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Brooklynian » Tag: bicycle - Recent Posts http://brooklynian.com/forum/tags/bicycle en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 09:38:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php Fort Greene Brooklyn NY Tour http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/fort-green-brooklyn-ny-tour#post-763464 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:33:19 +0000 newyorkbiker 763464@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu49oGWvbyw[/video] Peugeot Bicycle Stolen out of Driveway on Prospect Ave http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/peugeot-bicycle-stolen-out-of-driveway-on-prospect-ave#post-759044 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:53:56 +0000 ELGJR 759044@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Hello again saa344: By any chance, do you have a picture of the stolen bicycle which you can post? Eustace Greaves Jr. Peugeot Bicycle Stolen out of Driveway on Prospect Ave http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/peugeot-bicycle-stolen-out-of-driveway-on-prospect-ave#post-759043 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:52:59 +0000 ELGJR 759043@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Dear saa344: Sorry to hear about the loss of your Peugeot. I strongly urge you and other bicycles owners to go to a reputable bike shop like Brooklyn Board on Vanderbilt Avenue, and register your bike. I believe they can also engrave an identification number on your bike which could aid in it's recovery if stolen. Check with your homeowners insurance representative to see whether you have coverage for this loss. Here's hoping they locate your bike and arrest the thief. Eustace Greaves Jr. eustace@<a href='http://brooklynian.com/forum/profile/insuremeeg'>insuremeeg</a>.com <a href="https://insuremeeg.com" rel="nofollow">https://insuremeeg.com</a> 718-783-2722 Peugeot Bicycle Stolen out of Driveway on Prospect Ave http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/peugeot-bicycle-stolen-out-of-driveway-on-prospect-ave#post-758988 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:22:39 +0000 saa344 758988@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Hi Neighbors, On 8/28 at 1:30 am, my new (vintage) white Peugeot was stolen out of our driveway. It has a mixte frame, black seat, white hand grips, silver rack and brass bell, sticker that reads 'Brooklyn Vintage Bicycles'. We have security video of the thief and submitted with the police report to NYPD. It was rather disturbing crime as thief came all the way up our long driveway and underneath blue tarp that was over bike to get to it. While I know there is very little chance of getting back my bike, please contact me [/i]immediately [i]if you have information or see it around town. It'll be very good for your karma. Thanks you! Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-754402 Sat, 12 May 2012 05:07:32 +0000 ringrunner 754402@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <a href="http://www.prospectpark.org/about/community-news-updates-post/update-road-sharing-taskforce">http://www.prospectpark.org/about/community-news-updates-post/update-road-sharing-taskforce</a> Update on the Road Sharing Taskforce Posted: 5/03/2012 The NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) have reviewed and finalized the plans recommended by the Prospect Park Road Sharing Taskforce that were presented to the public at the February 28, 2012 public meeting. Based on that process, two additions were made to improve pedestrian safety. The complete list of recommendations appears below. Here’s what you need to know: DOT will begin implementing the Phase 1 Actions on May 11 and will continue to monitor and make any adjustments necessary. We will keep you updated. DOT will start by removing existing stripes and icons and begin striping (repainting) the lanes with the new designations and icons. This includes high visibility crosswalks. Due to the recent milling and repaving, DOT has already restriped with new lane markings and symbols on the Park Drive between the Park Circle and Parkside/Ocean Avenue entrances. This was done in accordance with the new roadway configuration. On that ½ mile section of Park Drive only, the new configurations are in effect. DOT will restripe the rest of the Park Drive in early May. The work is expected to be completed later that month. At that time, the new lane configurations for the rest of the Park Drive will go into effect. DOT has placed Variable (Electronic) Message Boards at Grand Army Plaza, Park Circle and Ocean/Parkside Avenue to indicate road work in progress. New signs will be placed around the Park to indicate proper lane usage. New Rule Cards will be distributed by volunteers around the Park. After the new rules are in effect, NYPD and PEP will continue enforcement of the Park Drive rules. In the fall of 2012, the Road Sharing Taskforce will reconvene to review Phase I Actions and consider Phase II Actions. Phase 1 Actions Crossing Encourage pedestrians to cross at crosswalks and on “green” High Visibility Crosswalks Signage Educational Outreach Foster stop on “red“ for everyone Educational Outreach Ongoing Enforcement (New) The crosswalk at Wellhouse Drive and West Drive (near the Vanderbilt Playground) will be widened from 12 feet to 25 feet. (New) There will be two new crosswalks added to the Park Drive at Grand Army Plaza. Predictability Assign one permanent use to each lane Extend green phase of traffic lights during traffic hours to maintain Level of Service Emphasize one-way use for bicycles Reinforce with outreach, pavement markings, signage, and ongoing enforcement For complete details click Road Sharing Taskforce Highlights. Park Drive – Closed to Traffic Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-754381 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:39:11 +0000 whynot_31 754381@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ progress: <img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s320x320/536458_10150808303382887_166279802886_9688400_1092557352_n.jpg"> PhotoBike Tour 14: KEY WEST ! http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/photobike-tour-14-key-west#post-753007 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:24:27 +0000 JimmyBoi2 753007@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ ILLUSTRATED version at <a href="http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com">PhotoBike Tour 14: Key West!</a> PhotoBike Tour 14: Key West Welcome to Key West! We spent a couple of days here with friends this past week, driving down Sunday with two and driving back up Wednesday with two others. It’s good that everyone drives! Bill was generous in offering to drag my bicycle down so that I could roam at will, and roam I did. We also did a lot of walking. Kirk took most of the foliage pictures; click on any of these to make them larger. Here’s my bike– the one with the white basket– fairly jumping off the rack to get started… This time six of us stayed at the Hyatt Windward Pointe, located at almost the very southeastern tip of the island. It’s far removed from where we usually stay– over in Old Town on the west side– but it was a wonderful change and, if I decided to bike around, I really had to work at it. And it’s breezy along the bikeway that rings the island, making for lots of strenuous exercise and rationalizations: “Do I really need to have TWO Manhattans? Yes, because I can bike them off.” “Do I HAVE to have another helping of spaghetti and meatballs? Yes, because I can bike it off.” “Do I really need to have FIVE gin and tonics? Yes, because you’re on Duval Street and you have to bike all the way EAST, and there will go all those calories.” Calories, schmalories. Here’s a vew from our hotel room, looking south toward Cuba. If you squint, you can see Fidel smoking a cigar. Just across the road is the bike path, and less than a mile to the right is Smathers Beach. Just over the seawall you can see the older, collapsed seawall just below the surface of the water, and it’s become a reef: you see all kinds of fish and sea urchins. Just to the west of the hotel, within walking distance, is the East Martello Museum. This is where you need to go to get a sense of the island’s history and quirkiness; it’s also where Robert the Doll lives forever. We didn’t see Robert this time, but we did pass the store on Duval Street which sells his likeness. I tried to photograph the display of Robert the Doll dolls through the window glass into the closed shop, but the reflection precluded that; it wasn’t until I got home that I saw that the dolls managed to allow themselves to be photographed onto the reflection of the street outside the shop window… See the Robert the Doll dolls floating in the center of the picture? Walking through town, Kirk likes to photograph every bougainvillea bract, every palm tree, every blooming tropical. He has an eye for color and composition, so feast your eyes on the following photographs as seen through Kirk’s lens… OK, this one I took. These are Royal Palms. Me and a GIANT Desert Rose. I spent a few hours on the bike exploring back streets and neighborhoods that most people don’t explore. Me, I see an alleyway, I go down it. I talk to people, ask questions, and find things out. The Albury House, for example, is a house I’ve been obsessed with for twenty-five years. It sold at the end of 2010 after the last family member who lived in it passed on (Bonnie Albury). The house is now being rehabilitated and it’s been scraped clean of its termites and barnacles both inside and out. I almost got inside, but the construction foreman was just about to start a meeting, and I didn’t want to cause an imbroglio. Not that there was much to see inside: you can literally look through the house from front to back now. Here’s the entry hall stairway, which generations of Alburys must have climbed since the house was built in the 1800s… Because it’s 2012 and not 1992, most people are on a budget, and so the six of us decided to each spend a night cooking while we were there. The unit featured a full kitchen, though we had to have a new orange juicer AND kitchen stove swapped out; neither worked, and there were bags of oranges that Jon and John had brought to be squeezed, let alone their chicken and rice, spaghetti and meatballs (Jim and Kirk), and steaks and potatoes and broccoli (Bill and Karl) which were slated for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday suppers respectively. So, we didn’t spend a lot of time in restaurants, though I do recall a lusty and excellent breakfast at Two Friends Patio. We were also planning on meeting locals Susan Kent and DeVonna Howell for breakfast one morning at Flamingo on Duval Street, but the plan fell through and instead I ended up having many, many rollicking cocktails with them at Aqua later the same day. Entertainment one evening was provided by yours truly, lip-synching to the warblings of well-known and obscure girl-groups from 1963 and 1964, ably assisted by my background singers and dancers, who gamely invented stunning new choreography for each verse; Kirk slept through it all, which was a surprise considering we had You Tube cranked as high as it would go. It’s a good thing we were worn out before midnight, or we would have had to do a few turns to the Monkey Stroll. One night we played Trivial Pursuit, which quickly degenerated into a raucous edition of Charades when it was decided that not many of us could answer anything that happened after 1970. I reduced myself to humming the alphabet at my teammates and then slamming the table when I got to the letter that formed the first word of the answer. “H I J K LMNO P!!” Since we were located on the eastern end of the island this trip, I decided to take a good look around. For instance, while biking east along Staples Avenue, I came to a dead end; cars could not continue further because of a cut running from the salt ponds on the island’s north all the way through to the airport. Bikes could access a little bridge, however, and it’s here that I paused and had a look at the scenery. And, looking down into that water, this man-made reef… anything to avoid dragging the grocery cart back to the store! Following are a lot of houses I couldn’t resist falling in love with. Really– these places seem so cozy to me, and with a little TLC might actually be habitable for many more years. On Solares Hill, the island's highest point. This visit we toured the Eco Center, a free museum which features Keys wildlife, sea life, and flora. Aquariums and dioramas show you what’s at stake along the fragile island chain, and a movie in a dark little theatre helps put you to sleep after all that studying. Let me explain– it’s nicely air conditioned, the music is very Enya-esque, and the images are of divers, snorkelers, and fish of all kinds swimming slowly through their underwater world. It’s mesmerizing, and I almost couldn’t get up out of my seat when the movie ended. You stumble into a gift shop, though the thing that impressed me most was the tooled metal border running along the room’s circumference. It features turtles, fish, coral, and the like. Very nice. When I went to take a photo out front, it appeared that an SUV had parked itself right in front of part of the mural; naturally, I bitched, leading Kirk to sputter ” I knew, KNEW you were going to say something!!” Along with the hidden and the obscure, I like to re-visit some old haunts, just to remind myself that some things never change: The West Martello Tower is the home of the Key West Garden Club, and is an amazing place staffed and maintained by volunteers. You can wander its nooks and crannies for hours, and the view from the top of the sweeping Atlantic is incredible. On the grounds of West Martello Tower. The Garden Club library at West Martello Tower. You can sit here in this cool brick room and look at old books devoted to horticulture. What was that old joke? Someone asked Dorothy Parker to use 'horticulture' in a sentence, and she replied "you can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think." The Margaret Truman Drop-Off Launderette, catering to first ladies since, oh, 1800 or so. Inside St. Mary, Star of the Sea. (Sancta Maria, Stella Maris.) They open the side doors for cross-ventilation at St. Mary, which helps dry off your streaming head after biking frantically to Mass and forgetting that you're going to be dripping when you dismount and go inside. St. paul on Duval Street, one of the city's Episcopal churches. It's gorgeous, and when you go inside and see the statues and the holy water fonts and the figural stained glass, you say "it's so Catholic!" Steamship deco in the heart of town... Colorful transport... Two full days go by fast, but if you drink a lot of coffee and Diet Coke you’ll manage to stay energetic enough to traipse hither and yon and up and down and along, though my feet were hurting all day Monday; I think that was because of all that choreography on the unit’s tile floors. When you’re performing, you’re only interested in pleasing your audience, not thinking about how your feet are going to hurt. Jon and John drove us home via Jensen Beach, where we picked up John’s mini pinscher from his dog sitter, and Max was the most well-behaved dog in the universe. Not a bark did I hear, and my Claritin prevented any allergic flare ups because, if I had started to wheeze, one of us would have had to be left by the side of the turnpike…and it wasn’t going to be Max. Jon picked up more oranges for squeezin' in Jensen Beach. Can’t wait to go back ! PhotoBike Tour 13: Leu Gardens and Winter Park, FL http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/photobike-tour-13-leu-gardens-and-winter-park-fl#post-752531 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:41:59 +0000 JimmyBoi2 752531@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <a href="http://JimmyBoi2.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://JimmyBoi2.wordpress.com</a> Beautiful color photos of the plant sale at Leu Gardens, along with some shots from the bicycle of Winter Park... Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735078 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:58:22 +0000 ringrunner 735078@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ ^^^exactly^^^ Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735038 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:11:34 +0000 whynot_31 735038@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>Idlewild <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/5#post-735033">said</a>:</cite> Why is it taking so long? At the very least, markings on the road, and signs clarifying the hours and zones should be a no-brainer. And quick to resolve. </blockquote> Presently the Park Alliance has discretion over how large of priority they make the issue, and may lack the tools to get even simple things like this done. A lawsuit will "clarify the issue" for them; the consequences for not listening to the judge are far more severe than not listening to a users petition or their own Community Committee. My opinion on how I believe this will be ultimately be resolved should not discourage anyone from <a href="http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/after-accident-petition-calls-for-safer-roads-in-prospect-park">signing the petition.</a> After all, the courts should only be used after other methods have been tried. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735035 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:58:25 +0000 yoda 735035@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Prayers for the lady that was hit by the cyclists. the spandex nutjobs are assholes. can't tell how many times i was screamed/cursed at. hope they're banned. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735033 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:03:25 +0000 Idlewild 735033@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>ringrunner <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/5#post-735031">said</a>:</cite> The Prospect Park Alliance "Community Committee" has been working on this for a very long time. </blockquote> Why is it taking so long? At the very least, markings on the road, and signs clarifying the hours and zones should be a no-brainer. And quick to resolve. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735032 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:01:50 +0000 Idlewild 735032@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/5#post-735023">said</a>:</cite> I've signed the petition, but I continue to believe that it will be a semi-skilled injury lawyer who will actually force the Park Alliance to clarify and/or enforce its present rules. I'd like to be wrong. </blockquote> While I agree with you on your theory of the outcome, extra nudging can never hurt. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735031 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:35:06 +0000 ringrunner 735031@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ The Prospect Park Alliance "Community Committee" has been working on this for a very long time. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735023 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:47:12 +0000 whynot_31 735023@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ I've signed the petition, but I continue to believe that it will be a semi-skilled injury lawyer who will actually force the Park Alliance to clarify and/or enforce its present rules. I'd like to be wrong. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735022 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:46:08 +0000 booklaw 735022@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Ditto. Mine was only the 50th signature... Let's go, people... We should be able to do better than that. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735020 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:24:00 +0000 Idlewild 735020@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Signed & Sent. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-735013 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:14:03 +0000 xlizellx 735013@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ I urge you to sign the petition in this link. It's a well-stated petition about park safety. CLICK <a href="http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/after-accident-petition-calls-for-safer-roads-in-prospect-park">HERE</a> for the link that includes the petition. It was put together by Kensington resident Mark Simpson. The petition calls for several measures that he says would help improve park traffic safety, including painting lanes on the main drive to more accurately reflect which lanes are for cyclists and which are for runners and pedestrians (the current painted bicycle lane is meant to be used only when the park is open to car traffic). He would also like to add more signage clearly displaying intended lane usage, move fast bikes to the center lanes, double the number of crosswalks and place yellow flashing lights into the crosswalk lines at the traffic signal crosswalks, where cyclists would be required to stop and wait for any pedestrians to cross before moving onward. “The current signage is confusing,” he said. “The bike lane isn’t where bikes are supposed to be. Right now it’s every man for himself. There seems to be one school of pedestrians who think they have the right of way and its up to cyclist to avoid them. Others are scared to cross even when they have the light.” Simpson hopes that his petition will provide a more moderate plan for improving park safety than that some of the ideas that have been proposed on the local Kensington-Windsor Terrace Yahoo! group, which include banning all fast cycle riders from the park. “There were people calling to ban fast riders from the park,” he said. “I was looking for a more rational approach to how to make the park safer. Simpson plans to present the petition to the Prospect Park Alliance and Councilmember Brad Lander once enough signatures have been gathered. Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-733758 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:52:39 +0000 WTGirl 733758@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ FYI: this was a hit and run The cyclist was wearing a white racing outfit and a white helmet Bike Accident in Prospect Park on Saturday http://brooklynian.com/forum/fort-greene-clinton-hill-bed-stuy/bike-accident-in-prospect-park-on-saturday/page/3#post-733671 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:07:33 +0000 jbeiler 733671@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ IF YOU SAW THE ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY JUNE 11, PLEASE READ: I am writing on behalf of the friends and family of the pedestrian that was severely injured in this accident. If you saw the accident or aftermath, and know where it occurred, could you please get in touch? We will be in the park THIS AFTERNOON SUNDAY, trying to pinpoint the exact location of the crash, and any help would be more appreciated than you know. Please write to me at <a href="mailto:jeremybeiler@gmail.com">jeremybeiler@gmail.com</a> if you are able to meet us, and leave a good way to reach you. Thank you endlessly for your help. We depend on your kindness.