the Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s plan for Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/
Politics
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCouncilmembers David Greenfield and Mark Treyger, and Senator Simcha Felder are demanding that Ocean Parkway be repaired by the Department of Transportation (DOT) immediately. Last month, the councilmen and the senator each wrote letters to the agency urging that the road be fixed promptly. Pols say the
Carlos Menchaca
Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] is expanding into Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] and wants your feedback on where docking stations should be placed — although according to DNAinfo [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150429/red-hook/citi-bike-roll-into-red-hook-park-slope-next-2-years-officials-say] , it looks like the bike share program won’t make it
Coney Island Avenue
The intersection at Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue.After a pedestrian was struck [/crime/pedestrian-struck-at-notoriously-dangerous-coney-island-avenue-cortelyou-road-intersection] at Cortelyou Road and Coney Island Avenue last week, neighbors once again sounded the cry for safer conditions at a notoriously dangerous intersection that, for years, has drawn concerns from residents [/?s=%22cia%20traffic%