Mayor Adams orders removal of protected bike lane along stretch of Bedford Avenue

Mayor Adams orders removal of protected bike lane along stretch of Bedford Avenue

Adams recently held a town hall where members of the neighborhood’s Hasidic community criticized the bike lane.

Mayor Eric Adams, DOT to remove part of Bedford Avenue protected bike lane • Brooklyn Paper

Part of the parking-protected bike lane on a hazardous stretch of Bedford Avenue on the border of Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy will be removed and replaced with a non-protected painted bike lane, Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday. About three blocks of the lane, between Flushing and Willoughby Avenue, will be axed, a Department of Transportation spokesperson confirmed. Adams’ statement erroneously referred to “Willoughby Street.” The rest of the pr…