Jul. 26, 2024 By Jada Camille
Street safety improvements are on their way to Atlantic Avenue, thanks to a series of short-term projects by the New York City Department of Transportation.
Jul. 22, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
The streets surrounding three Brownsville schools will become much safer for students and pedestrians thanks to a $1 million cash infusion secured by U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for his district in the fiscal year 2024 government funding bill.
Jul. 18, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A “slip” of Bedford Avenue in Greenpoint has been transformed into a temporarily-permanent pedestrian plaza during the six-week shutdown of the G train.
Jun. 24, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city has a new proposal for the battered triple cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights, but no matter how the administration chooses to overhaul the roadway, construction won’t start until 2029, a year later than the most recently-announced plan.
May. 24, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city is nearly finished with short-term repairs on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, according to the Department of Transportation — but a portion of the span will close down for a the third and last time in early June to get the work done.
May. 23, 2024 By Jada Camille
Brooklyn streets are about to get even prettier thanks to an asphalt art initiative led by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and the New York City Department of Transportation.
May. 21, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
As the Department of Transportation resumed work on its scaled-down redesign of McGuinness Boulevard last week, dozens of Greenpointers rallied on the side of the thoroughfare, calling the city out for abandoning the original road diet it finalized last spring.
Apr. 29, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklyn’s pedestrian plazas will be quite literally buzzing with activity this spring as the city expands The Pollinator Port Project, a program to offer refuge to local bees and other pollinators.
Apr. 12, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Brooklynites rallied on Wednesday to demand that city and state officials work with them — not around them — to transform the aging Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Mar. 29, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will once again shut down for a weekend of necessary repairs next month.