Potholes Begone! Deutsch Announces Spring Schedule For Street Repavings

The Department of Transportation (DOT) will be taking out some of the pesky potholes in our neighborhood beginning next week, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch announced.

Deutsch allocated $200,000 from his capital budget towards street repaving this year and worked closely with the DOT to identify roadways in his district that are in need of repairs. The councilman said he also requested the roadwork be done at times that will cause minimal traffic disturbances.

Deutsch reported that he brought DOT inspectors to several locations where neighbors reported serious ponding at curbs and street corners. The repavings are expected to alleviate these problems, Deutsch said.

“I am very pleased that the NYC Department of Transportation has listened to my concerns about many of the streets in our district, and approved my requests to have them resurfaced. It is important for the safety of both drivers and pedestrians that our streets are repaved,” Deutsch said in a press release.

The first street repavings are scheduled to begin Monday, March 21. Here is the complete list from Deutsch’s office of the spring schedule:

• Knapp Street, between Voorhies Avenue & Emmons Avenue: March 21 – April 1
• Shore Parkway service road (northbound), between Voorhies Avenue & Nostrand Avenue: March 21 – April 1
• Sheepshead Bay Road, between Avenue Z and Jerome Avenue: March 21 – April 1
• Neptune Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and Sheepshead Bay Road: March 21 – April 1
• Seabreeze Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and West 5th Street: date to be determined
• West 1st Street, between Seabreeze Avenue and West Brighton Avenue: date to be determined
• West 2nd Street, between Seabreeze Avenue and West Brighton Avenue: date to be determined
• West Brighton Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and West 5th Street: date to be determined
• West Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and Shore Parkway: May 16 – May 27
• Brighton 6th Street, between Shore Parkway and Neptune Avenue: May 16 – May 27

A summer and fall schedule is expected be forthcoming. Councilman Deutsch also secured funding last year for to have almost two dozen streets repaved in his district.