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Friday’s Headlines: East Flatbush Car Death Tragedy Edition
As the NYPD cracks down on cyclists, drivers are still killing seniors. Plus other news (including our big award win!).
May 16, 2025
Better Buses Will Be Big for Business on Flatbush: Report
Mayor Adams has yet to follow through on his promise to bring bus lanes to Flatbush Avenue, where 70 percent of bus riders are going to shopping, dining or entertainment destinations.
December 12, 2024
City Finally Plans Bike Lanes for Speeding-Plagued Central Brooklyn
The city hopes to curb speeding and provide safer streets in a neighborhood with too much of one and not enough of the other.
October 2, 2024
Bus Advocates Renew Push For Flatbush Avenue Bus Lane Despite Mayor’s Lack of Support
A broad coalition of transit advocates and labor unions gathered Tuesday to demand Mayor Adams get over his reluctance to improve buses on the borough-spanning avenue.
July 10, 2024
Monday’s Headlines: Better Bedford Avenue Edition
A diverse group of 150 cyclists led a procession up the "spine of Brooklyn" to call for protected bike lanes on Bedford Avenue. Plus other news.
April 24, 2023
BIKELASH: Powerful Pols Seeking to Block DOT’s East Flatbush Street Safety Plan in Pander to Drivers
"People drive in our community," Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn explained.
November 19, 2021
Safety Third! DOT Proposes Unsafe Bike Lanes in a ‘Priority’ District In Brooklyn
In central Brooklyn, the agency will bolster the neighborhood's existing painted lanes with ... more paint.
October 8, 2021
PARKING MADNESS BROOKLYN FINAL: It’s Clinton Hill vs. East Flatbush
Brooklyn is in the house ... and on the sidewalk ... and in the bike lane.
March 17, 2021
East Flatbush Cautiously Endorses Protected Bike Lanes But Will Have To Wait Until Next Year For Them
A bike network is growing in Brooklyn, but the borough's two-wheeled faithful will have to wait 'til next year for it. You want better cliches? Write them yourself.
February 10, 2021
Cops Allowed A Driver To Harass a Cyclist He Doored — Then Wrote the Cyclist a Ticket
"These police wanted to make an example out of someone, like, 'Leave us along, we don't have time for this you crazy bicyclists.' But guess what? Most of the people who live around here ride bicycles."
July 29, 2019
