Weaving Vehicles

04/24/2023 - 19:15

Speed bumps needed before this (60th Street) crosswalk, possibly elevating the crosswalk outright. Third Avenue's whole span between 54th and 60th inclusive is really dangerous for pedestrians because of weaving cars. Bollarded areas at crosswalk and longer traffic light intervals needed.

Bike

04/24/2023 - 18:40

DDC capital project HWK1048D's scope includes a protected bidirectional bike lane on the coastal side of Third Avenue spanning all points north of29th Street but south of Hamilton Avenue, curling westward over the Hamilton Avenue Bridge. DOT's improvements to Third Avenue NEED to contemplate protected perpendicular cycling paths connecting points east of Third Avenue to this important future connection to Red Hook and Carroll Gardens. Right now eastbound and westbound cyclists crossing Third Avenue are in the way of poorly-parked cars and of pedestrians hurrying across the underside of the BQE, endangering all involved. At the N side of 29th Street the DOT has the chance to really connect Industry City to cyclists approaching from points east by carving a bollarded bidirectional bike path curling along the S side of the BQE's supports, and placing a bollarded crosswalk curling around the N side of the BQE's supports. That way cars cannot encroach/park within the path of pedestrians/cyclists AND pedestrians won't be spooked by whizzing bikes. That way the bidirectional bike path could also connect with the mid-roadway bidirectional bike path shown at 29th Street between 3rd Av and 2nd Av on Fig 42, pg 50 of the DOT's "BROOKLYN WATERFRONT GREENWAY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN", further spreading out the chances for a pedestrian-cyclist collision. DOT *could* consider a bidirectional bike lane on the N side of 29th Street between 3rd Av and 4th Av (outside of the scope of this study), currently occupied by a Grainger.

Bike

04/24/2023 - 18:34

DDC capital project HWK1048D's scope includes a protected bidirectional bike lane on the coastal side of Third Avenue spanning all points north of 29th Street but south of Hamilton Avenue, curling westward over the Hamilton Avenue Bridge. DOT's improvements to Third Avenue NEED to contemplate protected perpendicular cycling paths connecting points east of Third Avenue to this important future connection to Red Hook and Carroll Gardens. Right now eastbound and westbound cyclists crossing Third Avenue are in the way of poorly-parked cars and of pedestrians hurrying across the underside of the BQE, endangering all involved. At the S side of 20th Street a bollarded pedestrian crosswalk on the S side of the street should curl around the S side of the BQE's supports, and a dedicated, bollarded westbound bike path should curl around the N side of the BQE's supports. That way cars cannot encroach/park within the path of pedestrians/cyclists AND pedestrians won't be spooked by whizzing bikes. There is an existing westbound dedicated bike path on the S side of 20th Street between 3rd Avenue and 10th Avenue (!). At the S side of 21st Street a bollarded pedestrian crosswalk on the S side of the street should curl around the S side of the BQE's supports, and a dedicated, bollarded eastbound bike path should curl around the N side of the BQE's supports. That way cars cannot encroach/park within the path of pedestrians/cyclists AND pedestrians won't be spooked by whizzing bikes. There is an existing eastbound sharrows spanning the 20th Street thoroughfare between 3rd Avenue and 7th Avenue.

Other

04/24/2023 - 13:16

The South Brooklyn Fencing Club is a favorite destination, but it doesn't feel safe when I walk my kids there

Failure to Yield

04/21/2023 - 09:48

This comment addresses safety conditions slightly out of scope of this project, specifically the intersection of 3rd and 65th. This intersection is incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. There are 5 intersecting roads here, including an on-ramp to the BQE. Driver behavior is consistently reckless as people speed to enter the BQE, and crosswalks are often blocked by illegally parked cars. I have narrowly avoided being hit by cars, vans, and trucks 5 times in the past year, including once with my infant daughter. Furthermore, the lack of safe passages between sunset park and bay ridge effectively cut these neighborhoods off from each other. Addressing the safety conditions at 65th and 3rd should be included in the current efforts to study 3rd avenue safety and I encourage DOT to extend the boundary to terminate at 65th street.

Speeding

04/20/2023 - 20:20

Too many drivers leave the highway speed, posing a threat to pedestrian and bicyclist. Add method to slow down and deter speeding.

Bike

04/20/2023 - 15:13

Put in protected bike lanes the length of 3rd Ave

Pedestrian

04/14/2023 - 10:18

I cross here frequently and it feels incredibly unsafe. There is basically no good pedestrian infrastructure and the cars speed and ignore those on foot. I hate crossing 3rd Ave basically anywhere. I think this whole stretch needs to be redesigned to have less traffic and much, much better pedestrian crossings.

Public Space

04/14/2023 - 08:31

At street level, at 16th and 3rd Ave and 3rd Ave and Prospect Ave conditions are very unsafe with on ramps to BQE and many opportunities for interaction between cars and pedestrians. pedestrian improvements needed

Pedestrian

04/11/2023 - 16:41

Always feel unsafe crossing under here to get to industry city!