Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Antonio Reynoso

The new pedestrian plaza at the Myrtle-Wyckoff transit hub will save lives. Photos: David Meyer

Families for Safe Streets and DOT Cut the Ribbon on Myrtle-Wyckoff Plaza

By David Meyer | Dec 2, 2016 | No Comments

The plaza, on the block of Wyckoff Avenue between Myrtle and Gates, is the centerpiece of a major safety project that will reduce conflicts between drivers and pedestrians at an intersection where three people were killed by motorists since 2009.

DOT Moves Ahead With Redesign of Deadly Myrtle-Wyckoff Intersection

By Brad Aaron | Sep 21, 2016 | 1 Comment

DOT is moving ahead with a new plaza and safety improvements at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue, Wyckoff Avenue, and Palmetto Street on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, the Ridgewood Times reports, with work slated to start today. The project got a thumbs up from one of the neighboring community boards and a thumbs down from the […]

Brooklyn CB 1 Wants to Delay Metropolitan Ave Bridge Bike Lane Some More

By David Meyer | Sep 16, 2016 | 13 Comments

On Wednesday night, Brooklyn Community Board 1 voted 18 to 8 against a DOT plan to add a bike lane connecting Bushwick and Ridgewood via the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. Technically, the board voted against making a recommendation on the project, but after two years of deliberation already, the decision to withhold an endorsement is tantamount to opposition. The Metropolitan […]

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 […]

Six City Council Members Endorse de Blasio Trash Hauling Reforms

By Brad Aaron | Aug 23, 2016 | 2 Comments

A group of City Council members has endorsed Mayor de Blasio’s plan to reform the way commercial waste is collected. Antonio Reynoso, chair of the council’s sanitation and solid waste management committee, issued a statement praising the mayor’s proposal to cut the number of miles traveled by private carting fleets. Also signing on to the plan are council […]

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 […]

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