Elizabeth Press sends these shots of the northeast corner of Hoyt and Schermerhorn in downtown Brooklyn. In what may be a first for New York City, this nifty little DOT reclamation project includes bike racks installed on the roadbed, not the sidewalk. More on that later. First, take a minute to appreciate all the ways this project, which cost a mere $5,000, according to Ben Muessig at the Brooklyn Paper, has improved life for New Yorkers.

[more at: http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/11/30/nypd-sidewalk-hogs-make-way-for-bike-parking-and-benches/]