Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg

Reynoso Tells DOT: Grand Street Needs a Safer Bike Lane ASAP

By David Meyer | Sep 6, 2016 | 18 Comments

Council Member Antonio Reynoso today urged DOT to upgrade the bike lanes on the Grand Street in North Brooklyn. The existing painted lanes did not protect Matthew von Ohlen, who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in July. In a letter sent this afternoon to DOT Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray, Reynoso calls for “the immediate installation of safety mitigations […]

Matt von Ohlen’s Friends and Family Call for Grand Street Protected Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 10, 2016 | 17 Comments

The family and friends of Matthew von Ohlen pleaded with Brooklyn Community Board 1 to support a protected bike lane on Williamsburg’s Grand Street, where the 35-year-old was killed while biking by a hit-and-run driver on July 3. Matthew’s father Bernt von Ohlen and other friends and supporters were joined by Council Member Antonio Reynoso, but the board did […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Murders Cyclist, So 90th Precinct Tickets People on Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 5, 2016 | 102 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a cyclist in Williamsburg this weekend. Though police believe the motorist ran over the victim on purpose, the 90th Precinct responded by ticketing cyclists and handing out bike safety fliers. Matthew von Ohlen, 35, was riding his bike east on Grand Street between Manhattan Avenue and Graham Avenue at around 2:20 a.m. […]

Metropolitan Bridge Bike Lane Will Connect Ridgewood and Williamsburg

By David Meyer | Jun 15, 2016 | 13 Comments

After two years of back-and-forth with the local community board, a proposal to link the bike networks of Williamsburg and Ridgewood via the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge may finally be coming to fruition. DOT presented an updated version of the plan, which it first unveiled in June 2014, to Brooklyn Community Board 1 last night [PDF]. The Metropolitan Avenue […]

DOT Hints at Upcoming Bike Projects in North Brooklyn

By David Meyer | May 27, 2016 | 16 Comments

Last night DOT outlined some of the bike projects it’s planning for Williamsburg and Bushwick in the near future, including bike lanes on Meeker Avenue and improved southbound bike connections from the Williamsburg Bridge. While it didn’t come up at the meeting, the looming L train shutdown lends some extra urgency to bike network improvements in this […]

Video: Rampaging Sidewalk Driver Injures Child in Williamsburg

By Brad Aaron | May 27, 2016 | 2 Comments

A hit-and-run motorist sped down sidewalks in Williamsburg Thursday, injuring a child as pedestrians scrambled to get out of harm’s way. Yeshiva World reports that the driver and at least one other man were suspected of trying to pass counterfeit money at stores in the vicinity of Bedford Avenue and Lee Avenue, in the 90th […]

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