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‘Death Alley’: Driver Kills Woman on Atlantic Ave. Speedway in Brooklyn Heights
Police arrested a Brooklyn driver they say fatally struck a 31-year-old woman on Atlantic Avenue on Sunday night, throwing her body halfway down the block on the notoriously dangerous Brooklyn speedway.
April 17, 2023
UPDATE: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Brooklyn Senior on Speedway Atlantic Avenue
A Brooklyn man was struck and left for dead by a driver late on Monday night a few feet from his home on Atlantic Avenue, a wide roadway that becomes a speedway in the wee hours.
June 1, 2021
DECISION 2021: Race to Succeed Brad Lander in Brooklyn is a Laboratory of Transportation Ideas
Here's our primer on a key district that extends from Downtown Brooklyn to Flatbush and has been represented by Brad Lander and a former school board member named Bill de Blasio.
March 1, 2021
Op-Ed: Bike Lane Missing? Danger Found
A group bike ride around Brooklyn shows that DOT has its work cut out for it. Here are small fixes that could keep cyclists and pedestrians alive.
August 23, 2019
Sheer Luck Prevents Curb-Jumping Driver From Killing People on Court Street
A motorist drove onto the sidewalk and crashed into a movie theater in Cobble Hill. No one was injured, but fatal off-road crashes remain a regular occurrence in NYC.
November 28, 2017
In the Works: 7th Ave Bike Lane for Park Slope and “Amity Street Wiggle”
Many people at last night's Brooklyn CB 6 meeting wanted a more ambitious redesign for Seventh Avenue, but that doesn't seem to be on the table.
December 16, 2016
5 Highlights From Last Night’s Bike-Share vs. Parking Meeting
Last night's Brooklyn Community Board 6 bike-share forum lacked the fireworks of previous meetings -- no physical threats this time. While the tone was civil, the demands from the anti-bike-share crowd weren't exactly reasonable.
October 21, 2016
Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots
The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations replacing curbside car parking.
October 17, 2016
Citi Bike Expands South of Atlantic Avenue
Yesterday, Citi Bike began installing stations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods south of Atlantic Avenue and west of Prospect Park. A few stations are already operating, according to the Citi Bike station map, with a total of 73 set to go live in the area in the coming weeks.
August 19, 2016
The Case for the “Amity Street Wiggle”
Ian Dutton has an idea to improve the eastbound bike route through Cobble Hill.
June 10, 2016