Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights

Jhonn Carlos Fernandez, 35, Killed by Motorcyclist in Washington Heights

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2013 | 2 Comments

For the second time in less than a week, a motorcyclist has struck and killed a NYC pedestrian. The latest crash happened at around 4:20 Saturday morning, in Washington Heights. Jhonn Carlos Fernandez, 35, was walking with friends when he was struck on Amsterdam Avenue near 167th Street, according to reports. Accounts vary, but DNAinfo […]

Council Candidates at Fort Greene Forum Agree: Don’t Touch Parking

By Stephen Miller | Jul 19, 2013 | 33 Comments

If you were hoping for inspiring leadership from the City Council on transportation issues after the next election, you may want to look somewhere other than District 35, which covers the neighborhoods just east of downtown Brooklyn. Two-thirds of households in the district are car-free, according to the 2000 Census. But while most candidates supported traffic calming […]

Motorist Havoc: Two Dead, Five Hurt, Kids in Critical Condition, No Charges

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2013 | 15 Comments

A pedestrian and a cyclist are dead after a series of crashes in Brooklyn and the Bronx in which motorists also injured five other people. Three of the victims were teenagers. One crash left two young boys in critical condition. No charges are known to have been filed by NYPD or DAs Charles Hynes and […]

How Bike Corrals Expand New Yorkers’ Access to Businesses

By Ben Fried | Jan 16, 2013 | 5 Comments

A quick note about the new bike corral on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, which got a vote of approval from the local community board after hundreds of signatures were gathered in support of it. The Prospect Heights Patch reports that two local residents see the on-street bike parking as a symbol of gentrification and […]

City Receives Federal Funding for Full Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Route

By Ben Fried | Nov 14, 2012 | 12 Comments

The first Select Bus Service route in Brooklyn is on track to start speeding bus trips next year, after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced yesterday afternoon that the project has secured a $28 million federal grant. The B44 route on Nostrand, Rogers, and Bedford Avenues, which runs between Sheepshead Bay […]

Pedestrian Hit at Nostrand Avenue and St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights

By Stephen Miller | Sep 17, 2012 | 2 Comments

At approximately 1:30 this afternoon, a van driver struck an unidentified man at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Reader David Sessions was in a nearby bodega when the crash occurred. “An FDNY ambulance was parked on the block, so they were immediately on the scene,” he writes. […]

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