Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Downtown Brooklyn

Jay Street Protected Bike Lane Construction Begins Next Week

By David Meyer | Jul 22, 2016 | 6 Comments

Work on the protected bike lane on Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn — including a new signalized crossing at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge — begins next Thursday, July 28. With around 2,400 cyclists a day, Jay Street is one of the busiest bike routes in the city — cyclists account for 34 percent of vehicle traffic during rush […]

DOT Bike Planning Starts From Scratch in Clinton Hill

By David Meyer | Jun 22, 2016 | 21 Comments

After withdrawing its plan for a two-way protected bike lane on Clinton Avenue last month, DOT will start over with a series of public workshops to develop a new plan for walking and biking safety in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. DOT Bicycle and Greenway Program Director Ted Wright shared the news at last night’s Community Board 2 transportation committee […]

Streetfilms Shortie: Double-Parking Insanity in the Jay Street Bike Lane

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 3, 2016 | 19 Comments

While out collecting footage yesterday, one of my missions was to document a whole bunch of street conditions that NYC DOT is actively working to improve. One was the chronic double-parking that has overrun the Jay Street bike lane in Downtown Brooklyn forever. The level of disregard for the bike lane is just about unmatched anywhere else in […]

Jay Street Redesign Clears CB 2, With Some Design Details Left for Later

By David Meyer | Apr 14, 2016 | 69 Comments

Brooklyn Community Board 2 endorsed most of DOT’s plan for curbside protected bike lanes on Jay Street between Fulton Mall and Tillary Street at its monthly meeting last night. Two key design decisions at each end of the project have yet to be finalized, however, and will be presented to the transportation committee in May. Chaotic Jay Street is […]

Who Rules the Roost on Jay Street? Placard Abusers, That’s Who

By David Meyer | Mar 23, 2016 | 27 Comments

Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn is one of the most important segments in the city’s bike network, the key passage to and from the Manhattan Bridge. It’s also a huge impediment to biking in the city — the street is rife with double-parking, illegal U-turns, and the unnerving threat of a car door suddenly opening and […]

Jay Street Protected Bike Lane Plan Clears Brooklyn CB 2 Committee

By David Meyer | Mar 16, 2016 | 39 Comments

Last night, DOT presented its proposal for a protected bike lane on Jay Street in downtown Brooklyn to the Community Board 2 transportation committee [PDF]. Jay Street is the main approach for the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge bike path. During a 12-hour weekday period, DOT counted 2,400 cyclists on Jay Street, with bikes accounting for […]

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