Category: Linked

“[A] ‘win-win’ for bikers, businesses and residents”, and a good idea, if I do say so myself. All we need now is turn the bike lane into an actual Greenway (and to enforce truck restrictions on Wythe Avenue and in the rest of the nabe).

Great logo.

being indicted for lying to folks in the Bush White House Counsel’s office does seem a bit rich

No one has been indicted for lying for the folks in the Bush White House. Therein lies Kerik’s mistake.

Heather found these fliers posted on a telephone pole on Dupont Street. The flyer is right – these zoning changes should have happened three to four years ago. But since there are still a lot of horses in the barn, better than never closing the barn door now.

City Planning will indeed be holding a public hearing on June 3rd to discuss the Greenpoint/Williamsburg contextual zoning. That follows a public hearing this month at the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office (he approved it), three public hearings last month at Community Board 1 (they approved it), and two public information sessions last November (to which all property owners received a written invitation). The process as a whole is approaching its third anniversary this Summer, and has been the subject of at least half a dozen other public hearings in the community. So yeah, property owners have been provided a pretty “limited time to protest these changes”.

Tom Agnotti takes City Planning to task for, well, not doing planning. A lot of good points in there, though much to take issue with as well (for one, his Waterfront Access Scam conflates developer-built esplanades and upland connectors with City-promised waterfront parks – they are not the same, and the fact that the City hasn’t followed through on its promise doesn’t mean that esplanades too are a scam).

The hipster rebellion – a sham? (But they’re not talking about you. I think.)

Guy puts fuel additive into his motorcycle, hilarity ensures.

(Read at least through page 2, if you don’t get it, I’ll be back to the regular programming shortly; if you do get it, put aside some time to read – the thread is 96 pages long.)

Aaron Short was otherwise engaged, so he gave Juliet Linderman the keys to the blog. Nice summation of last Tuesday’s 33rd council district debate – though no mention of the Abbott and Costello snowball (or did I hallucinate that?). But seriously, the entire evening can be summed up thusly:

Baer: can’t wrap his head around a yes or no question

And don’t forget, we do it all over again next Tuesday evening, 7:00 at the John Ericsson School (MS 126), 434 Leonard Avenue.

From DOT:

The New York City Department of Transportation is conducting major long-term maintenance and repair work on the Williamsburg Bridge. The following is a travel advisory detailing lane closures relating to upcoming construction activity…

In order to stage equipment and deliver material for the intermediate tower bearing replacement, temporary lane closures are required on:

Saturday May 30, 2009 from 4:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Saturday June 6, 2009 from 4:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Three lanes will be closed to facilitate the construction activity. Two Manhattan-bound lanes and two Brooklyn-bound lanes will be maintained at all times by reversing the north inner roadway.

(When has the Williamsburg Bridge not been undergoing major rehabilitation?)