Williamsburg, NY – We haven’t been able to verify this one with the NYPD yet, but sources tell Gothamist that police — and South Williamsburg’s Shomrim Patrol — arrested two men suspected of attempting to repaint the recently-removed Bedford Avenue bike lane this morning.
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According to tipsters, the neighborhood’s volunteer community watch group responded to reports at around 4 am that two men were using spraypaint to recreate a section of the bike lane, which the Department of Transportation controversially removed from a 14-block stretch of Bedford Avenue last week.
Police arrived at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Rutledge Street and arrested two suspects, sources said.
That story lines up pretty well with this posting by Twitter user WMSBG, which went online about two hours ago: “Police arrested this night two goiyem for re-painting the bike lane on Bedford ave with the help of Shomrim.”
According to Williamboard, cycling activists had already repainted some of the recently-removed bike lane late last week: “A few hipsters took on the initiative and repainted the Bedford av bike lane with paint and brushes late Friday night and it looks pretty charming.” Another commenter on the messageboard said: “i rode bedford this morning and kind of loled at the new bike lane markers. then some jackoff yelled at me in hebrew and did a fake-out move, like he was going to shove me off my bike.”
A spokesman from the NYPD’s press office said he had not been briefed on the reported arrests and that crimes of this nature aren’t always brought to the attention of his office.
Sources at Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct did not immediately respond to calls.
VIN News has independently reached out to Williamsburg Shomrim Patrol, and they have confirmed that they helped this morning apprehend 3 suspects who were repainting the Bedford Avenue bike lanes. All three have gotten summons.
If they were artists from the hood, they shall atleast repaint with some taste, rather than the boring white lines.
Stop blaming the worlds problems and the ICUV BIAS MOSIACH
on our holy brothers 6000 miles away in Yehuda Vshomron,
stop calling going to Kotel etc HISGARUT B”UMOTH
what you people in zip code 11211 are doing is the best example of HISGARUT B”UMOTH
SHAME ON YOU!!!!
These goyim were doing the right thing to try and restore the bike lanes on Bedord…moving it to Kent was a big mistake and will discourage biking and increase pollution and carbon emissions. Hopefully they will be found not guilty and the shomrim should not have gotten involved.
Very funny ,sounds like a couple of bochrim , well hippys… I got a good laugh for a change
i have heard that there werent only goyim painting the bike lane. there were a few chasidim helping out also. one i heard was an einekel of reb elimelech of lizensk.
why is it ok for them (hipsters) to be upset over something that was only added a few months ago but its wrong for people that live there to be upset for something that was taken away from them that they were using for the last 30 plus years??? yes we should all go biking but dont go and force it down someones throat just because you want to work out.
I can’t believe the posters here. When fellow Yidden protest against Chilul Shabbos, they are called the worst names, and when some hipsters blatantly violate the law and illegally paint our roads to get what they want and send a message, they are cheered on as heroes (and Shomrim’s not allowed to do their duty).
Tip to our brothers in Yerushalayim: Maybe use some paint erev Shabbos to divert traffic or close some roads or parking lots, perhaps the world will “paint” you in a better light then…
Oops, I forgot that only the non-frum get positive media and support for their cause…
a shood of d tzaat cause these bike lane r going 2 come back u could even c that the city didnt cross out the outside line only the inside so bikes r going further in there ways & sooner or later the bike lane is coming back lo ooleiny
The one lined bike lane looks pathetic and is a testament to the people that live there.
We can all go back to double parking on both sides of Bedford ave….
Traffic was worse before the bike lane.
Reply to #6 : I’m still trying to find out if he was a grandson of R’ Moishe or R’ Chaim.
I couldn’t
not trying to mix in to your HISRARUS issue, what is, or isn’t considered Hisgarus, but: “then some jackoff yelled at me in hebrew and did a fake-out move, like he was going to shove me off my bike.” might sound like something related to it…
Bedford ave. bike lane was the most nicest & usefull bike lane, leaving the road with 2 full driving lane for cars & keeping the bikes off the driving lanes
when the bike lane was put up for the first time it provided hundreds of parking spaces between 7 – 10 AM, letting the residents to park their cars with no worry of getting ticketed or towed in the morning at 7 AM sharp. & when somebody needs to double park to load or unload the car, blocking the bike lane was a better option than blocking the car lanes & backing up the traffic till Bed. stuy.
now when the bike lanw ia removed unfortunately for some politic reasons, it was changed to Kent Ave. which is totaly destroyed, and can not be used anymore to drive down an avenue without sitting in Williamsburg traffic, and red lights. same happened to Whyte Ave. bet. Williamsburg st. – Flushing ave. same on Harrison ave. bet. Wallabout st. – Flushing ave. same on Vanderbilt ave. bet. Atlantic ave. – Prospecet pk. etc. etc… which are used by hundreds of Williamsburg Yiden daily.
don’t farget the bikes driving on Bedford ave. are not planning to change there route, they are here to stay.
u shomrim guys keep it up u doing a great job & don’t pay attention to all those stupid comments
Response to 18
“Mini vans don’t have lanes, bikes don’t need either”
Completely false. Many times have I come close to being vegetablized for life because of an ignorant driver. Bikes don’t have a steel cage for protection idiot.
We need to do more to encourage bike riding in Brooklyn neighborhoods. All we are doing with our automobile-dependence is putting money in the pockets of Saudi kings and Iranian tyrants, destroying our planet’s climate, and making our neighborhood a traffic-choked nightmare. Many many trips could be done by bike if the streets had safer facilities for bike riding. That is why we need to put the bike lanes back on Bedford Avenue and stop harassing bicyclists. Bicycles are a form of tikkun olam. Can’t you see that or do you have too much exhaust in your eyes?