Kickstand Coffee launches this Saturday May 15th at McCarren Park in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Kickstand uses bicycles for transportation and for a portion of their power in brewing coffee. You can check them out on their website or @kickstandcoffee.
Read more →Stumbled upon this video with my namesake and had to post it up. According to the guy taking us over the Brooklyn bridge to Williamsburg (which doesn’t even take you there) you can find David Byrne’s bike rack called the “hipster.” Good for a laugh. Enjoy.
Read more →Tonight! January 25: The Great Williamsburg Bike Wars: A Public Debate. Saturday January 30th: Haiti Benefit Race @ Tompkins Square Park followed by an after party w/goldsprints @ Bklyn Wrek Room
Read more →Last week the DOT stripped 14 blocks of bike lane off the street neighboring Bedford Ave with no warning or community voice. A group called “OccupyEverything” succeeded in repainting the lane anyway!
Read more →Let’s talk about this issue that has been plaguing the streets of Brooklyn for sometime now…particularly the street of Kent Ave. in Williamsburg. The Hasidic community is complaining that they have nowhere to part their giant minivans because of the new installation. First they threatened to block the streets. Then they put this detour sign up stating ”bus drivers [...]
Read more →Rather than head over to the regular Halloween Parade in Chelsea this year or in case you missed the doggie parade in Tompkins Square (which I did:(, hop on your bike and head over to… 8:45pm Brooklyn’s First Halloween Bike Ride Friday, Oct 31st Meet at the Brooklyn Side of Williamsburg Bridge bike path followed [...]
Read more →Nasty weather was no mater for the kids from Williamsburg. The 6th Annual Brooklyn Bike Kill which may actually stand for drunken, dirty, debauchery took place this past weekend. We hope they hosed down the street afterward. This boot bike is by far my favorite [via Gothamist]. No photos of bike gangs with helmets? I [...]
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