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City Planning Department Suggests Safer Streets, Better Buses for Red Hook
Cut off from the rest of the borough by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and lacking direct subway access, Red Hook can feel like an isolated part of Brooklyn. A study from the Department of City Planning, released last November, calls for expanded pedestrian space, new bus service to Manhattan, and bicycle and pedestrian safety fixes throughout the neighborhood.
January 16, 2015
311 Is a Joke: NYPD Ignores Bike Lane-Blocking Big Rigs in Red Hook
In the space of a few hours this afternoon, one cyclist's experience, chronicled in real time on Twitter, summed up NYPD's indifference to keeping bike lanes clear of motor vehicles.
June 10, 2014
Will DA Ken Thompson Investigate Killing of 14-Year-Old Nicholas Soto?
Following the vehicular killing of 14-year-old Nicholas Soto in Red Hook Monday morning, anonymous police sources were quick to blame the victim, though the crash happened near a school bus and sent Soto through the air, witnesses said. According to press accounts, NYPD won't say if the driver who struck Soto was speeding through an area of Red Hook where drivers routinely endanger lives. Meanwhile, the local precinct community council is scheduled to meet tonight.
June 3, 2014
NYPD Fails to Charge Driver Who Killed a Child in Red Hook This Morning
A motorist killed a teenager in Red Hook this morning.
June 2, 2014
One-Way Gap in Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Set to Be Closed This Fall
Construction continues on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway along Van Brunt Street, with a two-way buffered bike lane extending the greenway south through Red Hook striped recently, but there's a conspicuous gap in the route that won't be filled until at least this fall.
August 2, 2013
No Charges Filed as Six Are Killed by NYC Drivers in Seven Days
A Brooklyn woman who was struck by a truck driver in Red Hook Wednesday was the latest victim among six city pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the last week.
March 14, 2013
CB 6 Committee Votes for PARK Smart Zone, Brooklyn Greenway Extension
Last night, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 voted unanimously in favor of a new PARK Smart zone for Atlantic Avenue, Smith Street, and Court Street, and for a Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway segment connecting Van Brunt Street to Valentino Pier in Red Hook.
February 22, 2013
After the Service Cuts: Riders Cram on to Overburdened, Unreliable B61
Toward the end of a press conference at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 9th Street this morning, Council Member Brad Lander remarked that not a single B61 bus came by during the 15-minute event. This was only fitting, since Lander was unveiling a new report from his office that found most rush hour B61 buses don't arrive within the guidelines established by the MTA.
December 5, 2011
DOT to Red Hook: No Streetcar For You
Proposed Red Hook streetcars aren't worth the cost, according to the city DOT. In a presentation to community groups last Thursday [PDF], DOT revealed the results of its streetcar feasibility study and recommended against the construction of a line that would run from the Smith/9th subway station into Red Hook and up the waterfront to Borough Hall. The creation of a streetcar or light rail line along the northern Brooklyn or western Queens waterfront was a Bloomberg campaign promise in 2009.
April 20, 2011
Can Streetcars Work for Red Hook? City Begins Study to Find Out
The New York City Department of Transportation announced today that the agency has started a five-month study to determine whether streetcars should return to Brooklyn on a route linking Red Hook to the downtown area.
September 9, 2010