Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East New York

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, […]

Street Seats and Bike Lanes Come to Brownsville and East New York

By Stephen Miller | Aug 12, 2015 | 11 Comments

Livable streets improvements are rolling out for residents of Brownsville and East New York. Two new Street Seats have popped up just blocks from each other on Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard. Meanwhile, DOT is installing the neighborhood’s latest round of bike lanes. After a community-based planning process that began in 2011, the first phase […]

Zero Vision in DOT’s “Great Streets” Plan to Revamp Atlantic Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Jul 17, 2015 | 61 Comments

The de Blasio administration’s Vision Zero “Great Streets” initiative aims to improve safety on the city’s most dangerous streets. Will NYC DOT implement designs that are bold enough to save lives and prevent serious injuries? It’s not looking that way on Atlantic Avenue. The Great Streets program dedicated $250 million to rebuild and redesign four arterial streets. Designs for three of the streets, […]

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