Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park

Last year, candles burned for each of the five people killed this year in Sunset Park. File photo: Julianne Cuba

OPINION: Sunset Park Can’t Wait for the Brooklyn Greenway and a Third Avenue Redesign

By Whitney Hu | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

It’s time for the Department of Transportation to focus on immediate structural investments and street planning for a neighborhood that has suffered far too much loss.

EQUAL TIME: Industry City Rezoning Will Help Sunset Park, City

By Andrew Kimball | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

The CEO of Industry City says the rezoning will not be a force for gentrification, but will be an engine for good jobs for its Sunset Park neighbors.

Industry City in Sunset Park. Photo: Google Maps

OPINION: The Industry City Rezoning Is Bad for Brooklyn

By Marcela Mitaynes | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

'It’s a stunning example of the economic exploitation and segregation that characterize gentrifying New York,' argues Assembly candidate Marcela Mitaynes.

State Senator Zellnor Myrie addresses the state Senate earlier this year. Photo: Courtesy Zellnor Myrie

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State Sen. Zellnor Myrie on Gentrification, Master Plans and the Inherent Bias of Cops

By Dave Colon | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

The Crown Heights Democrat spoke with Streetsblog's Dave Colon about the future of Vision Zero enforcement (hint: more automated enforcement).

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

Lander to DOT: Nice Bike Lane on Fourth Ave, But Finish It, OK?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 7, 2019 | 6 Comments

The good news was undermined by the admission that the DOT plan does not currently include a stretch between First Street and Atlantic Avenue.

Mirza Molberg holds a sign reminding drivers that they killed another person on Third Avenue on Monday. Photo: Ben Kuntzman

Tears for Em Samolewicz, Jeers for the Slow Pace of Road Safety Improvements

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 31, 2019 | 3 Comments

Samolewicz was the 18th cyclist killed so far this year — up from 10 all of last year.

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