Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg rode to her press conference celebrating the new Flatbush Avenue protected bike lane. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DOT Commissioner Says She Feels Comfortable Riding on Unprotected Roads, But Newbie Cyclists Don’t

By Dave Colon | Nov 5, 2020 | No Comments

At a ceremonial ribbon-cutting of a new protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue on Thursday, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg shrugged off concerns that the city's many unprotected bike lanes don't make cyclists feel comfortable.

Here's the B82 stuck in traffic. Five of seven candidates for a Council seat vacated by Jumaane Williams would still let drivers park in the way of buses. Photo: DOT

Parking Over Bus Lanes? In One Brooklyn District, Pols Bow to Drivers

By Martin Samoylov and Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 22, 2019 | 1 Comment

The race to succeed Jumaane Williams in the City Council features five candidates who support cars over buses.

The standoff: Buses cannot safely pass each other on St. Johns Place between New York and Rogers avenues. Photo: Isaac Blasenheim

City Fails Brooklyn Bus Riders With Giveaway to Car-Driving Minority

By Isaac Blasenstein | Jan 7, 2019 | 5 Comments

Parked cars block B45 buses along a key portion of the route, thanks to the city's failure to clear the public right of way.

Sanitation Says it Will Fire Worker Who Killed Pedestrian [UPDATE]

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 4, 2018 | 7 Comments

The city now says it will use an "administrative process" to fire the rogue employee.

Citi Bikes aren't performing that well. Photo: Adrian Nutter/Flickr

Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week

By David Meyer | Sep 5, 2017 | 11 Comments

Next Tuesday, September 12, Citi Bike operator Motivate will begin installing 140 new stations and 2,000 bikes in Astoria, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Harlem up to 130th Street, marking the final phase of planned expansion for the four-year-old bike-share system.

All the proposed bike-share stations in Brooklyn Community Board 9 would take up sidewalk space, not parking spots. Image: NYC DOT

Behold the First Bike-Share Expansion Maps of 2017

By David Meyer | Apr 6, 2017 | 12 Comments

DOT has released preliminary station locations for two areas in this year's Citi Bike expansion. The maps will be finalized by June, agency reps told the Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee last night.

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