Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cobble Hill

Sheer Luck Prevents Curb-Jumping Driver From Killing People on Court Street

By Brad Aaron | Nov 28, 2017 | 11 Comments

A motorist drove onto the sidewalk and crashed into a movie theater in Cobble Hill. No one was injured, but fatal off-road crashes remain a regular occurrence in NYC.

Park Slope's 7th Avenue is slated for new bike lane markings and sharrows.

In the Works: 7th Ave Bike Lane for Park Slope and “Amity Street Wiggle”

By David Meyer | Dec 16, 2016 | 6 Comments

Many people at last night's Brooklyn CB 6 meeting wanted a more ambitious redesign for Seventh Avenue, but that doesn't seem to be on the table.

5 Highlights From Last Night’s Bike-Share vs. Parking Meeting

By David Meyer | Oct 21, 2016 | 41 Comments

Last night’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 bike-share forum lacked the fireworks of previous meetings — no physical threats this time. While the tone was civil, the demands from the anti-bike-share crowd weren’t exactly reasonable. So far, Citi Bike has proven incredibly popular in CB 6, with some stations getting as much as seven rides per dock each day. That’s […]

Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2016 | 20 Comments

The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations […]

Citi Bike Expands South of Atlantic Avenue

By David Meyer | Aug 19, 2016 | 8 Comments

Yesterday, Citi Bike began installing stations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods south of Atlantic Avenue and west of Prospect Park. A few stations are already operating, according to the Citi Bike station map, with a total of 73 set to go live in the area in the coming weeks. All told there are 139 new bike-share stations […]

The Case for the “Amity Street Wiggle”

By David Meyer | Jun 10, 2016 | 11 Comments

Ian Dutton has an idea to improve the eastbound bike route through Cobble Hill. The street network has no good, officially-sanctioned bike connection from points west of Court Street onto the Dean Street bike lane. But hundreds of cyclists each day make their own route, taking Amity Street, then doing a short jog against traffic on Court Street […]

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