Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

Scenes From Last Night’s Bike-Share Forum in Fort Greene

By Stephen Miller | Apr 25, 2013 | 28 Comments

Last night, Council Member Tish James held a public forum after receiving complaints about bike-share stations in her district, covering Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The event, held inside Sacred Heart Church on Clermont Avenue, attracted an audience of about 100, with a small majority there to show support for bike-share. For two hours, residents expressed […]

Last-Minute Venue Change for Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Bike-Share Meeting

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2013 | 15 Comments

This just in: Council Member Tish James has moved the location of tonight’s neighborhood forum about bike-share. The meeting starts at 6:30 and the new location is: Sacred Heart Church, 30 Clermont Avenue between Flushing and Park.

Bike-Share Works Just Fine in Historic London, Boston, and DC Neighborhoods

By Stephen Miller | Apr 24, 2013 | 11 Comments

While polls have shown that upwards of 70 percent of New Yorkers support bike-share and DOT engaged in a multi-year public process for station siting, a vocal minority in Fort Greene is objecting to public bike stations in the landmarked district. At least one extremist has gone so far as to tar newly-installed stations with wheatpaste posters decrying the Citibank-sponsored kiosks. In response […]

Speak Up If You Think Bike-Share Belongs in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2013 | 37 Comments

Remember the Fort Greene residents who complained last year that bike-share stations don’t belong in their historic, landmarked neighborhood — even though you can find cobalt-blue Volvos and banana-yellow, late-model Beemers taking up the curb on those same blocks? Well, they apparently haven’t been convinced that public bikes belong on the street as much as […]

Citi Bike Stations Spotted in Fort Greene [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Apr 10, 2013 | 31 Comments

After the first Citi Bike stations were installed in Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill over the weekend, NYC DOT Policy Director Jon Orcutt told Transportation Nation that bike-share implementation will “be moving through the Brooklyn area and then into Manhattan over the next few weeks.” And it looks like stations have now been installed at […]

Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Unanimously Supports Permanent Fowler Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Dec 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

Last night Brooklyn Community Board 2’s transportation committee voted 7-0, with one abstention, to support the conversion of Fowler Square Plaza in Fort Greene from a temporary public space to a permanent feature of the neighborhood. The committee vote followed a DOT presentation showing that Fowler Square Plaza has had a minimal impact on traffic and […]

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