Announcements
Have you ever received a ticket for parking at one of those metered spots on the side streets, just off commercial strips, on days that alternate side parking rules are suspended yet meters are supposed to be in effect? If you did, it was probably for not displaying a paid
Nonsponsored
MTA and DOT staff manned stations of informational posters at the open house, helping explain proposed plans to attendees (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)EAST WILLIAMSBURG – Last night, the MTA and DOT held the first of four open house meetings about the L train closure. At Grand Street’s Progress High School,
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – The mezzanine level of the 7th Avenue F/G subway station on 9th Street has permanently closed as part of a $400,000 MTA project to renovate the station, Patch [https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/mezzanine-7th-ave-f-g-station-permanently-close-mta-says] reported last week. Photo: BKLYNERThe mezzanine, which spanned between the 7th Avenue
Bed Stuy
Decatur Street (Photo: Greg Lewis/BKLYNER).BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Residents are calling for speed bumps to be installed on Decatur Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Patchen Avenues, and a petition shared by the Decatur Street Block Association [https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SpeedHumpsOnDecaturStreet] that has garnered close to 100 signatures.
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
Boerum Hill
CARROLL GARDENS – Though it was chilly outside Thursday evening, the mood inside the auditorium at P.S. 32 was heated as neighbors expressed their feelings about the citywide Carshare Pilot Program during a Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] Transportation/Public Safety Committee Meeting. NYC
Bushwick
Luke Ohlson, a senior organizer with Transportation Alternatives, speaking at a press conference regarding the L train shutdown late last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Tonight, North Brooklyn transportation activists will gather together to discuss the coming year, and it’s pretty clear which topic will dominate the conversation: the L
Announcements
With the L train closure a mere 15 months away, information from the MTA and DOT has been in short supply—but perhaps no longer. The two organizations have finally announced a series of joint “open house” meetings for New Yorkers to learn more about the impending closure and hopefully
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
Downtown Brooklyn
A ferry in front of the Williamsburg Bridge (Photo via NYC Ferry)While the NYC Ferry celebrates a year of higher than expected ridership systemwide, the coming closure of the L train could create a tidal wave of new commuters that would nearly triple the current number of passengers on
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – At the Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting Wednesday evening, the board voted to pass the NYC Department of Transportation’ s (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike
News
WILLIAMSBURG – A person was pulled from under the L Train at the Bedford Avenue station today, the FDNY confirms. Fire officials said they received a call at 11:19 am of a person trapped under the train and responded to the scene, where they were able to remove the victim