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From left: Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, state Sen. Andrew Gounardes, BP Antonio Reynoso and Councilmember Lincoln Restler gathered Thursday on Atlantic Avenue. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

A bittersweet celebration of safety improvements on Atlantic Avenue

July 25, 2024

COBBLE HILL — It was a bittersweet celebration on Thursday at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Clinton Street. Elected officials, community groups, businesses and residents gathered at the corner where Katherine Harris, 31, was mowed down and killed by a drunken driver in April 2023. Brooklyn Heights resident Martha Atwater was struck and killed at the same intersection in

Members of the Keep McGuinness Moving coalition marched along the boulevard against a plan to create a bike line along the Greenpoint truck route, on Sept. 15, 2023. Photo by Alex Krales/THE CITY

McGuinness Boulevard opponents trounced in low-turnout Greenpoint contests

July 23, 2024

Supporters of Assemblymember Emily Gallagher are hoping her win Tuesday sends a clear message to Mayor Eric Adams and City Hall: that the neighborhood wants long-promised roadway improvements on McGuinness Boulevard from which his administration has been retreating.  Gallagher, a staunch defender of the city transportation department’s plan introduced last spring to shrink McGuinness by one traffic lane in each

A young girl looks both ways before crossing the street. Photo: gunther/Adobe Stock

DOT to begin reducing speed limits near schools, safe streets, open streets

July 11, 2024

The city Department of Transportation announced plans to limit speeds to 20 mph on 15 streets in Brooklyn, as well as others throughout the city, to comply with Sammy’s Law. The law, which was passed during this year’s legislative session, was named after 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein, who was fatally struck by a speeding van in 2012 while retrieving a

President Joe Biden speaks at the construction site of the Hudson Tunnel Project in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, during an event on infrastructure. AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Officials move ahead with $6.88B Hudson Rail Tunnel Project

July 10, 2024

On Monday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and assorted state and federal officials signed a $6.88 billion full-funding grant agreement for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel project. The on-again, off-again Gateway project would build two new Amtrak rail tunnels under the Hudson River and rehabilitate the two existing tunnels (also used by

An artist’s rendering of a proposed Interborough Express station at Wilson Avenue in Brooklyn, showing a light rail train, a freight train and the entrance to the subway system’s L train station. Rendering courtesy of MTA

IBX light rail gets a shot in the arm, despite MTA’s about-face on tolls

June 28, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent desire to “pause” congestion pricing put a shadow on many planned improvements in the MTA’s subway, bus and commuter rail system that were expected to be funded by the new toll program. Among these was the planned Interborough Express or IBX: a light rail line that would travel, within the Long Island Rail Road and Bay

A view of one design variation, dubbed “linear” because of the vertical framing, as seen from Furman Street. Graphic: NYC DOT

City presents new ‘stacked’ design for BQE triple cantilever

June 22, 2024

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Brooklyn residents on Thursday got their first look at a new design idea for rebuilding the Triple Cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at a presentation by the NYC Department of Transportation in Downtown Brooklyn. While the engineering solution appeared an improvement over previous designs, many attendees said so many basic questions were unanswered — including how