Sep. 20, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A city-owned concrete facility is producing dust and noise in the Columbia Waterfront District, and local leaders say something needs to be done. Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation moved its concrete recycling facility from the South Brooklyn Army Terminal to a lot near the piers on…
Sep. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city took one step closer to cleaner, greener package delivery on Tuesday as the Department of Transportation advanced a delivery “microhub” pilot program. The hubs would give truck drivers a space to safely transfer their cargo from long-haul trucks to smaller, safer, and more sustainable methods of…
Sep. 11, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city is moving to install a protected bike lane on a 1.5 mile stretch of Bedford Avenue, the Department of Transportation announced Tuesday, more than a year after the agency first pitched the idea. Work will start this week to transform the existing painted bike lane between…
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. 3, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld
The city is again planning to build a bus lane along Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue, aiming to speed up commutes on the primary thoroughfare crossing the borough.
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.
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. 27, 2024 By Adam Daly
Park Slope’s popular “Open Street” will go ahead this summer thanks to a group of Fifth Avenue merchants who banded together to secure funding for the car-free program along the bustling shopping and dining district.