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Williamsburg Walks: Volunteer Orientation Tonight
Brooklyn's Bedford Avenue will be going car-free for four Saturdays this summer. If you want to be a part of making the event happen, Billburg.com invites you to a "Williamsburg Walks" volunteer
orientation session tonight.
July 16, 2008
Eyes on the Street: Bushwick Sidewalk Driver Gets a Pass
From a tipster on Bogart Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn:
July 9, 2008
Eyes on the Street: A Summer Space on Montague
In these shots from tipster Jeff Prant (more after the jump), Brooklyn Heights residents take advantage a car-free Montague Street this past weekend. Though the July 4th holiday, overcast skies, and inadequate publicity are all suspected to have affected turnout on its first week, those who missed out can enjoy Montague "Summer Space" events on Sundays through the rest of the month.
July 8, 2008
Transit Activist Gary Reilly in the Hunt for City Council Seat
Gary Reilly, the Brooklynite whose petition drive for subway service improvements drew thousands of signatures last summer, is running to replace term-limited Bill de Blasio on the City Council. A Carroll Gardens resident and neighborhood blogger, Reilly has made transit the centerpiece of his campaign.
July 8, 2008
T.A. Offers Reward for Park Slope “Post-Automobile Street” Designs
9th St. and 4th Ave.: "A dangerous crossing that divides surrounding neighborhoods and inhibits street life."
July 7, 2008
Bedford Avenue to Go Car-Free Four Saturdays This Summer
Brooklynites fretting that their borough would be excluded from this summer's car-free fun can rest easy. For four consecutive Saturdays beginning on July 19, Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg will be closed to cars from Metropolitan Avenue to North Ninth Street from noon to 7 p.m.
June 27, 2008
Eyes on the Street: Ikea Shuttles Tearing Through Brooklyn ‘Hoods
A pair of Ikea buses clog Clinton St. in Cobble Hill.
June 25, 2008