Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Grand Army Plaza

Eyes on the Street: Safer Passage Between GAP and Eastern Parkway

By Stephen Miller | Sep 21, 2012 | 12 Comments

The reconstruction of Eastern Parkway between Washington Avenue and Grand Army Plaza is wrapping up. A big benefit of the project is the completion of a widened median, including a path for bicyclists, between the main traffic lanes and the service road. What used to be a bumpy median that wasn’t useful or walking or […]

Eyes on the Street: Plaza Street Bike Lane Goes Both Ways

By Ben Fried | Jul 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

Well, the paint and striping aren’t all the way there yet, but there’s now room to bike in both directions on Plaza Street in Brooklyn. Doug Gordon posted a few pictures on BrooklynSpoke this morning, and reader Steve O’Neill sent in a few more. This DOT project will make it much more convenient to bike […]

Brooklyn CB Committees OK Un-protected 2-Way Bike Lane on Plaza Street

By Ben Fried | Apr 20, 2012 | 8 Comments

NYC DOT presented plans last night for an un-protected two-way bike lane on Plaza Street, which would enhance a critical hub in the Brooklyn bike network by defining space for contraflow riding, but fall short of providing safe cycling infrastructure for all ages. The transportation committee of Community Board 6 voted in favor of the project […]

Plaza Street Bike Lane on the Agenda at Brooklyn CB 6 Tonight

By Ben Fried | Apr 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

A quick reminder: Tonight’s meeting of the Brooklyn Community Board 6 transportation committee is an important one, with DOT presenting its proposal for a two-way bike lane on Plaza Street. The public is invited to participate in the meeting, so if you want to weigh in on this upgrade to the Brooklyn bike network and […]

The Case for a Two-Way Protected Bike Lane on Plaza Street

By Mike Epstein | Apr 12, 2012 | 13 Comments

Cross-posted from Brooklyn Spoke. In April 2010, DOT proposed an overhaul of the chaotic and dangerous Grand Army Plaza to include two-way protected bike lanes on Plaza Street East and West. (Plaza Street is not the high-speed roadway around the arch and fountain, but rather the less trafficked outer roadways, which already have one-way buffered […]

Two-Way Bike Lane Back on Table For Plaza Street, But Will It Be Protected?

By Noah Kazis | Apr 3, 2012 | 10 Comments

Is the NBBL era finally behind us? First, Senator Chuck Schumer himself was spotted riding in the Prospect Park West bike lane. Now, the Department of Transportation is reviving a plan, shelved at the height of the NBBL-aided media circus about cycling, to build a two-way bike lane on Plaza Street. DOT first proposed the […]

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