Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Downtown Brooklyn

All the vehicles in this picture are parked illegally in the Jay Street no-standing (placard abuse) zone. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Jay Street Busway Will Do More To Stop Placard Abuse Than the NYPD Ever Did

By Dave Colon | Jul 17, 2020 | No Comments

Two out of every three parked cars on the stretch between Livingston and Tillary streets had "parking permits" in their windshield — and more than one-third were total shams, the DOT said.

There are always Borough President cars parked on the sidewalk at Borough Hall in Brooklyn — but not for long. Photo: Julianne Cuba

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City To End Parking at Brooklyn Borough Hall — Once The Beep Leaves Office

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 23, 2020 | No Comments

The Parks Department has finally lowered the boom — well, sort of. Parking will be banned starting in 2022, after Borough President Eric Adams leaves office.

Police employee-owned vehicles fill the bike lane on Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Brooklyn Pol: I Will Get Cops Out of Schermerhorn Street Bike Lane!

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 14, 2020 | No Comments

Can Council Member Steve Levin accomplish what Council Member Steve Levin has failed to accomplish for nearly all of his two terms?

Streetsies 2019: Placard Abuse of the Year

By Streetsblog | Dec 27, 2019 | No Comments

We live in hope that this scourge, after many reform attempts, will end. But we're not counting on it.

The entrance to the shared street on Pearl and Fulton. We love our curvy bumpouts. Photo by Dave Colon

Brooklyn ‘Shared Streets’ Are the Start of Something Bigger

By Ed Janoff | Oct 4, 2019 | 37 Comments

An application of "Tactical Urbanism" that could expand elsewhere in the city.

The aftermath of the crash that multiple cyclists witnessed and police allegedly took little interest in. Photo: via @joemewler

Cops Blow Off Witnesses To Brooklyn Crash That Injured Cyclist

By Dave Colon | Sep 30, 2019 | 48 Comments

A police officer who responded to a crash that hospitalized a cyclist got the driver's side of things and ignored a trio of witnesses who tried to tell him what happened, according to one of the outraged witnesses.

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