Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

Zero Parking Means More Affordable Housing for Fort Greene

By Noah Kazis | Oct 26, 2010 | 23 Comments

Last month, builders broke ground on Fort Greene’s Navy Green project, which, when completed, will add 458 homes between the Navy Yard and the BQE. A full three-quarters of the project will be affordable to families earning between 30 and 130 percent of the area median income, and 97 of those residences will be supportive […]

NYPD Let Witnesses Leave Scene of Fatal Fort Greene Crash

By Noah Kazis | Jul 21, 2010 | 15 Comments

Aileen McKay-Dalton The NYPD failed to follow up with at least one key witness in its investigation of the crash that killed Aileen McKay-Dalton earlier this month, according to a woman who saw the collision and stayed at the scene. Witnesses were allowed to leave the scene without being interviewed by police or leaving contact […]

Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Approves New Plan for Flushing Avenue Bikeway

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2010 | 22 Comments

Phase two of the Flushing Avenue project maintains the city’s commitment to a two-way bike path, but Brooklynites will have to wait a few years to get it. Image: NYCDOT Last night, NYCDOT’s Ted Wright presented a revised design for the Flushing Avenue bikeway to the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 2. The new […]

Can a Greenway and Two-Way Traffic Both Fit on Flushing Ave?

By Ben Fried | Apr 23, 2010 | 32 Comments

The greenway segment on Flushing Avenue would connect Navy Street to Williamsburg Street West. Image: Google Maps The current concept for the Flushing Avenue segment of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway footprint calls for converting the street to one-way westbound traffic flow. Two-way vehicle traffic, say DOT planners, will create conflicts that endanger cyclists and pedestrians […]

Tonight: Important Meeting on Flushing Ave Ped-Bike Safety Project

By Ben Fried | Apr 21, 2010 | 7 Comments

The two-way bike path concept for Flushing Avenue. Image: NYCDOT Brooklyn Community Board 2, NYCDOT, and City Council members Steve Levin and Letitia James are putting on a public meeting tonight to get feedback on the two-way protected bike path with planted pedestrian medians proposed for Brooklyn’s Flushing Avenue. The project is part of the […]

DOT Proposes Flushing Ave Bikeway in Prelude to Major Greenway Push

By Ben Fried | Mar 17, 2010 | 33 Comments

Image: NYCDOT [PDF] Here’s a look at the Flushing Avenue bike path concept that NYCDOT presented to the Brooklyn Community Board 2 transportation committee last night. This project would add another preliminary link to the path of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, following in the footsteps of the Kent Avenue bike lane. After a round of […]

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