The new entrance to The Brooklyn Navy Yard at Sands Street and Navy Street opened this morning. While this is big news on its own, it’s extra exciting for bicyclists. The Navy Yard has been a very bike-friendly place in recent years so it should be no surprise the new road inside the Yard contains a shared bike lane that will become a formal lane when the road is expanded in coming months. Another nice touch: The bike lane inside the Yard connects up with the recently-installed bike lane that runs down the middle of Sands Street from the Manhattan Bridge. Well done! Now we’ll just have to wait for the gate houses to be fully restored.