A Make McGuinness Safe banner above the mayor’s podium in McGolrick Park. Mayor de Blasio attended the rally.
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Death of 58-Year-Old Man on McGuinness Boulevard Marks Spike in Deadly Bike Collisions
A 58-year-old cyclist died after being run over by a box truck on McGuinness Boulevard near Norman Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. View this post on Instagram A post […]
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Another Cycling Fatality in North Brooklyn
In a situation painfully familiar in North Brooklyn, a cyclist lost his life on Tuesday as he was traveling along Metropolitan Avenue. The 30 year-old victim was killed around 12:30pm, […]
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Citi Bike map hits Greenpoint streets!
Its official Greenpointers, Citi Bike is coming to the hood and we’ve got the map to prove it! The gears in the long stalled Citi Bike expansion appears to have […]
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Slain pedestrians & cyclists get loving memorials
Anyone who rides a bike knows cycling in the hood can be treacherous business. But did you know roughly every 48 hours a pedestrian or cyclist in NYC is killed […]
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Greenpoint Vision Zero Safety Forum Tonight @ 6pm
Yesterday I saw (but first heard) an NYPD van with a loudspeaker, driving up and down Grand Street near Leonard with a public service announcement about Vision Zero. Hearing a […]
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What Does Vision Zero Mean for Greenpoint?
I live on “The Other Side of McGuinness,” in the quieter outskirts of the neighborhood where Greenpoint sooooort of meets Williamsburg, near McGolrick Park. Although I technically live in Greenpoint, […]
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DRAGnet, Bad Buka, Troubletopia, and Kat Face – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (4/16–4/22)
(sponsored) One Day in NYC Meet Up @ The Made in NY Media Center by IFP (30 John St) Wednesday 4/16, 7pm, FREE, Grab some drinks, charge your batteries, and brainstorm ideas […]
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Update: NYC Transportation Activism
Last week we talked about speed cameras being voted out of the city budget, which could be a major road block for Vision Zero, de Blasio’s ambitious campaign to end […]
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Speed Cameras Nixed From NYC Budget
Earlier this week, much to our dismay, Governor Cuomo and the state legislature denied a request from Mayor de Blasio for 160 new speed cameras, which were an important part […]