A car sits in the middle of a Brooklyn bike lane as workers change its tire \u2014 just one example, cyclists say, of the daily hazards forcing riders out of protected lanes and into moving traffic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see a lot of parked cars here, all the time and I don’t know why the cars are park in bike lane – it’s not a good thing,\u201d said Renee, who lives nearby.<\/p>\n
Cyclists say blocked bike lanes have become a recurring problem along the corridor, leaving riders with little choice but to merge into busy streets alongside cars and trucks.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes these guys are right in the middle of the lane while these people are trying to cross over here. If you don’t know, you can get into a bad accident over here,\u201d said Ben Hernandez.<\/p>\n
According to 311 data, there have already been 21 illegal parking complaints reported at the location this year alone. But the owner of a neighborhood tire shop says the recently installed bike lane has made it harder for businesses like his to operate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t know if we can do anything between the city and the shop, so we can help together – because we need to work,\u201d said Francisco, whose business has been in the neighborhood for more than 35 years.<\/p>\n
Residents say they understand the needs of local businesses, but worry the blocked lanes are creating dangerous conditions for cyclists and pedestrians alike.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey really need to do something about it,\u201d Renee said.<\/p>\n
According to the New York City Department of Transportation, it is illegal for vehicles to drive, park, or stop in a bike lane. Violators can face fines of up to $115.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A car sits in the middle of a Brooklyn bike lane as workers change its tire \u2014 just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-240362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}