Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Downtown Brooklyn

First Look: A Walkable, Bikeable Gateway to the Brooklyn Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 30, 2009 | 24 Comments

The proposed boulevard-style entryway to the Brooklyn Bridge. Image: NYCDOT. Last week DOT unveiled this conceptual plan for a better gateway to the Brooklyn Bridge [PDF]. For the thousands of pedestrians and cyclists who access the bridge on the Brooklyn side every day, it’s a winner. Presented at a public meeting in downtown Brooklyn, the […]

Cyclist Struck Yesterday Morning at Third and Atlantic in Brooklyn

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2009 | 7 Comments

A reader emailed yesterday reporting that a bicyclist had been struck and seriously injured at the corner of Third Avenue and Atlantic Avenue near downtown Brooklyn. NYPD confirmed the collision late yesterday afternoon: This morning at approximately 0723 hours, in the confines of the 84 precinct, Police responded to 3rd Avenue & Atlantic Avenue on […]

Signs of Progress for Downtown Brooklyn Safety Fixes

By Ben Fried | May 20, 2009 | 3 Comments

After a wait that lasted years longer than expected, construction crews are breaking ground on a slate of pedestrian safety improvements for Downtown Brooklyn’s traffic-plagued streets. Reader Todd Seidel sent in this photo of a sidewalk extension in mid-construction on Third Avenue and 11th Street, and DOT confirms that Phase I of the long-sought Downtown […]

Squadron: Red Light Cams Needed at Dangerous Intersections

By Ben Fried | Apr 17, 2009 | 24 Comments

Dan Squadron at yesterday’s press event. Earlier this month Albany approved the expansion of New York City’s red light camera program. Media coverage tends not to play up the benefits of automated enforcement, so it was refreshing to see State Senator Dan Squadron, who represents Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, put the emphasis squarely […]

DOT Unveils Short-Term Ped Fixes Near Brooklyn Traffic Hub

By Ben Fried | Oct 22, 2008 | 8 Comments

A sidewalk addition will keep traffic from turning onto Hanson Place from Flatbush and Fourth Avenue. Streets near the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the LIRR’s Atlantic Terminal are set to receive a basket of pedestrian improvements that may get underway as soon as November. Speaking last night to the CB2 transportation committee and about […]

DOT to Present Ideas for Brooklyn’s Most Notorious Intersection

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2008 | 4 Comments

The confluence of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth Avenues is a traffic nightmare of epic proportions right smack next to a huge transit hub and shopping center. (We hear some sort of arena and housing complex might get built there too.) Crossing the street here is an unwelcome adventure for thousands of pedestrians every day, and […]

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