[UPDATE BELOW] Is a recently installed bike lane on South 4th Street in Brooklyn—yards from the northern pedestrian/bike entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge—misguiding cyclists onto the sidewalk and into the waiting arms of ticket-writing cops? A reader writes:"As I reach the corner of South 4th Street and South 5th Place, just one short block away from one of the Brooklyn entrances to the Williamsburg bridge, I see that the bike lane arrows turn and......

There was a fatal bicycle accident last night on the Williamsburg Bridge bike and pedestrian path; an initial report tells us that the accident involved "a cyclist vs. a guardrail" and that the cyclist was DOA at the hospital. [Update below.] Unlike last autumn's death of Sam Hindy, who accidentally pedaled onto the Manhattan Bridge roadway, this incident took place on the designated area for cyclists and pedestrians. But sections of the Williamsburg Bridge......

At a hearing about how the MTA could address its budget problems, some old and new ideas were tossed around. One notable suggestion, from former city transportation commissioner Luicius Riccio, was, per the NY Sun, "that the city should consider selling the Williamsburg and Manhattan bridges for $1 to the MTA, which could then charge tolls on commuters and use the revenue to finance mass transit improvements." Theodore Kheel, of Nurture New York's Nature (and......

Just a week after the Pandamonium street party took over a section of Bedford Avenue, a flash mob of scenesters descended upon the Williamsburg Bridge for a concert by art noise rockers Japanther and Ninja Sonik. But this word-of-mouth party, the third of an ongoing series, was different from Pandamonium in that it went on for two hours, from midnight to 2 a.m., before police arrived to ruin the fun. A blogger for Vice was......

Late Wednesday night, an 82-year-old woman crossing Delancey Street at Allen was fatally hit by an SUV driver. The driver, who was traveling west on Delancey, stayed on the scene was not charged with a crime. The Daily News says the woman, Josephine LaPlaca, was known as the "Queen of Delancey Street," because, as one person put it, "She knew everybody and everything about the neighborhood. It's going to be weird without her." Relatives said......

Since an army of sloppy amateurs are expected to mob New York’s bars tonight to toast the anniversary of Prohibition’s end, it might be a good night to pick up a bottle of something or other and bring the celebration home. Imbibers looking for something special in Brooklyn need look no further than the Williamsburg Bridge; the paisans behind the rustic Williamsburg restaurant PT and the romantic North 8th Street D.O.C. Wine Bar have......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a homicide on Melrose Ave. in the Bronx, a lightning strike at 82nd Ave. and 249th St. in Queens, and a hate crime on the walkway of the Williamsburg Bridge. 25-year-old former model and current vice president of the Trump Organization Ivanka Trump was appointed to the board of directors of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. A recent New York Times column noted that investors in Trump's casinos would have......

Through September 4th, Eugene de Salignac's photographs will be shown at the New York Rises exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. What separates this photographer from others who have taken famous shots of this city throughout the ages, is that de Salignac served as photographer for the New York City Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures. He did this for the first three decades of the 20th century (1903 to 1934) and......

The Domino Sugar Refinery might be Brooklyn's signature building representing the borough's industrial history. Looking across the East River from Manhattan while below the Williamsburg Bridge, its presence on the Brooklyn waterfront is dominating. That Manhattan vantage point surrendered its industrial heritage of gasworks and docks more than a century ago, to tenements followed by high-rise apartment housing complexes. Now the factory is an icon of the battle to convert Brooklyn's waterfront from an......

The new commissioner of the Department of Transportation won the hearts of not just bicyclists but other people who love Central Park the other day: Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan told Streetsblog that she was considering a car-free Central Park trial this summer. (It sounds like transverse traffic will remain.) The Sun calls this a departure from "predecessor, Iris Weinshall, who had vetoed a similar plan arguing that closing the park's roadway loop to motorists would worsen......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a DOA floater in the Harlem River at Manhattan's 135th St., a homicide on Church and Nostrand Aves. in Brooklyn, and a jumper was up on the Williamsburg Bridge just before noon this morning. NYC local Steven Herbst won a Hall of Fame award at the International Whistling Convention in Louisberg, NC. When we wrote about former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey's life-sized nude photo he had on display in......

Last week, Deuce Seven put up a striking painting on the Williamsburg Bridge-- but it only ran for a few days before getting buffed. The sign didn't remain clean for long, of course: this busted throwup is currently running there. Even graffiti haters have to admit there is a difference between these two pieces, and that makes us wonder: if the sign isn't going to stay clean anyway, why buff a great piece in......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: three missing children in Brooklyn, a large fight in Queens, and a bank robbery on the Upper East Side. From the Brooklyn Papers, official word that the Park Slope One-Way plan is dead. After seeing Jacob's Ladder, we think Tim Robbins is remarkably brave to consider living in Brooklyn Heights. You know? What, no one else saw that movie? Paul Cortez was sentenced today-- he got 25 years in......

Right now on South 4th Street in Williamsburg (between Bedford and Driggs) - there's some filming going on, for what looks like a bigger production. Anyone know what it could be? We know The Black Donnellys has been filming near the Williamsburg Bridge, but this looks like more of a movie production. Here are some shots of The Black Donnellys Olivia Wilde and her husband Tao Ruspoli - as well as their dog (the......

Winter is usually a quiet time for New York graffiti-- but Deuce Seven has been warming up the scene for the last month. Pieces have appeared all over LES, Williamsburg, and even up on Williamsburg Bridge. No clue where the artist is from-- although the earliest pictures on Flickr seem to indicate a Midwest extraction-- possibly Minneapolis? Tons more pix on Flickr-- try the "Deuse Seven" variant spelling as well. And speaking of New York......

SantaCON was all day yesterday, and well documented of course. Here are some of the pictures that have come in. More photos at Flickr. The Santas went from The Delancey down by the Williamsburg Bridge, up to the SW Corner of Central Park. Did you run in to them? If you go outside right now, we bet you'll be able to see the best "walk of shame" ever, starring hungover Santas with smeared eyeliner. Photos......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a car driving south on the northbound West Side Highway, a school bus accident on the Williamsburg Bridge, and an "escaped prisoner" in Queens. Hypocrites! Streetsblog spotted two NYC traffic cops double-parked for an entire lunch break. The average price of a condo in Dumbo is $1,116,541. Perfectly reasonable! Here's a stack of pretty NYC night pictures Dirty, but accurate: Grand Army Plaza from the air. [Via Curbed.] What......

-- Don't forget: your bids for the site of Dr. Bartha's successful suicide attempt are due tomorrow. -- Related: NYMag has a piece on "where to look for deals right now." They recommend the Upper West Side: "unrenovated models off the park are $5.5 million." Hilarious! -- But there is hope: famous NYU economist Nouriel Roubini says "since 1997, real home prices have increased by about 90 percent. There is no economic fundamental—real income,......

If there is one thing about which Jews and Muslims agree, it’s that pigs are filthy animals. Both religions dictate that their adherents shall not eat nothin’ that ain’t got sense enough to disregard its own feces. But, as Vincent Vega pointed out so succinctly, bacon tastes goooood. Sorry Rabbi Kahn, but I'm with Vincent Vega on this one. And when I’ve got that deliciously sinful hankering for bacon, I head straight to Peter Luger’s......

Weird stuff is happening with the Department of Transportation. First, the head of the bike program, Andrew Vesselovitch, left the DOT last Friday, and his farewell email pointed some serious criticism of the DOT. From Streetsblog: There is much more that the bicycle program could have done than it was allowed to do. The bicycle program, for example, could have produced plans for 40-50 miles of workable bicycle lanes each year. Instead, DOT installed little......

Last night, a 38 year old man rear-ended a Town Car on the Williamsburg Bridge. The Post describes that his body crashed into the livery cab's rear window, and then he was "ricocheted" over the side and into the East River. Leonard Beckett of Queens was found dead floating in the river by police later. And the Daily News says he had been riding into Manhattan with his motorcycle club, the Southside Renegades. Beckett had......

Unless you are in Sonic Youth...you probably love the Pixies. At the very least, you loved the song Where Is My Mind? after hearing it in the movie Fight Club. This Thursday author Ben Sisario will be reading from his new book called "Doolittle," as part of the acclaimed 33 1/3 series. The book takes a look at the 1989 release of the Pixies sonic masterpiece of the same name, gaining insight from the band......

The NYPD just put out a radio alert that Moses Teitelbaum, Grand Rebbe of the Satmar sect of Hasidism, died at Mount Sinai Hospital. Teitelbaum was 91, and had been suffering from spinal cancer. He had been the head of the sect since 1979. Thousands of people are expected to throng the streets of Williamsburg once this announcement gets out-- and things could turn violent, as Teitelbaum's two sons are feuding over who will succeed......

It's not secret that we love panoramic imagery of NYC-- and one of our favorite sources has long been Urban75. Their NYC panorama page has dozens of 360-degree images of the city-- and the November 2005 update added at least a dozen more. Some of the new ones: Orchard Street (seen above), Mercer Street, Battery Park, Ellis Island, Grand Central, East River, Williamsburg Bridge. Awesome!......

Ed. note: This new weekly column will guide you to a subways stop and its surrounding food destinations. We hope that it will inspire you to take some time over the weekend to explore some new food in a new 'hood! While the Marcy Avenue stop on the JMZ line may not be the most popular Subway stop in Williamsburg, you may want to consider it if you are searching for good eats and food......

Probably best to watch this video first! It tracks a bunch of bikers racing through the crowded streets of our fair city-- weaving in and out of traffic. You've got to have balls of steel to be crazy enough to contemplate doing this for a living. Bonus: Lucas' other biking vidoes, and our favorite bike-blog. Also, Times-Up is having a memorial rally today at 2:45 at the Manhattan Side of the Williamsburg Bridge-- it's......

Did anyone else notice the beautifully weird clouds over the city yesterday? We spotted them above the Williamsburg Bridge, just as the sun was starting to set. When we got home, we did a little research-- it seems that this type of cloud can be classified as "altocumulus": Altocumulus may appear as parallel bands (top photograph) or rounded masses (bottom photograph). Typically a portion of an altocumulus cloud is shaded, a characteristic which makes......

- The Egon Schiele show at the Neue seems to be the art show to beat this weekend. The Times gave it a mixed review (too broad, not enough sex), but it still sounds pretty dope. On view till February 20. - Is it as sad as we think it is that every time we hear about another person who has ">fallen down an elevator shaft to their death, all we think about is L.A.......

We were biking across the Williamsburg Bridge yesterday morning when we spotted this amazing wolf pasteup hidden behind one of the fences near the south tower. Hella cool! [Related news from an odd source: Time Magazine has a great 20 image photogallery of NYC Streetart in this week's issue. And for all your NYC streetart needs, check out Streetsy]! Image from Bluejake......

Mother Nature must have realized she ignored us during the summer, as yesterday's rainfall broke records and caused lots of problems. Over 3.5" inches of rain fell yesterday, and with rain on deck for today and tomorrow, it's possible October's rainfall will exceed the 10.53" that fell in July, August and September combined. The NY Times spoke to an AccuWeather meteorologist, who said with the winds coming, it'll be "our first really good northeaster." Well,......