Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bed-Stuy

Report: City (and Citi) Must Do More to Improve Bike-Share Equity, Jobs, Safety

By Fiifi Frimpong | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

City officials and Citi Bike's parent company have not done enough to both encourage cycling in communities of color and improve employment opportunities for their under-served populations, a new report says.

Artists paint a "Black Lives Matter" mural on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, in front of Restoration Plaza. Photo: NYC Mayor's Office

Op-Ed: Making Black Lives Matter in Street Safety

By Tracey Capers | Jul 1, 2020 | No Comments

Our racial-equity lens must foster real policies that can be regularly evaluated and measured.

A DOT rendering from the second phase of the Atlantic Avenue rebuild shows bike lanes along the median. Image: DOT

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Op-Ed: The Atlantic Avenue Rebuild Is Taking Too Long

By David Herman | Jun 24, 2019 | 11 Comments

The next chapter of the Department of Transportation’s long-awaited rebuild of Atlantic Avenue — one of the city’s deadliest corridors — won’t likely start until 2021.

A FedEx truck drives on the sidewalk right next to the park on St. Mark's Avenue.

Scott Stringer Channels Robert F. Kennedy in Vision for Mid-Block Playgrounds

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 29, 2019 | 4 Comments

A back-to-the-future plan to turn through streets into cul-de-sacs with playgrounds in the middle (and FedEx on the sidewalk).

Driver Careens Into Bed-Stuy Restaurant, Injuring Two People and Himself

By David Meyer | May 31, 2018 | 7 Comments

Police said the driver was sideswiped by another motorist and filed no charges. But a witness told Eater New York there was no second driver.

The Death of Kevin Flores Is a Complete and Total Failure of Our Vehicle Regulation System

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2018 | 18 Comments

The driver who killed Flores, 13, lacked a valid license, but the oil truck company operating out of his Suffolk County home is in good standing with U.S. DOT.

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