Central Brooklyn
Last week, the New York City Council passed a bill [https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3872945&GUID=DDBE2BA8-D100-4661-B9D1-00B9E367B25C&Options=ID|Text|&Search=1457] which will allow bicyclists to follow Leading Pedestrian Interval [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/infrastructure/leading-ped-intervals.shtml] (LPI) traffic
Carroll Gardens
PARK SLOPE – On the evening of June 20th, the Transportation and Public Safety Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org] convened at P.S. 133 to hear two presentations. First, representatives from the NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] Transportation Committee unanimously approved NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) proposal to install a protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue between Grand Army Plaza and
Food & Drink
PARK SLOPE – Residents and workers along 7th Avenue have a new outdoor spot to sit and relax. A Street Seats station debuted in front of Pokéworks [http://www.pokeworks.com/] at 258 7th Avenue on Monday. Street Seats in front of Pokéworks, 258 7th Avenue (Photo courtesy of Pokéworks) Back
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The “Willoughby Walks [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/willoughby-walks-1]” series returns next week, temporarily transforming the blocks surrounding the intersection of Willoughby and Lawrence Streets into a car-free public playground. Via Downtown Brooklyn Partnership | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/2311832312212685]The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] (DBP)
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – The NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/4th-ave-great-sts-dec2017.pdf] (DOT) announced last week that work has begun on the Park Slope portion of the 4th Avenue protected bike lane. DOT crews kicked off work last week between 1st Street and 15th Street
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/CARROLL GARDENS/COBBLE HILL – NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer recently presented to NYC Department of Transportation [https://www.bqe-i278.com/en] (DOT) his office’s proposal for the BQE rehabilitation project, recommending a “scaled down triple-cantilever rebuild” that would save the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and create a nearly two-mile-long
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Following a rally earlier this month [/bqe-rally-january/] on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade where hundreds called on the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider other ways to fix the triple-cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), a local activist group has released renderings showing another potential impact of
Announcements
EAST NEW YORK – Artists interested in having their work exhibited publicly on NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) property have until February 15 to apply to the DOT Art Program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/dotart-overview.shtml]. NYC
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Following the deadly crash last March at 5th Avenue and 9th Street [/details-released-mondays-deadly-collision-park-slope/] that killed Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew, and later resulted in the death of Ruthie Ann Miles’ unborn child, Council Member Brad Lander has launched an online traffic issue tracker to help make his district’
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Stephen Levin, and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon will join neighbors on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade Saturday morning, January 12, to demand a “community-driven solution” for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) rehabilitation project. Via A Better Way NYC – Facebook
Nonsponsored
RED HOOK – Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] unanimously approved a proposal from the NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) during a general board meeting on Wednesday, December 12, to install pedestrian safety enhancements along
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Heights Association [https://thebha.org/news/bqe-update/] (BHA) met with NYC Department of Transportation [https://www.bqe-i278.com/en] (DOT) officials last Monday, November 19, to present an alternate plan for the rehabilitation of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) which would save the popular Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The North Flatbush Business Improvement District [https://nfbid.com/about/] (NFBID) was joined by the NYC Department of Design and Construction [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/about-ddc.page] (DDC) and the NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Community members are taking action against the Department of Transportation [https://www.bqe-i278.com/en]‘s (DOT) proposed plan to build a temporary highway in place of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade during years of repair work to the deteriorating BQE. Along with the “Save the Promenade” online petition
Gowanus
[UPDATED: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 10:00am] A spokesperson for DOT responded, “This project is in its initial phases. We are currently studying the possibility of having a fixed bridge approved at this location by the Coast Guard. The first step in that process is a Navigation Study, which polls