Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Brooklyn Parking Preservation Board Votes Down Bike Corrals

By Brad Aaron | Apr 11, 2014 | 28 Comments

Brooklyn Community Board 1 has had enough of the “war on cars,” and they’re taking it out on pedestrians, cyclists, and local businesses. The Brooklyn Paper reports that four Williamsburg shops want bike corrals, to provide room to park bikes while keeping sidewalks clear. “We believe it is our responsibility to beautify the area,” said […]

Electeds Want MTA Onboard With Vision Zero After Latest Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Mar 3, 2014 | 6 Comments

Electeds and advocates called for changes at the MTA and for Mayor de Blasio to focus street safety resources on northern Brooklyn after another pedestrian was killed by a bus driver this weekend. Marisol Martinez, 21, was crossing Union Avenue at Meeker Street in Williamsburg with two other people at around 1:25 a.m. Saturday when […]

Two Trees: Less-Parking-for-More-Affordable-Housing a No Go at Domino

By Stephen Miller | Feb 28, 2014 | 12 Comments

In his first big stand on development, Mayor Bill de Blasio is trying to wring more affordable housing out of the Domino Sugar Factory project on the Williamsburg waterfront. The mixed-use plan currently calls for 2,284 housing units, 29 percent of them affordable. The mayor is looking for more affordable housing, while so far developer […]

80-Year-Old Pedestrian and MTA Bus Driver Killed in Separate Crashes

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2014 | 5 Comments

In the last 24 hours, an 80-year-old pedestrian and an MTA bus driver were killed in crashes in Brooklyn and Manhattan. At around 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, Margarita Seda was struck by the driver of a GMC vehicle as she crossed Grand Street at Graham Avenue in Williamsburg, according to WCBS and the Daily News. WCBS reported […]

DOT Plans Road Diet and Bikeway Upgrade on Deadly Section of Kent Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2013 | 18 Comments

Last night, Brooklyn Community Board 1’s transportation committee unanimously recommended the board support a DOT project [PDF] to calm traffic on a deadly stretch of Kent Avenue between Clymer Street and the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The project also upgrades a link in the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway to a two-way protected bike lane. Last March, hit-and-run driver Julio Acevedo, […]

With Debut of B44 SBS, Major Brooklyn Bus Route Poised to Draw More Riders

By Stephen Miller | Nov 18, 2013 | 38 Comments

After years of planning, B44 Select Bus Service launched yesterday on the Nostrand Avenue corridor. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, and MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast marked the occasion this afternoon at a newly-expanded bus stop at Church and Nostrand. The B44, which serves nearly 40,000 riders each weekday along a 9.3-mile route between the […]

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