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.
Jul. 11, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
When Gov. Kathy Hochul made the eleventh-hour decision on June 5 to shelve congestion pricing, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was forced to suspend $16.5 billion in previously-announced upgrades and projects.
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.
Jun. 18, 2024 By Adam Daly
The daughter of a Sunset Park man who was fatally struck by an allegedly unlicensed moped rider earlier this month maintains that the misdemeanor charges against the suspect are too lenient and called on the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office to include manslaughter.
Jun. 13, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
There may be a light at the end of the tunnel — or, at the end of the platform — for G train commuters tired of dashing to catch the train toward the middle of the track.
Jun. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses
The angry fallout over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last-minute move to indefinitely delay congestion pricing continued in Brooklyn on Sunday, as a coalition of fuming bus and subway riders protested and vented against the controversial decision.
Jun. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 63-year-old man pedestrian using a wheelchair was hit and killed by the driver of an SUV at a Brownsville intersection on June 1, according to the NYPD.