Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East New York

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, […]

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Woman on Brooklyn Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2015 | 24 Comments

NYPD filed no charges against a motorist who cut a swath of destruction through East New York, striking two people on a sidewalk and killing one of the victims. The driver, in a Toyota Camry, was making a left turn at Pennsylvania Avenue and Cozine Avenue at around 10:30 a.m. on July 1 when she mounted the sidewalk, struck a wall, […]

Last Chance to Tell DOT How to Make Linden Boulevard Safer

By Stephen Miller | Apr 3, 2015 | 8 Comments

Linden Boulevard is a dangerous relic of a street, a surface-level highway that rivals Queens Boulevard for sheer awfulness. If you have ideas about what needs to change on Linden Boulevard, DOT wants to hear about it. In February, DOT hosted two public workshops for its Linden Boulevard redesign project, which covers 3.8 miles between Kings Highway, in East Flatbush, and […]

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