Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eric Adams

NYPD Admits It Wrongly Accused Lauren Davis of Biking Against Traffic

By David Meyer | Apr 26, 2016 | 12 Comments

NYPD has amended the crash report that wrongly accused Lauren Davis of biking against traffic when she was struck and killed by a turning driver on Classon Avenue the morning of April 15. Yesterday, Streetsblog published an account from witness Rebecca Ballantine, who was biking on Classon at the same time as Davis and said she was “absolutely sure [Davis] was […]

Brooklyn Electeds to DOT: Put Safety First at Atlantic and Flatbush

By David Meyer | Feb 15, 2016 | 6 Comments

About a dozen people braved the cold Saturday morning to call for pedestrian safety improvements at Brooklyn’s Times Plaza and along the whole Atlantic Avenue corridor. Times Plaza is the triangular public space at the convergence of Atlantic, Flatbush, and Fourth avenues. At a public meeting last month, local residents were disappointed that the redesign proposed […]

Eric Adams Proposes Downtown Brooklyn Car-Share Fleet for City Agencies

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2016 | 7 Comments

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is open to clearing Borough Hall Plaza of parked cars, and he also wants City Hall to study a car-share system for government agencies in Downtown Brooklyn. We reported last November that Adams and his staff resumed using the plaza as a parking lot after an $11 million rehab, following the lead of his predecessor, shameless space hog Marty […]

Yes, the Cars Parked on Borough Hall Plaza Belong to Eric Adams & Company

By Ben Fried | Nov 23, 2015 | 8 Comments

Bklyn. Borough Hall plaza almost redone. Now it returns to its intended purpose: parking. @StreetsblogNYC pic.twitter.com/rYE6pgpGxF — Brian Howald (@bdhowald) November 20, 2015 Last week reader Brian Howald called our attention to the vehicles parked on the newly refurbished surface of the plaza by Brooklyn Borough Hall. We checked in with Borough President Eric Adams’ […]

After $11M in Repairs, Is Borough Hall Plaza a Plaza, or a Parking Lot?

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2015 | 18 Comments

Bklyn. Borough Hall plaza almost redone. Now it returns to its intended purpose: parking. @StreetsblogNYC pic.twitter.com/rYE6pgpGxF — Brian Howald (@bdhowald) November 20, 2015 This year, contractors hired by the Parks Department got to work replacing the bluestone in the plaza outside Brooklyn Borough Hall, which was busted up due in part to people — including […]

Brooklyn Beep Eric Adams Funds Eight Concrete Curb Extensions

By Stephen Miller | Sep 21, 2015 | 4 Comments

Eight new concrete curb extensions are coming to five Brooklyn intersections after a $1 million pledge from Borough President Eric Adams. Curb extensions, also known as neckdowns or bulb-outs, extend the sidewalk at intersections to shorten crossing distances for pedestrians and slow drivers as they turn around a corner. “Our youngest and oldest Brooklynites are at particular risk […]

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