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…
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Jeffries secures $1M for safer streets around Brownsville schools
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.
City plans to revitalize Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue with new bus lane
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.
City proposes new redesign for BQE triple cantilever, delays construction until 2029
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.
Section of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to close for third and final round of repairs June 1-3
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.
Downtown Brooklyn streets brighten up in time for summer with vibrant asphalt art by Austrian creator
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.
Insect infrastructure: ‘Bee hotels’ to provide refuge for pollinators in Brooklyn pedestrian plazas
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.
Open Streets will return to Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue after local merchants secure new sponsor
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.
DOT to finish Underhill Avenue’s bike boulevard after six-month standstill
Feb. 29, 2024 By Adam Daly
The Department of Transportation announced Wednesday night that it has been given the greenlight to move forward with completing the long-stalled safety redesign of Underhill Avenue in Prospect Heights.
Bay Ridge pols call for help with traffic build-up caused by Verrazzano Bridge closures
Jan. 15, 2024 By Jada Camille
They’re calling for a back-up back-up!