Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Fort Greene

A summer weekend in New York's richest neighborhoods means empty streets. So why should we care what car owners think is just?

New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 5, 2019 | 101 Comments

Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.

Close quarters: Construction on Flushing Avenue will continue through March, 2019, and continue to raise hairs on cyclists' arms. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Flushing Avenue Will Remain A Hell on Wheels For Cyclists Until April

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2018 | 9 Comments

The work will result in a protected bike lane, but until then, cyclists are getting dangerously squeezed.

The city has already removed the southbound chevrons of death from Vanderbilt Avenue as it remakes the two-way roadway and neighboring Clermont Ave. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Planning Minor Tweak to Vanderbilt Avenue, a Major Cycling Thoroughfare [Updated]

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 7, 2018 | 13 Comments

Plan will work if southbound cyclists decide to use a new bike lane on Clermont Avenue, one block to the west of Vanderbilt.

The Fresh Pond Road bus lane is similar to the one on Fulton Street in Brooklyn.

Anatomy of a Busted Bus Lane

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2018 | 10 Comments

No bus drivers could use the new Fulton Street bus lane during a recent afternoon spot check -- there were too many cars in the way.

Hilda Cohen, far right, at a press conference for Albany legislation to encourage safer driving. Photo: David Meyer

Laurie Cumbo Removes Safe Streets Advocate From Brooklyn CB 2 After Just Three Years

By David Meyer | Jun 11, 2018 | 19 Comments

Hilda Cohen was not reappointed, ostensibly to ensure turnover, but several CB 2 members who've served much longer than her were still given seats by Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Borough President Eric Adams.

Eyes on the Street: Fort Greene’s Fowler Square Plaza Is Back and Better Than Ever

By David Meyer | May 31, 2018 | 5 Comments

DOT made the short block of South Elliott Place between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue car-free using paint and planters in 2012. Now it's concrete.

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