Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brooklyn Heights

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, […]

Fixing the Ditch: Planning a Less Awful BQE Trench

By Noah Kazis | May 13, 2010 | 22 Comments

The BQE trench divides a neighborhood in two, spewing noise and air pollution. Photo: NYCEDC [PDF] Between 1950 and 1964, Robert Moses gouged a path across two boroughs to build the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. In Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens, the BQE slices through the urban fabric in the form of a below-grade trench, […]

Do Unto Others? Church Parking Placards Put Cyclists in Harm’s Way

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2009 | 17 Comments

We posted the link in today’s headlines, but you really need the visuals that go with this story of bike-lane blocking, curb-mounting Sunday motorists, and the police who sanction them. Via Gothamist, the video comes courtesy of Ink Lake blogger Peter Kaufman, a Brooklyn Heights resident who noticed that all the cars illegally parked on […]

Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalks, Better Bike Lanes, Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Nov 23, 2009 | 13 Comments

Clarence Eckerson sends these shots of DOT street safety improvements taken on a recent ride near the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront. Above is the newly traffic-calmed intersection of Joralemon and Hicks — part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project — which now sports two sidewalk extensions. (According to the Post, a third corner was […]

Eyes on the Street: Yarn by the Meter

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2009 | 6 Comments

The Montague Street Business Improvement District along with DOT’s Urban Art Program today unveiled the "69 Meters" public art project. Hand-knitted cozies will adorn all the street’s parking meters through mid-June. Says the BID: 69 Meters is a collaboration between [textile artist Magda] Sayeg -– the founder of Knitta Please, the guerilla knitting collective -– […]

Report: New Yorkers Like Ped Streets More Than They Expected

By Ben Fried | Apr 9, 2009 | 5 Comments

Enjoying a game of four-square out on the street in Jackson Heights. Photo: Transportation Alternatives. In addition to last summer’s blockbuster car-free event, Summer Streets, three New York neighborhoods tried out pedestrian streets on a more intimate scale. Williamsburg Walks, Summer Space in Brooklyn Heights, and the 78th Street Play Street in Jackson Heights gave […]

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