Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The block of Dean Street situated between Flatbush and 6th Avenues will be closed from 10pm to 5am for four nights next week. Dean Street between Flatbush & 6th Avenues via Google MapsFrom Monday, March 19 through Thursday, March 22, crews will fully close off the road for
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DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg joined Assembly Member Dov Hikind on 21st Avenue last year to evaluate potential safety improvements. (Photo via Office of Dov Hikind)This week, Assemblymember Dov Hikind announced enhanced crosswalks are coming to three Bensonhurst intersections and speed bumps along 21st Avenue, after a 2016 meeting between
road work
19th Avenue gets a makeover.Pesky potholes, be gone! Numerous crater-pocked streets throughout Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Borough Park, and Coney Island will be touched up this summer, announced City Council members Mark Treyger and David Greenfield this week. Treyger and Greenfield worked closely with Brooklyn Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Keith
national grid
Photo by @DeeLynn [https://twitter.com/DeeLynn/status/596456056852742144]Many neighbors have asked us about these large wooden barricades that recently went up around trees on several local streets — turns out they’re a protective measure for a bunch of upcoming construction work in the neighborhood. Community Board 6 [http:
road work
Two recently implemented changes to Fort Greene area streets were designed to improve safety and traffic flow, but not all locals think they’re yielding the desired results. A jug handle turn [/blog/2014/08/28/pedestrian-friendly-changes-come-to-two-myrtle-avenue-hubs/] at the intersection of Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues has drivers perplexed, according to
flatbush avenue
Two busy Myrtle Avenue spots have recently gotten/are starting to get a bit more welcoming for pedestrians. Workers installed signage and set up cones last week at the new jughandle turn at Myrtle and Flatbush Avenues [/blog/2014/07/07/lingering-doubts-as-flatbush-myrtle-avenue-jug-handle-turn-plan-moves-forward/] , and have painted initial markings, as the Myrtle
milling and paving
Keep an eye out for no parking signs if you park on the street. The Department of Transportation has milling and paving work scheduled [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf] for various roads around the neighborhood. Friday, June 20 * Rugby Road from Church Avenue to Caton
Argyle Road
We spotted these No Parking signs on Argyle Road today from Cortelyou Road to Dorchester Road for work scheduled to take place tomorrow, March 26. Cars may not be parked on the strip from 7am-4pm, so if you normally park in the area, you’ll have to find a different
congestion
Coney Island Avenue is even more congested than usual today due to curb and sidewalk work between Church and Caton Avenues. The rightmost northbound lane is currently blocked off by cones and occupied by a forklift, forcing all traffic into the left lane, and a worker we spoke to says
milling and paving
The DOT site [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkresurf.pdf] only places paving crews on E 17th Street from Albemarle to Dorchester Road this Thursday and Friday, October 24 and 25, but we spotted a bunch of fresh Wednesday road repair signs growing from trees today on
sanitation
Do you live along one of the streets that’s been milled by the DOT [/blog/transportation/road-work-on-ditmas-avenue-this-week], but not yet paved? “Wonder if road repairs will take care of the puddles,” says our neighbor who sent this photo of Ditmas Avenue and E 17th Street. She says there are
east 21st st
The sinkhole before repairs.Long covered by an upside-down traffic cone, a sinkhole approximately two feet wide and five feet deep has existed for several months at the corner of Emmons Avenue and East 21st Street, near Randazzo’s. After months of complaints from neighbors, the city is finally fixing