Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bed-Stuy

Tish James: We Need to Improve NYC’s Most Unreliable Bus, But…

By Ben Fried | Nov 6, 2009 | 19 Comments

Yesterday the Straphangers Campaign awarded Brooklyn’s B44 the Schleppie Award in recognition of its status as the most unreliable bus route in the city. Over 20 percent of B44 buses, which run on the Nostrand Avenue corridor, arrive either bunched together or very far apart. About 42,000 people endure the route’s maddening inconsistency every weekday. […]

Brooklyn Bus Stop Draws Bigger Crowd Than Thompson Anti-BRT “Rally”

By Ben Fried | Nov 2, 2009 | 45 Comments

Bill Thompson hops off his campaign truck at the corner of Fulton and Nostrand in Bed Stuy. Also pictured: Council Member Tish James, Comptroller favorite John Liu, and the frontrunner for Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio (facing away from camera). With extremely low turnout expected for tomorrow’s mayoral election, Bill Thompson and Mike Bloomberg canvassed […]

Senator in Gridlocked Brooklyn District Has Doubts About Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 23, 2007 | 10 Comments

For a sense of the challenge that lays ahead for congestion pricing supporters, take a look at the mailer that Brooklyn Democratic State Senator Velmanette Montgomery sent to all of her constituents last week. Montgomery has a smart, engaged staff when it comes to transportation policy and she has often been helpful when it comes […]

Eyes on the Street: Franklin Avenue

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 15, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Shuttle, as seen from Brevoort Place. This four-stop line deteriorated and was nearly abandoned by the MTA in the 1980s and again in the 1990s. Instead, after community opposition, it was restored for $74 million in 1999, although one station, Dean Street, was closed. Does anybody know more details about the community advocacy that led to the preservation of […]