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Williamsburg Walks: Volunteer Orientation Tonight
Brooklyn's Bedford Avenue will be going car-free for four Saturdays this summer. If you want to be a part of making the event happen, Billburg.com invites you to a "Williamsburg Walks" volunteer
orientation session tonight.
July 16, 2008
Bedford Avenue to Go Car-Free Four Saturdays This Summer
Brooklynites fretting that their borough would be excluded from this summer's car-free fun can rest easy. For four consecutive Saturdays beginning on July 19, Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg will be closed to cars from Metropolitan Avenue to North Ninth Street from noon to 7 p.m.
June 27, 2008
Eyes on the Street: A Refuge on Vanderbilt
A tipster sends along these fresh shots of construction on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. The new pedestrian refuges give the street a geometry very similar to what we saw on Broadway in Williamsburg two weeks ago. Below, the remnants of old trolley tracks get unearthed. We're told the foreman says his crew is having a devil of a time working around the tangle of metal.
June 2, 2008
Now the MTA is Stealing Bikes in Williamsburg
Back in July, New York City's Department of Transportation built sidewalk extensions and bike racks on a few automobile parking spaces-worth of street space near the Bedford Avenue subway stop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was the first time ever that on-street car parking had been replaced by bike parking in New York City.
October 24, 2007
More Bike Lanes for Brooklyn CB 1
Streetsblog has gotten word that bike lane construction is set to proceed next month on several streets in Brooklyn Community Board 1 territory.
September 17, 2007
Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn
The Daily News reports that more cyclists are getting hit by cars in Williamsburg and Greenpoint -- an increase of 38 percent and 188 percent, respectively, over last year.
August 20, 2007
An NYC First: On-Street Parking Spaces Replaced by Bike Racks
The new bike racks have been installed at the Bedford Avenue L subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As the Dept. of Transportation announces in today's press release, "The
facility marks the first time car parking spaces have been removed to
accommodate bicycle parking in New York City."
July 12, 2007