Police, DOT To Launch Major Driver & Pedestrian Safety Initiative Along Ocean Parkway

As part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Vision Zero program, the NYPD and city Department of Transportation are planning a two-week initiative, beginning Monday, September, 22, to improve safety for drivers and pedestrians along the notoriously dangerous Ocean Parkway, the 66th Precinct said in an email.

According to the precinct, the first full week of the program will focus on pedestrian and driver safety education, including officers visiting schools, church and senior centers throughout the area. Additionally, the precinct will launch an “aggressive flyer campaign” near the Church Avenue F/G subway station, located at Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue. Speed signs will also be present along Ocean Parkway to inform drivers of their speed in relation to the city’s limit of 30 miles per hour.

Then, beginning Monday, September 29, a “full enforcement initiative will take place to set in place a long term effort to reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries along the Ocean Parkway corridor,” the precinct wrote.

“We invite all our elected officials and community leaders to join us next week – we will have police officers, traffic enforcement agents, 66th Precinct Auxiliaries and Explorers working hand in hand with DOT ‘Street Team’ representatives distributing flyers during both the evening and afternoon rush hours at key pedestrian points along Ocean Parkway,” the precinct continued. “We will have an NYPD Command Post at Church Avenue and Ocean Parkway, and an NYPD Community Affairs tent at Church Ave and Avenue C.”

If you’d like more information about the initiative, or would like to get involved, you can email the precinct at 66precinctcc@gmail.com.