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Bike

10/02/2026 - 00:19

Bergen St - Hoyt St - Smith St - Brooklyn

Bergen Street is a narrow Street in Boerum Hill. It is one of the few streets that go around the Gowanus. It is a high traffic Street especially for trucks of all sizes. As it is the traffic is backed up at different times during the day. It is also very residential and close to the train stations. It would be a disaster to have parking on only one side with a 2 lane bike lane.. you are destroying our neighborhoods and making it more difficult to live here. Delivery trucks are always here as are construction and repair trucks and others. The bus route is being considered moved because of all this. How dare you move a bus route that many people depend on and make them walk blocks to get the bus. What about the elderly and handicapped.. We already have a bike lane on Bergen Street and bikers at times go in the wrong direction. I have to look 2 ways before I cross a one way street. Having a 2 way bikellane would be even worse. Court Street has been destroyed. Stop destroying what we love about our neighborhoods.

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Bike

10/01/2026 - 18:05

Dean St - Bond St - Hoyt St - Brooklyn

Bike lanes on Dean and Bergen should respect the direction of traffic. Two way bike paths on a one way street seem dangerous to pedestrians. Also, delivery of elderly people by cab or car service should remain viable. Deliveries also need to be accommodated. Daytime enforcement of neighborhood parking permits would calm the neighborhood which is abused by commuters because of the multitude of available subways. Entry to the subways system by commuters should happen earlier where parking lots are available.

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Bike

10/01/2026 - 17:57

Dean St - Hoyt St - Bond St

I support the idea of a bike lane on these streets. It can be tough safely moving east west in the neighborhood. Tree and plant lif, notably water sinks to help vs flooding could be useful depending on the particular location. Greenery is always a win.

Pedestrian

10/01/2026 - 16:28

Dean St - Court St - Boerum Pl - Brooklyn

We do not need a bike lane on Dean Street anywhere between Court Street and Fifth Ave (I couldn’t select 5th Ave in the form) The bike lane on Bergen is problematic as bikers go in both directions (it’s only one-way)

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Pedestrian

10/01/2026 - 16:28

Dean St - Court St - Boerum Pl - Brooklyn

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Bike

10/01/2026 - 14:56

Bergen Street already has a good bike lane and is congested enough by traffic stemming from the back up from Smith Street. It is also a bus route and by rerouting the buses will inconvenience many residents. These are residential streets and it will be a nightmare with honking horns and people fighting over limited parking access. Horrible idea.

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Bike

10/01/2026 - 14:47

Bergen St - Smith St - Hoyt St - Brooklyn

I look forward to building out a robust bike network in this part of Brooklyn. I commute by bike to work every day and for errands, including on Dean and Bergen Streets in Boerum Hill, and do not own a car. More bike infrastructure, please!

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Bike

10/01/2026 - 14:36

Dean St - Smith St - Brooklyn

I'm so excited for this project. As someone who bikes on bergen an dean very often--as well as a pedestrian who sees the rampant parking abuse that goes on on both streets (especially Dean and Smith)--we need safer bikeways that eliminate the ability for drivers to blatantly break parking rules.

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Bike

09/30/2026 - 12:03

Bergen St - Franklin Ave - Bedford Ave

Please Have a fully protected bike lane as part of this Boulevard. Parking protected or fully grade separated. Some of the bike Boulevards in other parts of the city have nice traffic calming but produce to varied of a ride block to clock for bikes. Consistent grade separated bike lanes are simple and make the ride easy and safe. It then doesn't matter as much if a bus runs along the street as long as it's fully grade separated. What would be really awesome is if this street became just a protected bike lane and a separate Bus Only Lane with no car traffic. More Planters are always nice too.

Bike

09/28/2026 - 22:35

Dean St - New York Ave - Brooklyn Ave

I strongly oppose the Bergen/Dean bike boulevard plan! There are already bike lanes on both Bergen and Dean Streets. I have seen a lot of comments about the improvements and protected lanes for bikers, but no consideration for seniors and children that heavily rely on the B65 to transport them to and from their destinations. Moving the bus route to Atlantic Avenue is a horrible idea and would make people who rely on the bus less safe. It also is not in line with the free and fast bus vision because on Atlantic Avenue, it would be even slower considering how many cars and trucks use that main corridor daily. Furthermore, some seniors cannot walk that far to connect to other buses and it would be a struggle for them. There are several schools along both Bergen and Dean B65 bus routes and those students/kids would be require to walk further to get to school. Atlantic Avenue is already congested and to add bus lanes and stops along the corridor would be a nightmare! As a woman especially traveling at night, to get off at Atlantic Avenue and most of it is industrial businesses DOES NOT make me feel safe, but bikers receive protected bike lane boulevards. Please reconsider this plan and actually talk and meet (in person) with the residents who live and work here before you implement anything.

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