Dean & Bergen Streets
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This pedestrian crossing has a curb extension in the middle of the pedestrian way that has made dozens of people trip. It's incredibly dangerous and should be removed and redesigned.
People with limited mobility cannot cross Atlantic using this pedestrian crossing because the pedestrian island that's next to the LIRR fence doesn't have an incluned curb. It's a very high step and this is dangerous for everyone. I have seen people tripping while walking distracted. Needless to say, laying on the road if you happen to trip due to this poor design is a life-threatening situation in this stretch of Atlantic Avenue
I want to register my disappointment at the proposed redesign of Dean st as a bike boulevard and the subsequent removal of the B65 bus route from Dean st. Dean st already has a bike lane and does not have the bike traffic to necessitate such an expensive and disruptive redesign. More than that though, this would represent a significant decline in accessibility for the communities that live all along Dean st. The B65 route is essential for everyone. Our neighborhood in particular has a large number of older and differently abled New Yorkers who rely on the B65 in particular to get around. Please consider scrapping this expensive, unnecessary, and ill advised overhaul of Dean st.
Extended curbs for safe pedestrian crossing across Fulton St here please
Please implement Street Improvement Projects (SIP) in the Franklin Ave / Fulton Intersection to make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists. It would be great to have extended curbs, clearer signaling and daylighting measures implemented here given the expected growth in foot traffic in the station with the Atlantic Avenue rezoning already delivering hundreds of new homes in the area.
DOT already made a mess of Underhill Avenue with bike lanes and obstacles in the middle of ghe street that make it difficult for parking, garbage truck and emergency vehicles to traverse. Adding more obstacles with bike Boulevards on Dean and Bergen Streets, further deceasing parking capacity is untenable!
Turning Bergen and Dean Streets into Bike Boulevards is a bad idea. If you want a bike boulevard, Eastern Parkway is the best and safest option as the infrastructure is already there and bikes and pedestrians are already separated from the roadways. It does not upend our neighborhood by taking away desperately needed parking spots. It is criminal to disregard the needs of whole neighborhoods which include working people, disabled and elderly people who need the bus and vehicles for work, family and business, in order to cater to the desires of the Bergen Bike Bus who clearly have multiple options for commuting to school, as they are not riding bikes during snow and rainstorms etc. I’m seriously shocked that our Mayor who was elected as an advocate for the common man, would endorse such a proposal that favors the pet project of the privileged over hard working, people who built our communities!
We live a block from this intersection and we are welcoming a new child into our family next month. Turning Bergen and Dean into a bike boulevard will make this area safer for our family both as pedestrians and potentially cyclists. Right now there is little chance that we will be biking with our child on these streets because it is not safe, despite me biking around this city myself for 15 years. It's simply not safe enough for me to want to risk it with my child, and the new bike boulevards are a step in the right direction.
Very hard for the community to make comments on this proposal without knowing what it really is. The city should be straightforward about what they are ( already) planning so we can properly address concerns. I’m concerned, as a long time resident ion Dean street, that bikes/ e-bikes have become the priority without taking into account the multi use functions of Dean/ Bergen. There’s lots of comments here that say these two streets should become bike only streets. That idea suggests a completely naive understanding of the practical everyday needs/ uses of these streets. These are residential neighborhoods, not just passthrus for bike commuters and e-bike deliveries
Bikes are wonderful. BIKERS are too often another story. Hence, bikers: obey the rules; ride safely for yourselves and pedestrians; stay off the sidewalk; stop at red lights; don’t cut corners at turns or in riding; don’t speed; and defer to pedestrians, older people, parents with strollers. Bikers: ride safely!
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