Our friends at Community Board 2 have passed on to us the word that the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) intends, weather permitting, to “mill” Hicks Street from Atlantic Avenue to the BQE this coming Thursday and Friday, June 20 and 21. (We presume this means northward from Atlantic through the Heights, as the notice […]
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Overwhelming Support for Brooklyn Heights Traffic Slow Zone
As we reported earlier, the Brooklyn Heights Association has done a survey to determine if there is support among local residents for applying to the City’s Department of Transportation to make the Heights a “slow zone” for traffic. The results are in. Of the nearly 700 people who responded, 91% favor making the application, while […]
Survey: Should Brooklyn Heights Be a “Slow Zone” For Traffic?
The Brooklyn Heights Association is taking a survey to determine if there is support for making Brooklyn Heights a traffic “Slow Zone.” According to the BHA: Slow Zones improve pedestrian safety and reduce traffic cutting through neighborhoods. If Brooklyn Heights becomes a Slow Zone it will mean: – Speed limits of 20mph (as opposed to […]
Willowtowners Fear Traffic Nightmares From Fieldhouse Crowds
Yesterday (Wednesday) evening the Fieldhouse road show continued in Willowtown, at a meeting arranged by the Willowtown Association and hosted by their President, Ben Bankson. The opening presentation was similar to that at St. Francis on Monday, except that Fieldhouse Executive Director Greg Brooks stressed even more–no doubt anticipating the questions he knew would come–that […]
Billboard Near BQE and Promenade Illegal?
Responding to our post about an illegal billboard that was blown down by last Friday’s high winds and blocked the southbound lanes of the BQE, a local resident noted that there is an illegal–because it is within 200 feet of a highway–billboard near Brooklyn Heights. It can be seen in the photo and from the […]
Pier 6 Pedestrian Safety Gets Boost as DOT Adopts BHA Prexy’s Plan
The issue of safety for pedestrians going to Pier 6 of Brooklyn Bridge Park with its popular playgrounds and volleyball courts has been a priority for the Brooklyn Heights Association for the past year and a half. The BHA now sends us this news: Ever since the playgrounds opened on Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge […]
Local Pols to Hold Transportation Town Hall Wednesday Evening
State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, and City Council Member Steve Levin will host a Transportation Town Hall meeting this coming Wednesday evening, October 26, from 7:30 to 8:30, at 55 Washington Street in DUMBO, Room 216. The purpose of the meeting is “to discuss the ongoing transit-related issues in DUMBO, Fulton Ferry Landing, […]
Upcoming CB2 Committee Meetings: Transportation and Land Use
The Transportation Committee of Community Board 2 will meet tomorrow evening (Tuesday, October 18) at St. Francis College, First Floor Board Room, 180 Remsen Street (between Clinton and Court), starting at 6:00. On the agenda are: (1) a presentation by Cheska Tolentino, of Transport Workers Union Local 100, on a campaign, New Yorkers Deserve a […]
Emergency BQE Repairs Involve Lane and Entrance Ramp Closures
This in from the Brooklyn Heights Association: Dear Neighbors: Starting tonight, Furman Street will become a two-way street while the DOT assesses and repairs a cave-in to a catch basin on the eastbound right lane of the BQE where it passes Grace Court. The lane closures will be only at night as follows: The right […]
Discussion on Pier 6 Access Reveals Albany’s Stranglehold on City Traffic Control
Yesterday evening’s discussion with City Department of Transportation representatives about DOT’s plans for improving pedestrian access and safety at the Pier 6 entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park culminated in a resolution by the Transportation Committee of Community Board 6 endorsing DOT’s plans, with some modifications, and with the further proviso that DOT plan for more […]
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