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Brooklyn Electeds to DOT: Put Safety First at Atlantic and Flatbush
About a dozen people braved the cold Saturday morning to call for pedestrian safety improvements at Brooklyn's Times Plaza and along the whole Atlantic Avenue corridor.
February 15, 2016
DOT’s Meeker Avenue Safety Plan Is, Well, Meek
DOT unveiled its plan for pedestrian safety improvements along Meeker Avenue in north Brooklyn at last night’s Community Board 1 meeting, but board members and advocates with the “Make Meeker Move” campaign expressed disappointment with DOT's failure to specifically address the safety of bicycling.
January 13, 2016
McGuinness Boulevard Is NYC’s Third 25 MPH Arterial Slow Zone
Ask a Greenpoint resident to name the neighborhood's most dangerous street, and they'll likely point to McGuinness Boulevard, an infamous speedway that splits the neighborhood in half. Today, it became the city's third "arterial slow zone" to receive a 25 mph speed limit, retimed traffic signals to discourage speeding, and focused enforcement.
April 22, 2014
Council Members Say DOT Needs Funds for Vision Zero, Bike-Share Expansion
City Council members today expressed strong support for Vision Zero, bike-share expansion, and other safe streets initiatives, but it's not clear how they will be funded.
March 6, 2014
Electeds Want MTA Onboard With Vision Zero After Latest Pedestrian Death
Electeds and advocates called for changes at the MTA and for Mayor de Blasio to focus street safety resources on northern Brooklyn after another pedestrian was killed by a bus driver this weekend.
March 3, 2014
Council Reso Calls on Albany to Lower Citywide Speed Limit to 20 MPH
Steve Levin and Ydanis Rodriguez today introduced a resolution calling on Albany to lower the citywide speed limit to 20 miles per hour, as proposed in legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell and state Senator Martin Dilan.
February 26, 2014
Levin to DOT: Deadly McGuinness Blvd Needs Traffic Calming, Speed Cams
A week after Nicole Detweiler was killed while walking on McGuinness Boulevard -- at least the third person to be struck and killed on the street in the last five years -- Council Member Steve Levin sent a letter to incoming Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg asking her to prioritize traffic calming and and speed cameras on the busy multi-lane road cutting through Greenpoint [PDF]:
January 7, 2014
Samuel Cohen Eckstein, 12, Killed by Van Driver on Prospect Park West
Samuel Cohen Eckstein, a 12 year-old boy about to celebrate his bar mitzvah, was killed yesterday at the intersection of Third Street and Prospect Park West in Park Slope. NYPD says the crash investigation is ongoing and as of now there are no arrests or summonses for the driver who ran him over. Although police would not release information about the driver, NYPD said that "preliminary results" show that Cohen Eckstein "ran into the street."
October 9, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Minivans Parked All Over Williamsburg Sidewalk, Bikeway
A reader sent in this photo of what looks to be several dozen minivans in Williamsburg parked all over the sidewalk and bike lane on Kent Avenue.
October 3, 2013
Lander and Levin to DOT: A Safer Fourth Avenue Can’t Wait
City Council members Brad Lander and Steve Levin are urging NYC DOT to move forward with safety improvements for Fourth Avenue in Park Slope despite a vote against the proposal by Brooklyn Community Board 6.
June 18, 2013