Bike Rack Switcheroo: Remsen to Hicks

By on May 11, 2013 7:01 pm in Brooklyn Heights, News, Traffic, Transportation

As the photo shows, racks for the Citi Bike Share program have been placed along the west side of Hicks Street going south from Montague, in front of Heights Cafe, Dellarocco’s, and J McLaughlin. According to BHB Ten 2012 honoree Sahmi Rum, who mourns the loss of parking spaces, the racks were moved from Remsen Street because of complaints from residents of 60 Remsen, at the corner of Hicks and across the street from the racks’ previous location. As the photo below shows, that stretch of Remsen is now bike rack free.

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  • MonroeOrange

    I find it sad i share a neighborhood that i was born and raised in with such a blowhard…so its ok to now inconvenience people, take away parking, decrease safety, so you can now ride a bike one way, even though you own 3 bikes? i gaurentee once you ride the bike once, you will use your own bikes instead. this is as bad idea, that was given no thought…are you are now the new troll on this site…bravo sir..bravo

  • MonroeOrange

    what are you talking about?…that is the Loading zone!..illegally drive there?…its an elderly van, where else should they pick people up from….ten blocks away!..and there is no parking on that block anyway…do you even know what block im speaking of?! So you think its ok to now have elderly people walk further to the Access van, so a bike rack could take that space!? You really don’t care about any of your neighbors do you?

  • Joe A

    Once again you show your utter ignorance of how this will be used. I will not continue to debate someone as clueless as you. Why don’t we wait a bit and see what happens ok Einstein.

  • MonroeOrange

    I did PB, I did…i just don’t rant on here about safety, im one of the few who actually tries to do something to make an unsafe situation safer! I wrote to the Citibike and our councilman…but i gaurentee that will fall on deaf ears…

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsiLOnWCoI Arch Stanton

    I know the intersection well as a driver, cyclist and pedestrian. I conclude, the placement of the station is no more dangerous than riding a bike on, exiting parked a car onto or walking across the street.

  • MonroeOrange

    Joe A..no that’s not okay when safety is at stake…you seem to want someone to get hit by a car at the unsafe locations and then change the location? I car about our neighbors, obviously you don’t…
    Sincerely,
    Albert f ing Einsten

  • MonroeOrange

    Useless stats…So that means, 880,000 people are very likely to use this program, but yet only 7,000 signed up…They better install more bike racks!

  • MonroeOrange

    Because, no one seems to get that i care about safety, and think im just ranting to rant…what i dont’ get is that, while riding a bike without a helmet is not against the law….it is certainly dangerous, so much so that a few years back the city was running commercials giving stats that indicated how much more likely it is to not be injured with a helmet than without. Yet the city is sponsoring a program that will put hundreds of bike riders on the street without helmets!…please tell me how is that safe…and for those that already said they will use this program when they are going to only ride one way, are you really going to carry a helmet around….YES SAFETY is my main concern. Please tell me how this promotes safety? The city seems to be contradicting itself…

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsiLOnWCoI Arch Stanton

    There is no evidence of a “decrease in safety” that is merely your unsubstantiated opinion.
    A few parking spaces will be replaced by many bike spaces, so more public space can serve more of the public. I am comfortable making that trade off even though I also own a car, that I park on the street. Ya see, I can think beyond my own needs and support the greater good for the community. A cheap, pollution free transportation system will be a great asset to this city and Bike Share will be just that.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsiLOnWCoI Arch Stanton

    MO Your existence makes a strong argument in favor of brining back the practice of eugenics….

  • petercow

    Nothing precludes anyone from wearing a helmet.

  • Bloomy

    There is no benefit in signing up early for the system, I think most, like myself are waiting until the bikes are out and ready to go until signing up. The number is going to shoot way above 7,000 once everything is complete.

  • Bloomy

    I see nothing dangerous about this location at Atlantic and Henry. What exactly is your issue?

  • Joe A

    Many people fall while walking. I’m sure helmets would have prevented/mitigated many an injury. Why don’t we require pedestrians to wear helmets? How can the city look the other way when we have all these injuries from people slipping and falling. Outrageous!

  • Joe A

    Of course they are useless stats since they they directly contradict your hypothesis that no one will want to use the bike share program. A hypotheisis, which I might add, you just pulled out of our anus.

  • Joe A


    this is as bad idea, that was given no thought…

    This is probably the most infuriating aspect of your series of hysterical postings. You may disagree with the conclusions reached by the people that put together the bike share program but you can’t just pronounce that it was given no thought. You very well know that that is manifestly false. You KNOW how long this process was, how many public meetings were held, how much input was solicited, but you choose instead to lie and say no thought was given.

    If you had any credibility up until this point I think you flitted that away be demonstration your bias.

    Oh, by the way, I think your whole hand wringing concern for SAFETY is a crock of horse dung. But that is just my opinion.

  • Joe A

    Yeah, I want someone to get by a car.

    It must suck to be an old, cranky, curmudgeon who all he has left is the Brooklyn Heights version of Get off my lawn!

    We don’t need no dang new fangled bicycles running up and down my block, right pops?

  • Joe A

    So how did ridership go for the Washington DC ride share program?

    Capital Bikeshare has grown steadily, which has driven demand for more stations and bikes. Most of the system’s users live in or near the city center; stations in the poorer eastern portion of the city are comparatively underused. In September 2011, Capital Bikeshare announced it had reached 18,000 members and one million rides in its first year of operation, doubling initial expectations.
    In the system’s second year (September 2011 to September 2012), users took 1,851,857 trips.

    But pops over here says nobody will use the dang new fangled bikes

  • Bloomy

    Yes I really am going to bring a helmet with me. It is not that big of an issue to strap a 10 ounce helmet to my backpack or belt loop.

    As for not wearing a helmet, studies show the benefit of a helmet increases with impact speed. On highways with traffic 55+mph they add a lot of benefit. In NYC, with a general 30mph speed limit, the benefit declines. Not saying people shouldn’t wear one, but at some point it becomes personal choice, These bikes are not like my racing bike, they are slow commuter style bikes. The main danger is from cars, which are just as dangerous to pedestrian. But no one says all pedestrian in NYC need a helmet.

    Here is a good article to read about the safety of other bike programs Monroe.

    http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/05/01/bike-share-has-a-great-safety-record-in-cities-more-dangerous-than-nyc/

  • petercow

    Citi Bike enrollment has now passed the 10K mark.

  • Joe A

    And start-up is still 2 weeks away. From WNYC:

    The city says 10,000 people have signed up for annual bike share memberships. That number dwarfs initial sign-ups for other systems — by comparison, it’s about half of what Washington DC has — after two years.

  • MonroeOrange

    that’s an outrageous statement, but you seem to just want to always take a differing opinion, whether or not you seem to believe it to be based on fact or not….Bike riding in NYC is 1000s of times more dangerous than walking….what im saying is, the city should not be creating dangerous situations for its citizens, and riding in nyc without a helmet is dangerous, im really not sure how you can say its not?

    The NYC 5 boro bike run, requires helmets to enter…so there must be a reason for that?

    If you want to debate using asinine statements that’s up to you…

  • Joe A

    Blah, blah, blah. Gramps your hysterical postings are devoid of facts. They require helmets for the NYC Bike Run because it is a race with hundreds and hundreds of bicyclist racing in close proximity and inherently more dangerous. Comparing that is like comparing driving to a NASCAR race, where as you know, they require helmets.

    Bicycle injuries have decreased dramatically over the last decade according to a report from DOT which shows a 73% reduction in the risk of physical injury associated with bicycle riding since 2000.

    And finally one last statistic: in 2011, 139 pedestrians and 22 cyclists were killed by city drivers. Again, I call for all pedestrians to be required to wear helmets.

  • Bloomy

    “The NYC 5 boro bike run, requires helmets to enter…so there must be a reason for that?”

    There is a reason, and it is a requirement of their insurance company.

  • Bloomy

    All the news must have people signing up today. I decided to take the plunge a few minutes ago and my member number was 11,9XX.

  • MonroeOrange

    exactly…and if a person riding the bike gets hit by a car…they are suing the driver, even if the person is riding the wrong way down the street, which will certainly happen.

    And if a bike rider hits a pedetstrian, who is going to pay, the city?

  • MonroeOrange

    – Almost three-quarters of fatal crashes (74%) involved a head injury.

    – Nearly all bicyclists who died (97%) were not wearing a helmet.

    – Helmet use among those bicyclists with serious injuries was low (13%), but it was even lower among bicyclists killed (3%).

    From Helmets.org

  • MonroeOrange

    See my stats above…all im saying is SAFETY is important and this program does not enhance safety in the least…keep arguing over the facts…im even more worried that someone as yourself, with such little commonsense, will be riding these bikes….good luck to you

  • Joe A

    The program’s purpose is not to enhance safety, the purpose is to provide, low cost, ecologically friendly, alternative transportation.

    As to your statistics, how many pedestrians fatally injured were wearing helmets? I would probably say, 0%.

    If a pedestrian is hit by a bicyclist and the cause of the accident is some defect with the bike (brakes not working, etc,) I imagine they have a valid claim against the city share program but if they got hit due to the negligence of the bike rider I imagine the suit is more properly directed at the rider.

    We can not be hobbled by the fear of litigation. There is NOTHING that is risk free in life. People have been hurt driving cars, People have been hurt in bus accidents. People have been hurt using the subway. People have been hurt riding cabs. People have been hurt walking our streets. AND some people will be hurt riding bicycles. That’s life but certainly not a reason to not institute a program which will service thousands of New Yorkers and millions and millions of trips.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsiLOnWCoI Arch Stanton

    Actually it is called the “5 Boro Bike Tour” As a volunteer marshal for the ride I assure you, it is a tour not a race. The pace car leading the tour drives at 15 mph, well below “racing speed”. There is no winner or placing as the object is not about speed. It is attended by over 32,000 cyclists from around the world. The object is to tour the city and have fun while raising money for charity, this year it was supporting the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
    Yes, of course helmets are mandatory, as they are at all organized rides.

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