Dean & Bergen Streets
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Comments (1084)
There is a critical cycling infrastructure gap for an east-west corridor to allow access from BK Heights / Atlantic / Downtown area to Brooklyn Bridge park
Unprotected bike lane is in the middle of a high-car traffic area and leading to an extremely busy intersection with lack of traffic law enforcement (running red lights, illegal turns, double-parking) makes this an extremely dangerous section with limited alternative routes
This is a critical gap in north-south cycling infrastructure from Albee Square park / Metrotech area (with bike lane alternatives being available on Jay St/Boreum, which are both high-car traffic corridors)
Cars parked all the way to the Atlantic Ave + double-parked cars + cars driving in the bike line create unsafe conditions for piled up bikers when waiting for green line to cross Atlantic Ave
This is one of the few available access points to City Point are (both commercial, food hall, residential), yet illegally parked & double-parked traffic, combined with narrow sidewalks makes it difficult for both bikers and pedestrians to safely travel through this space.
This is another location where NYPD illegally park their personal vehicles on the sidewalk and in crosswalks with no regard for the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers who use this street. Something needs to be done to get their cars off the sidewalk because it is extremely dangerous.
As part of the MTA’s Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign and concurrent with so-called "street safety improvements"(specifically the development of Bergen and Dean Street Bike Boulevards)there are key changes to B65 Service : the existing B65 service on Dean Street and Bergen Street west of Washington Avenue is proposed to be discontinued...buses are relied upon -demographically by elders and the disabled...this is MINDLESS -MEAN-SPIRITED AGEIST CRUELTY-IT'S INTOLERABLE -for bike bro's? For the less than 3% bike commuters in NYC?
I strongly support these two bike boulevards along the entire corridor! I would love to see it paired with protected bike lanes on Albany, Troy, and Bedford Avenues as well. This could be transformative for cyclists and pedestrians in the area and a dramatic boost to quality of life.
As the photo on this map shows, NYPD illegally parks their personal vehicles all over the sidewalks and bike lanes in this area making it extremely difficult and dangerous to navigate on foot or bike. When other people see this, it gives them the OK to also illegally park wherever they want too, leading to rampant illegal parking. This area in particular will need hardening to prevent NYPD + others illegally parking on sidewalks and in bike lanes. They can take one of the many trains or busses that come here or pay for a garage if they must drive.
Deliveries for the street level retail on this block of Bergen (Flatbush to 5th Ave) often block the bike lane (which also leads to busses not being able to get by and lots of honking). There should be loading zones.
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