The stretch of Dean between Flatbush and Vanderbilt has had so much construction on it that it is basically unusable by cyclists. It is basically 100% potholes, patches, and rough areas and is incredibly challenging and unsafe to bike on.

Given that NYC is literally the only large city in North America without residential permit parking, perhaps this is a good opportunity to try a pilot program on Dean and Bergen near Barclay's. This would greatly reduce both the number of vehicles on event days by encouraging people to bike or take public transit, and the circling trolling for parking spots at all times of the day and night. The nominal fees raised should go to improve the public realm, as suggested by the parking authority/expert Donald Shoup who literally wrote the book on this. With parking only for residents, we may be able to get neighborhood consensus to free up a full lane now used for parking on Bergen and Dean to repurpose for truly separated safe biking (even for young kids) and planting. It's time to move beyond New York Exceptionalism to New York Awesomeness!

Taxis and service vehicles regularly park in the bike lanes in front of hotels, this is a universal issue.

Hotels along bike lanes are a real issue. People frequently cross midblock without looking to get to the hotel entrance, often leaving from a taxi.

The light timing at this intersection is confusing, especially for pedestrians. I ride my bike each way via this bike path daily, and every day I have to be extremely cautious to avoid running into pedestrians at this intersection. Because traffic flows in one direction, pedestrians are always looking in the direction of traffic and frequently do not look for cyclists riding in the direction opposite traffic. Because the bike green light is timed differently to the traffic light, that means cars are often stopped at the red light, making pedestrians think they should cross, while cyclists have a green. Due to blind spots created by illegaly parked vehicles (OFTEN police vehicles), I frequently have to stop abruptly, even when I have a green light, to avoid hitting pedestrians. This is an accident waiting to happen due to a confluence of factors.

There are always cars parked in the bike lane here. Service/freight vehicles and police vehicles most commonly. It creates a very unsafe condition at the intersection. The lane becomes very narrow, the blindspots created prevent cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians from seeing one another easily.

I don't know what the answer is, but I ride my bike via this route daily and it isn't working. Anywhere where you have the bike lane directionality in opposition to the traffic direction, you create a condition that incentivizes cyclists to go the wrong way in the bike lane. Every day I have to swerve, crowd to the side, or stop to avoid getting hit by cyclists going with the direction/flow of traffic, but against the direction marked for the bike lane. I can't blame them entirely, because it's very confusing and counterintuitive to everyone for hte bike lane to be in the opposite direction of the vehicular traffic. PLEASE rethink this. Understand behavior and don't plan out pathways on paper that go against expectations.

There are very often cars parked in the bike lane here due to the hotel. In the mornings, there are often trucks that service the hotel delivering goods. At other times there are frequently taxis parked here picking up or dropping off passengers to the hotel. It's a city-wide problem of how to deal with bike lanes that fall on streets with hotels on them.

I use this bike lane daily and more often than not, there are cars parked here, people crossing midblock, police standing in the bike lane. It's super frustrating.