Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn Bridge

Construction Narrows Brooklyn Bridge Bike-Ped Path

By Noah Kazis | Aug 27, 2010 | 9 Comments

During the Brooklyn Bridge rehab, stretches of the 14-foot-wide bike-ped path will be narrowed to 11 feet. Photo: Noah Kazis Heads up if you bike or walk across the Brooklyn Bridge: Rehab work slated to last until 2014 is narrowing the promenade from 14 feet to 11 feet. Right now, paint removal work has narrowed […]

Eyes on the Street: Gravelly Bike-Ped Path Through Brooklyn Bridge Park

By Noah Kazis | Aug 27, 2010 | 22 Comments

Construction is still underway, but the bike-ped path through Brooklyn Bridge Park is open. Photo: Noah Kazis A vital link in the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway is open, as a path through Brooklyn Bridge Park for pedestrians and cyclists nears completion. Though the park is still far from complete, the path cuts straight through the construction, […]

Turn Out Tonight to Talk Street Safety With Brooklyn CB 2

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2010 | No Comments

A quick note about tonight’s meeting on motorist-cyclist relations put on by Brooklyn Community Board 2. "Sharing the Road, Sharing the Responsibility" — a panel discussion with NYCDOT, NYPD, Transportation Alternatives, and AAA — is an important one for cyclists to attend. This community district includes the approaches to the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. If […]

Streetfilms Shorties: The Brooklyn Bridge Bike-Ped Squeeze

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 26, 2009 | 18 Comments

A hot topic on Streetsblog the past few weeks has been the massive numbers of pedestrians and cyclists using the Brooklyn Bridge walkway during rush hours and weekends. Since many folks don’t have the chance to experience the promenade day-in and day-out, I decided to capture the conditions on a recent ride home from work. […]

No Bike-Ped Overhaul in Brooklyn Bridge Reno Plans [Updated]

By Mathew Katz | Oct 19, 2009 | 29 Comments

The city will soon start a multi-million dollar overhaul of the Brooklyn Bridge, and while they're adding more space for cars, they're not doing anything about the havoc on the shared cyclist-pedestrian walkway.

What’s Your Brooklyn Bridge Ideal?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 29, 2009 | 43 Comments

East River bridge traffic counts and configurations through 1989. Source: FHWA [PDF] Over the weekend, a Times op-ed from Robert "The Schluffer" Sullivan proposed physically protected roadway-level bike lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge as a way to eliminate cyclist-pedestrian conflicts and stem anti-cyclist sentiment. Sullivan notes that, about a century ago, when it carried over […]

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