Nonsponsored
Photo via lottaluggage_grace [https://www.instagram.com/p/6usYOGR-b8/?tagged=brooklynbike]A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with
fort greene
A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they
Nonsponsored
Image via NYCDOTThe NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/current-projects.shtml#plaza-program] (DOT) revealed its preliminary design proposal for the extension and landscaping of Times Plaza to the public at the Brooklyn YWCA last week [/blog/2016/01/26/public-workshop-for-future-development-of-historic-times-plaza-to-be-held-wednesday-january-27/] , asking for community input,
Events
Photo via Fulton Area Business Alliance.Christmas was one of Victoria Nicodemus’ favorite holidays. The art curator loved the energy, joy, festivity, and creativity of the season, said her family and friends. She would start decorating weeks before the big day. And ultimately, she died tragically doing what she loved.
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Councilman Mark Treyger (right) is joined by (left to right) PS. 95 Assistant Principal Kim Worsdale, Principal Janet Ndzibah, Assistant Principal Christine Vigliotti, Assistant Principal Cecile Jamir, activist Vincent Sampieri, Assemblyman William Colton and PTA President Lulu Elaza following the installation of a speed hump on Van Sicklen Street. (Source:
david greenfield
Councilmen David Greenfield [http://council.nyc.gov/d44/html/members/home.shtml] and Mark Treyger [http://council.nyc.gov/d47/html/members/home.shtml] are urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to restore the Ocean Parkway speed limit to 30 miles per hour after it was decreased to 25 mph [/transportation/
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%
12th Avenue
An 81-year-old man, Uszer Lejtman, was killed late Monday evening after being struck by an SUV at the intersection of 12th Avenue and 40th Street, the NYPD said last night. Lejtman and his 77-year-old wife, Diana, both of Elizabeth, New Jersey, were leaving a wedding a little after 10pm when
car crashes
A man has died after being hit by a car at the intersection of Dekalb Avenue and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, police say. Cops responded to a call of a pedestrian struck at 7:47pm yesterday (Monday, November 17), arriving to find 34-year-old Latchman Singh unresponsive in a crosswalk. Singh,
3rd avenue
Neighbors are invited to attend Community Board 7’s Vision Zero Task Force meeting [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/calendar/] at 6:30pm tomorrow, September 3, in the group’s board room at 4201 4th Avenue (the entrance is on 43rd Street) in Sunset Park. The task force was set up
4th Avenue
A recent report from the Department of Transportation [http://a841-tfpweb.nyc.gov/4thave/files/2014/05/4th-Ave_Sunset-Park_CB7-after-data-May-20-2014.pdf] shows that changes to the traffic lanes and pedestrian crossings along 4th Avenue from 15th Street to 65th Street have had a marked improvement on safety. The changes came after
ave v
A neighbor living near Bedford Avenue and Avenue V woke to this scene today. A tree limb that weighs several hundred pounds had tumbled down from where it had loomed over his car when he parked the night before. He was lucky – it was a light grazing, and he called