Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East New York

The parking-protected bike lanes would narrow the dangerously wide motor vehicle lanes on a stretch of Fountain Avenue in East New York. Image: DOT

DOT Proposes Protected Bike Lane Connecting East New York and Jamaica Bay

By David Meyer | Jun 28, 2017 | 3 Comments

Building on the rollout of painted bike lanes in Brownsville and East New York that began in 2013, DOT is now planning for the area's first on-street protected lanes on Fountain Avenue, which would connect to the Jamaica Bay Greenway.

A commercial driver struck and killed an 81-year-old woman in a crosswalk on Atlantic Avenue at Rockaway Avenue. The white line indicates the path of the victim -- it’s unknown which direction she was walking -- and the red arrow indicates the approximate path of the driver, according to NYPD. Image: Google Maps

Commercial Driver Kills 81-Year-Old Woman on Atlantic Avenue

By Brad Aaron | Mar 21, 2017

Of 20 pedestrians killed on NYC surface streets in 2017, at least 13 were seniors.

Basic Pedestrian Upgrades Coming to Conduit Blvd, But No Bike Infrastructure

By David Meyer | Jul 15, 2016 | 4 Comments

Last month, DOT revealed its plan to make Conduit Boulevard less of a barrier between neighborhoods near the southeast Brooklyn-Queens border [PDF]. With better, more frequent pedestrian crossings, the project should make it easier for residents to get from one side of Conduit to the other, but the design doesn’t include any bike infrastructure and leaves […]

Change Is Afoot on Conduit Blvd, a Speedway Dividing Neighborhoods

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2016 | 13 Comments

Conduit Boulevard, a wide and dangerous road where drivers speed to and from JFK Airport, could get much-needed safety improvements from DOT between Atlantic Avenue and Sutter Avenue this year. The street is designed like a highway, with wide travel lanes and north- and south-bound roads separated by a huge median. Vehicle access from Atlantic Avenue is literally an on-ramp. In Nassau […]

Atlantic Avenue Speedway Claims Life of Rodney Graham, 49

By David Meyer | Jan 11, 2016 | 4 Comments

Early Sunday morning, Rodney Graham was killed while crossing Atlantic Avenue when he was struck twice by separate motorists. Street safety advocates are calling on the city to implement significant design changes to prevent more loss of life. Graham, 49, was crossing Atlantic at Rockaway Avenue in East New York at around 4:20 a.m. Citing […]

Rukhsana Khan, 41, Third Pedestrian Killed by MTA Bus Driver in November

By Brad Aaron | Nov 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

New York City motorists killed three people walking over the holiday break. At around 6 p.m. last Wednesday, November 25, an MTA express bus driver hit 41-year-old Rukhsana Khan on Ocean Avenue between Avenue J and Avenue K. From the Daily News: “The lady was in the middle of the street crossing,” said William Bizaldi, 64, […]

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