Aggressive Traffic Enforcement To Come to Five Intersections In Brooklyn

The Mayor is getting serious about congestion and just announced 50 intersections across the city where additional traffic enforcement will take place, with cops aggressively issuing tickets to those who”block the box”. NYPD is hiring 50 uniformed officers to do just that.

Five of these intersections are in Brooklyn:

• Flatbush Avenue & 8 Avenue
• Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue
• 86 Street & 7 Avenue
• Tillary Street & Jay Street
• Flatbush Avenue & Myrtle Avenue

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and NYPD Chief Thomas Chan made the announcement at one of the targeted intersections earlier today at Broadway and Broome Street in Manhattan. “Motorists should be advised that officers will be out in force issuing summonses to those who block the box” said NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan.

A driver “blocks the box” when the vehicle enters an intersection without sufficient space on the other side, stranding the vehicle in the intersection, preventing other cars to pass and quickly causing gridlock. Such enforcement was one of the suggestions on how to deal with congestion in a recent report.

Penalties are a minimum fine of $115 and possible points, which can lead to the loss of a driver’s license.

Here is the full list of Clear Intersections across the city:

Manhattan

1. Broadway & West 57 Street
2. Dyer Avenue & West 41 Street
3. Fort Washington Avenue & West 165 Street
4. 3 Avenue & East 36 Street
5. Broadway & Spring Street
6. Delancey Street & Bowery
7. Delancey Street & Allen Street
8. 9 Avenue & West 207 Street
9. 10 Avenue & West 40 Street
10. West Side Highway (9A)/12 AV & West 51 Street
11. Broadway & Canal Street
12. Canal Street & Centre Street
13. Delancey Street & Essex Street
14. Hudson Street & Beach Street/Ericsson Place
15. 3 Avenue & East 57 Street
16. 3 Avenue & East 58 Street
17. 3 Avenue & East 59 Street
18. 3 Avenue & East 35 Street
19. 6 Avenue & Watts Street
20. 10 Avenue & West 41 Street
21. Broadway and Broome Street
22. Broadway and Chambers Street
23. Broadway & West 66 Street
24. Amsterdam Avenue & 181 Street
25. Canal Street & West Broadway
26. Hudson Street & Laight Street
27. Hudson Street & Vestry Street

Queens

28. Queens Boulevard & Skillman Avenue
29. Northern Boulevard & Queens Boulevard
30. Queens Boulevard & Roosevelt Avenue
31. Astoria Boulevard & 31 Street
32. 21 Street & 49 Avenue
33. Laurel Hill Boulevard & 65 Place
34. Queens Midtown Expressway *N S/R & Grand Avenue
35. Main Street & Roosevelt Avenue
36. 71 Avenue & Austin Street
37. 37 Avenue & 138 Street
38. Metropolitan Avenue & 60 Street
39. Queens Plaza South (SR) & 28 Street

The Bronx

40. 135 Street & Third Avenue

Brooklyn

41. Flatbush Avenue & 8 Avenue
42. Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue
43. 86 Street & 7 Avenue
44. Tillary Street & Jay Street
45. Flatbush Avenue & Myrtle Avenue

Staten Island

46. College of Staten Island & Victory Boulevard
47. Narrows Road South & Hylan Boulevard w/b @ Steuben Street
48. Narrows Road South & Hylan Boulevard
49. Narrows Road South & Fingerboard Road
50. Narrows Road North & Fingerboard Road