Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Breaking News: 94th Precinct Clipping Bikes on Bedford Ave

By Jason Varone | Jun 28, 2007 | 25 Comments

Police officers from Brooklyn’s 94th precinct are, at this moment, clipping bike locks and seizing bicycles parked along Bedford Ave. according to Community Board 1 Transportation Chair Teresa Toro. The precinct gave Community Board members no advanced notice of the police action. Phone calls to the precinct have gone unanswered. Toro, who also works for […]

94th Precinct to Cyclists: Obey Traffic Rules

By Jason Varone | Jun 26, 2007 | 63 Comments

All of the bicycles parked on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg had these flyers stapled to them recently. The reverse side of the flyer has translations in Spanish & Polish. Thanks to Streetsblog tipster Laura for this one. She notes, "The 94th covers Greenpoint and most of Northside Williamsburg. Nothing in this statement about cracking down […]

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit This Thursday

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

When I first met Brian McCormick, Milton Puryear and Meg Fellerath in the spring of 2002, they were picking up trash and planting tulips alongside a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway off-ramp in Cobble Hill. I asked them what they were up to and they told me they were working to create a waterfront greenway for Brooklyn — […]

Visualizing a Car-Free Bedford Avenue

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 15, 2007 | 41 Comments

Emil Choski has given his Car-Free Bedford Avenue project a serious face lift. The 22-year-old freelance graphic designer and community organizer’s new web site includes a three dimensional “flyby” visualization accompanied by some very un-Williamsburgy classical music. With apologies to the Meatpacking District and Ninth Avenue, Emil’s project has to be my favorite grassroots livable […]

Eyes on the Street: Grim, Immovable

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 2, 2007 | 9 Comments

The BQE, as seen from Lorimer Street. All this talk about Robert Moses lately leads one to think about the Freeway Revolt.

Small Step for Pedestrians & Cyclists; Giant Leap for NYC

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 22, 2006 | 8 Comments

The Department of Transportation’s recently announced streetscape renovation at the Bedford Avenue L subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn marks the first time ever in New York City that car parking spaces have been removed to make way for bicycle parking. Since breaking the news of this development on Monday, Streetsblog has learned more about the project. DOT’s plan […]

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