Music, dance and stilts close out Montague Open Streets season
June 29, 2026
Sunday’s event was the final Montague Open Streets of the spring/summer season, but not to worry, it will return in the fall.
Sunday’s event was the final Montague Open Streets of the spring/summer season, but not to worry, it will return in the fall.
A TEMPORARY MURAL along McGuinness Boulevard at Father Studzinski Square in Greenpoint has been completed, transforming a stretch of asphalt.
GOWANUS — The historic Carroll Street Bridge in Gowanus will open on Monday after a five-year rehabilitation effort, city Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn
NO PARKING will be allowed on Columbia Heights in front of Harry Chapin Park in Brooklyn Heights from now until Thursday, June 11.
THE CITY’S PLAN to convert Grand Army Plaza into a car-free area earned enthusiasm from cyclists and park-goers at an online meeting.
NEW SENSORS are being installed at intersections around the city to inform transit authorities on how New Yorkers use their streets.
Existing parking-protected bike lanes between Meeker Avenue and Calyer Street will be extended northbound to the Pulaski Bridge.
CITY COUNCILMEMBER LINCOLN RESTLER says his office has gotten the Department of Transportation to approve changes.
BROOKLYN’S BROADWAY CORRIDOR will get a major reconstruction, thanks to $1,850,000 in federal community project funding.
The DOT is planning to build a network of 500 secure bike parking stations at curbside spots across the five boroughs.
The redesign along Bergen and Dean streets will run from Court Street to East New York Avenue, 10-mile routes that are key cycling corridors.
According to police, the bus hit the boy as the driver, a 49-year-old man, was making a left turn from Lee Street on to Lorimar Street.
CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS restarted on a major redesign of Flatbush Avenue that will add new bus lanes to the street’s center.
The city is also teaming up with City Councilmembers Rita Joseph and Shahana Hanif to host bike helmet fittings.
These cabinets allow riders to plug in dead lithium-ion batteries and pick up charged ones, mitigating the risk of fires.
GRAND ARMY PLAZA will connect the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch and Bailey Fountain to Prospect Park in a single pedestrian plaza.
Whether DOT’s April 1 prank was funny or not is a matter of perspective. Likely, it was funnier to cyclists than car owners.
The training is required for delivery workers, and contains info about the rules of the road, workers’ rights, battery safety and safe riding.
The office will coordinate loading zones, vehicle pick-up and drop-off areas, outdoor dining, bike parking and on-street waste.
This will require the closure of one lane along with the ongoing closure of the shoulder, and traffic will be pushed to a single lane.
This $15.5 million, 18-month project, overseen by the Prospect Park Alliance, will add a two-way protected bike lane along Ocean Avenue.
The original sign is located at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Avenue P, outside of James Madison High School, Ginsburg’s alma mater.
“Third Avenue is home to numerous residents, businesses and festivals which would all be impacted by this change.”
BIKE TRAFFIC OVER the East River bridges hit a record for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, with an average 28,853 daily cycling trips.
Every year NYC DOT pushes to reach its annual target of repairing nearly 1,200 miles of “lane miles” before the holiday embargo.
Yoga enthusiasts stretched out on their exercise pads right in the middle of the street for classes offered by GTHR Yoga and Heatwise Yoga.
Community leaders have long been calling for safety improvements on Atlantic Avenue after years of tragic deaths and fiery crashes.
The bridge will remain closed for roughly two more weeks, according to the New York City Department of Transportation.
The plant, which crushes used concrete into a powder, had been moved to Columbia Street from the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal.
Music instructor Christian Apuzzo along with student musicians Louie Piscitello and Caine Nation-Ng, both age 11, entertained with guitars.
The “Fuhgeddaboudit” signs were first installed in 2004 at some of the borough’s exits by then-Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.
THE NYC DOT on Wednesday announced the Art Partners initiative, inviting community organizations to exhibit public artwork across the city.
THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION has filled its 500,000th recorded pothole, with this milestone reached in Prospect Heights.
APPLICATIONS FOR AN E-BIKE TRADE-IN PROGRAM for food delivery workers are now being accepted, DOT head Ydanis Rodriguez announced Monday,
Alternate-side-of-the-street parking regulations will be suspended on Thursday, Jan. 23, to facilitate winter weather operations.
THE NYC Department of Transportation on Tuesday announced a three-year pilot of streetside “microhubs” in Greenpoint and Clinton Hill.