Announcements
Today may mark the first day of Spring but the National Weather Service [https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=okx&wwa=winter%20storm%20warning] and NYC Office of Emergency Management [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/severeweather/index.page] have issued a winter storm warning in effect from
Announcements
PARK SLOPE/PROSPECT HEIGHTS/DOWNTOWN – One part of Mayor de Blasio’s five-point “Congestion Action Plan [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/congestion-plan.shtml]” to ease traffic in the five boroughs launches on Monday, March 19, on Flatbush Avenue. Clear Curbs, a six-month pilot program, will restrict curbside
Announcements
The National Weather Service [https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=okx&wwa=winter%20storm%20warning] and NYC Office of Emergency Management [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/resources/notify_nyc/weather-12.page] have issued a winter storm warning in effect from Tuesday (March 6) at 10pm through
Nonsponsored
SUNSET PARK – Brooklyn Community Board 7 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/index.page] approved the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike lanes [/4th-avenue-protected-bike-lane-project-will-start-spring-2018/] along 4th Avenue on Wednesday—a week after Community
Announcements
Via NYC DOT [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/nycdot-carshare-pilot/where-would-you-see-carshare-show-us] PARK SLOPE/CARROLL GARDENS/COBBLE HILL – Council Member Brad Lander is asking for the community’s feedback regarding the anticipated locations in his district for the NYC Department of Transportation’s (DOT) [http://nycdotcarshare.info/] two-year pilot carshare program. Last summer, DOT
Central Brooklyn
Mayor de Blasio announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/760-17/five-borough-bike-share-mayor-de-blasio-nycdot-plans-expand-public-bike-share-with] last week that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) aimed at expanding bike sharing across all five boroughs. Citibike docking station in Fort Greene (Photo: BKLYNER)While the
Bay Ridge
A diagram of how the lanes will be divided on 4th Avenue under the DOT’s new protected bike lane project (NYC DOT)NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will start implementing its plan to bring eight miles of protected bike lanes to 4th Avenue in the Spring of 2018, according
Greenpoint
Cars and trucks move north on McGuinness Blvd in Greenpoint toward the Pulaski Bridge (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)NORTH BROOKLYN – Residents of Community Board 1 in Greenpoint and Williamsburg have a last opportunity to leave their comments regarding traffic improvements [http://mailchi.mp/6e511ec1eb1c/we-need-your-last-minute-input-on-transportation-in-north-brooklyn] in their neighborhoods before the DOT
Bushwick
The DOT has announced another week of closure for the Grand Street Bridge (Photo via NYC DOT)NORTH BROOKLYN – The NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] has announced that the Grand Street Bridge closure has been extended, blocking it to all vehicle, bike and
Downtown Brooklyn
Willoughby & Pearl Streets (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] and NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] are temporarily closing off two busy streets in Downtown Brooklyn and converting them into public playgrounds for two Wednesdays
Nonsponsored
WILLIAMSBURG – Residents in Brooklyn’s Community Board #1 expressed skepticism at the DOT’s plan to introduce dedicated carshare parking spaces in North Brooklyn this fall. The pilot will take place in two zones determined by the DOT: Williamsburg and East Williamsburg. North Brooklyn locations for the DOT’s Carshare
Downtown Brooklyn
Via NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/atlantic-ave-flatbush-ave-study-2016.pdf] FORT GREENE – The intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues is a major hub consisting of two highly trafficked two-way roads. Vehicular, foot, and bicycle traffic will only increase with all the new commercial and residential developments rising
News
A Kensington-bound B67 bus arrives at its 7th Ave stop a minute early (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – The LED lights for the B69 to Kensington showed 13 minutes until the next bus. “Want to go across and get a slice?” one traveler asked their companion. A shrug was the
News
Avenue U traffic calming project in progress. (Photo Liena Zagare / BKLYNER)New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has painted a stretch of Avenue U from McDonald to Ocean Avenue with a pair of double yellow lines, confusing residents [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/brooklyn-double-double-yellow-lines/]. The mystery will
community
Left to right: The dynamic trio – Raffaella Pierson, Shayna Kulik, and Carla Music (Photo courtesy of Shayna Kulik)After a long Community Board 2 Transportation & Safety Committee meeting Thursday evening, the NYC Department of Transportation agreed to a group of Fort Greene residents’ request to implement pedestrian safety measures
community
Fort Greene residents sign a petition to install a stop sign and other safety measures at the intersection of Willoughby and Washington Park (Photo courtesy of Shayna Kulik)Tired of having to dodge speeding cars when crossing the street to and from Fort Greene Park, three concerned neighbors are working