Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Crown Heights

The stencils are in jeopardy. Image: NYC DOT

A Short, Simple Bike Lane on Franklin Ave Got Snarled at Brooklyn CB 9

By David Meyer | Mar 29, 2017 | 34 Comments

The Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee endorsed a seven-block bike lane on Franklin Avenue earlier this month, but now it looks like a procedural snafu may scuttle the bike connection between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard.

DOT shelved a road diet for Franklin Avenue in 2014 after Brooklyn CB 9 voted against it. The agency presented a nearly-identical plan last night. Image: DOT

Brooklyn CB Committee OKs Franklin Ave Bike Lane Shelved Since 2014

By David Meyer | Mar 9, 2017 | 3 Comments

The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 9 last night endorsed DOT’s plan to put a bike lane on Franklin Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard. Previously, DOT had installed a bike lane north of the parkway in 2014, but backed off the segment south of Eastern Parkway when CB 9 opposed it.

Eyes on the Street: Eastern Parkway Gets Removable Rubber Ped Islands

By David Meyer | Nov 2, 2016 | 10 Comments

DOT has installed “removable rubber pedestrian islands” at two intersections on Eastern Parkway, two months after Mayor de Blasio authorized the removal of concrete pedestrian islands to ostensibly make room for the West Indian Day Parade. The concrete islands were only in place for about eight months. They were installed last December at Kingston Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue in […]

De Blasio: Eastern Parkway Pedestrian Islands Posed Parade Safety Hazard

By David Meyer | Sep 1, 2016 | 24 Comments

Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference yesterday that pedestrian islands on Eastern Parkway were removed because unnamed elected officials wanted to make room for West Indian Day Parade floats, which would have otherwise posed a risk to the public. The mayor indicated the median islands would not have been installed had the city […]

De Blasio’s Office Ducks Responsibility for Erasing Eastern Pkwy Ped Islands

By David Meyer | Aug 31, 2016 | 25 Comments

DOT removed pedestrian islands on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights yesterday, undoing years of street safety advocacy work on the part of local residents and community board members with no public process, and no one in the de Blasio administration is taking responsibility. Earlier this week, the Post reported that organizers of the West Indian […]

DOT, NYPD Remove New Eastern Parkway Ped Islands for Once-a-Year Parade

By David Meyer | Aug 29, 2016 | 56 Comments

DOT and NYPD are destroying two concrete pedestrian islands the city installed less than a year ago on Eastern Parkway at the request of organizers of next weekend’s West Indian Day Parade, the Post reports. Instead of making the parade accommodate permanent pedestrian infrastructure, the city is undoing safety measures that protect people 365 days out of the year […]

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