Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Kent Ave Bike Lane Stirs Passions in Williamsburg

By Ben Fried | Nov 26, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Kent Avenue lane at work, with squad car. Photo: i’m not sayin, i’m just sayin. New York’s latest bike lane skirmish flared up Monday night at a "transportation town hall" in Williamsburg. About 150 people turned out, and DOT bike program coordinator Josh Benson caught an earful from bike lane opponents upset over new […]

Tonight: Opposition to Kent Ave Bike Lane Expected at CB1 Meeting

By Brad Aaron | Nov 12, 2008 | 13 Comments

New bike facilities on Kent Avenue are expected to be the subject of protest tonight from motorists angry about the removal of on-street parking. E-mails circulating in advance of this evening’s meeting of the Brooklyn Community Board 1 transportation committee are calling for officials to suspend installation of the Kent Avenue bike lane in lieu […]

On the Way Home, Ride for a Protected Bike Lane on Delancey

By Brad Aaron | Oct 24, 2008 | 3 Comments

This evening, Adopt-a-Bike-Lane and Transportation Alternatives will launch a campaign for a protected bike lane on Delancey Street by leading escorted "bike commuter pools" across the Williamsburg Bridge. Reads a TA press release: "The thousands who ride on Delancey every day shouldn’t feel like they are taking their lives in their own hands," says Marin […]

The Williamsburg Bike Lane Flap: Beyond “Hipster vs. Hasid”

By Ben Fried | Sep 23, 2008 | 27 Comments

When the New York Post ran a story last week about the opposition of Williamsburg’s Hasidic community to bike lanes that pass through their neighborhood, the main beef was supposedly about the "immodest" dress of female cyclists. But just like similar uproars in years past, the underlying objections may have less to do with bare […]

Brooklyn CB1 Hears Two Proposals for Safer Streets Tonight

By Ben Fried | Sep 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

We’ve got some more community board action for you today. Brooklyn Community Board 1, which represents Williamsburg and Greenpoint, is set to hear proposals for new buffered bike lanes on Kent Avenue and for improving pedestrian safety at dangerous intersections in North Brooklyn. The bike lanes are an interim step on the way to completing […]

Williamsburg Walks in the Rain

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 5, 2008 | 9 Comments

My friend Jonathan and I loaded up our 70 pounds-worth of pre-schoolers into the "Batmobike" on Sunday and headed over to Williamsburg Walks. My brother Abe joined us as well. Ominous looking clouds were rolling in from the west as we left Park Slope around noon. By the time we hit Fort Greene the rain […]

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