Eyes on the Street: 78th Precinct Clears the Bergen Street Bike Lane
The story of the Bergen Street bike lane, and the 78th precinct, keeps getting better.
By
Brad Aaron
4:17 PM EST on January 23, 2014
The story of the Bergen Street bike lane, and the 78th precinct, keeps getting better.
Your eyes are not deceiving you. Reader N. Wayne Bailey sent in these photos of NYPD officers — including CO Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri — shoveling the Bergen Street lane, which for over a year now has been protected by barriers put in place by the precinct.
Good stuff.
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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