Ten months after the community board voted "no" on a city plan to build five new miles of bike lanes through Fort Greene, the city has gone ahead and started painting in the cyclist-friendly paths anyway.

The Willoughby Avenue bike lane, which will stretch from Washington Park to Broadway in Bushwick, should be completed by May 26, according to Craig Chin, a Department of Transportation spokesman.

Back in July, the board rejected the new lane by just one vote, with the majority claiming that the lanes would make it more difficult for motorists.

"[Bike lanes] create bottlenecks," board member Cheryl Goodman said at the time. "New lanes