Poor Visibility

05/07/2026 - 10:54

Cars need turn through the bike lane to make a left here and it can be unsafe.

Pedestrian

05/07/2026 - 10:51

A crosswalk would be really helpful here. There is no safe way to cross into the park and the visibility is poor because of street parking on both sides of the road.

Bike

05/07/2026 - 10:49

Really really bumpy road here.

Parking in Bike Lane

05/07/2026 - 10:48

This block is always double parked, sometimes all the way down! It's especially difficult because bikes need to move to the right side of the street near Bedford in order to make a turn onto a busy multilane stretch of road, then move left again one block later to get into the protected lane.

Bike Lane Protection

05/07/2026 - 10:48

My family and I frequently bike down Dean from our home to Bond Street, then Schermerhorn, then the East River bridges. Delivery trucks and other double parked vehicles force us into the car lane about every other block, or more, negating the safety of the bike lanes here. If the DOT is serious about getting people to use bikes and buses, Bergen and Dean have to be totally reenvisioned. Giving away strips of free parking on both sides of the street might not be necessary. You could easily fit a proper protected bike lane if you left car owners a single lane handout of free parking, which would be transformative. What would really help this project succeed though would be the addition of loading zones. Since UPS, FedEx, and others would currently rather pay fines than keep these streets clear and safe, alotting some space for inevitable deliveries would make everything work better.

Bike

05/07/2026 - 10:41

This comment is about the N-S bike corridor, which connects to the E-W corridor on Dean and Bergen. Both corridors would be enhanced with clearer connection and more protection. Vanderbilt below Atlantic is the supposed ideal two-way bike route (not so much during construction but theoretically), but north of Fulton St, the southbound lane on Vanderbilt disappears, even though Vanderbilt remains two-way. Cyclists going south to Vanderbilt are seemingly supposed to use Clermont, and then jog over a block on Fulton with zero protection from the aggressive traffic on Fulton. I believe Vanderbilt had bike lanes on either side the whole way at one point, but for some reason the DOT shifted one to Clermont, making biking harder, more confusing, and less safe. The Dean/Bergen project would benefit from improvements on Vanderbilt.

Freight

05/07/2026 - 10:34

Freight activity for the UPS store results in double-parking that blocks bikers and vehicles, resulting in excessive honking at all hours of the day and dangerous maneuvering for bikers. Please consider design methods to abate this beyond enforcement as that has proven entirely ineffective.

Illegal Parking

05/07/2026 - 10:33

You can see some illegally parked cars on street view, but at the intersections of Grand and Bergen, Grand and Dean, and Classon and Dean, among others, the auto body shops basically double park in and around bike lanes to store cars they're working on. It might be tough for the businesses to adjust to having to use their own space, but the auto body shops in this area totally defeat the point of the bike lanes. Bergen and Dean are the key East-West bike corridor, but they're not really safe -- novice cyclists and kids need not attempt. A physical barrier, NOT JUST A PAINTED BUFFER or flex posts, would probably be needed to keep bike lanes from being abused around these particular intersections, because enforcement is extremely erratic and the auto body shops are brazen.

Bike

05/07/2026 - 10:23

I live on this block and use this Citi Bike dock regularly. (It is occassionally full and could be longer.) It doesn't feel safe to dock and undock bikes where you have to step into the space of other cyclists just trying to navigate the street, not to mention vehicles speeding down the slope of Bergen. Adding a buffer space for Citi Bike users to be able to use the dock safely would be a huge improvement.

Illegal Parking

05/07/2026 - 10:21

The 78th precinct really complicates safety in this area. If possible, physical barriers will help protect spaces for bikes, peds, and vehicles to travel. Despite parking on the sidewalk being illegal, like many precinct's the 78th has painted lines for vehicles to back onto the sidewalk, making the bad behavior "official." At the spot indicated, disabled vehicles are dropped for storage. If this project hopes to succeed, the precinct's poor stewardship of the sidewalks (ADA compliance?) and streets around its perimiter will have to be to reined in.