Bed Stuy
Decatur Street (Photo: Greg Lewis/BKLYNER).BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Residents are calling for speed bumps to be installed on Decatur Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Patchen Avenues, and a petition shared by the Decatur Street Block Association [https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SpeedHumpsOnDecaturStreet] that has garnered close to 100 signatures.
Bensonhurst
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsTo slow down drivers and help prevent collisions (involving both cars and pedestrians), the NYC Department of Transportation will be installing additional street bumps on 21st Avenue in Boro Park, announced Councilman David Greenfield. The plan includes three speed bumps, spaced about 250-300 feet apart, on the
News
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
petition
Map of potential speed hump locations via Brad Lander’s office [http://bradlander.nyc/]Council Member Brad Lander [http://bradlander.nationbuilder.com/] is urging community members to support the proposed installation of 15 speed humps throughout Windsor Terrace. The humps, which were initially announced by the Department of Transportation [http:
speed bumps
Photo by Tom PrendergastAfter a car collision at 8th Avenue and Windsor Place a few weeks ago [/blog/crime/collision-at-windsor-place-and-8th-avenue], many readers commented about the need for a traffic light at the intersection. We checked in with the DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml], who
17th street
22nd Street between 6th & 7th Avenues. Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.65862,-73.990404,3a,75y,313.24h,84.81t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sN-B_xT6Q_VKhS8XdQ0EsgQ!2e0!6m1!1e1] .Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/]‘s Transportation Committee will be meeting tonight
noise complaints
Careful if you wind up driving down Rugby later today–new speed bumps have been installed between Glenwood and Avenue H. We first got word the bumps would be going in a few weeks ago, upon hearing that signs–much to the surprise of a few neighbors on the block–
Rugby Road
Since being paved this summer, many of our local blocks are smoother — but not necessarily safer. Now, after losing his family’s cat to a speeding car, one Rugby Road neighbor writes to voice his concerns for other residents of Ditmas Park. Dave says of the double-edged sword between Beverley
4th Avenue
Two new speed bumps have been installed on 5th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues as part of the changes coming to 4th Ave [/blog/transportation/revised-4th-avenue-safety-plan-approved-by-community-board-6] to improve safety along the busy corridor. These were requested by the principal of MS 51 [http://www.ms51.org/], the adjacent school,
23rd Street
Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights [http://www.ccgreenwoodhts.com/is-greenwood-hts-full-of-bumps/] spotted a new speed bump this week on 23rd Street, between 6th and 7th Ave. This particular speed bump was requested about two years ago, so we can’t help but wonder if it will take the DOT [http://www.