Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

All of the action takes place on the far right side.

SEE IT: Video Emerges of Bike Getting Vandalized — As Witnesses Do Nothing!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 1, 2019 | 19 Comments

Streetsblog contributor Steve Scofield has uncovered a video showing the woman who repeatedly vandalized his bike on a Fort Greene street last month — as witnesses walked by and did nothing.

Looks nice ... to some. Photo: ODA Architecture via Commercial Observer

Op-Ed: Pro-Development Message Downplays Gentrification Threat

By Rico Cleffi | Oct 1, 2019 | 26 Comments

Streetsblog has become the go-to place for a raging debate about housing policy!

Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards project in 2014. Dense developments such as this one can help transit and street safety, growth proponents argue. Photo: Chris Hamby/Flickr

Op-Ed: Density Is the Friend of Safe Streets and Transit

By Dan Miller | Sep 20, 2019 | 39 Comments

Why city transportation activists should seek alliances with pro-growth groups.

A street sign in Brooklyn declares no parking to accommodate a loading zone. This sign was removed on account of push-back by car owners. Photo: Kings County Politics

Op-Ed: More Residential Loading Zones Now!

By Hilda Cohen and Janet Liff | Sep 19, 2019 | 16 Comments

A simple measure to improve streets safety and help the majority runs afoul of selfish car owners. Will DOT prioritize the public over parkers?

The town hall meeting to protest the city's supposed "War on Cars" was a lightly attended affair. Photo: Julianne Cuba

The Five Stupidest Things Said at Fort Greene’s Town Hall to Protest the City’s ‘War On Cars’

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 18, 2019 | 114 Comments

A Tuesday night meeting dubbed the “Fort Greene Town Hall on the City’s War on Cars" descended into chaos when the safe-street advocates in the room tried to counter lies and nonsense from the automobile zealots.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg at a presser last month. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DOT: We Are NOT Backing Down on Neighborhood Loading Zones!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 22, 2019 | 61 Comments

Reports of the demise of the Department of Transportation's residential loading zone program have been greatly exaggerated.

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