Lots of box trucks and tractor trailers head west on 36th Street and the latter sometimes turn south on 5th Avenue, despite not being a designated truck route. There is a school on this corner and it is difficult to make a left turn onto 5th Avenue going south due to a narrow turn intersection on that part of the avenue. Many of these trucks are thru trucks, not local deliveries.
Very narrow street for tractor trailers and cyclists to share a lane, especially with a lack of protected bike lanes here (it's a "sharrow" bike lane)
Sharp turn for tractor trailers, which, combined with traffic on Astoria Boulevard, means trucks sometimes block the intersection.
Street with "sharrow" painted bike lanes does not provide sufficient protection for cyclists from trucks, particularly because the street is relatively narrow and there is spilled, dry concrete from cement trucks on the part of the road that cyclists use. A physically separated/protected bike lane in both directions is needed.
The road on this overpass is in the worst condition imaginable.
Trucks and cars frequently blow past the stop sign at this intersection; the sign is frequently hidden behind trees, shrubs, or parked vehicles.
Difficult for cyclists biking westbound on Metropolitan to continue on the bike lane on Grand Street because there are no traffic control devices to give cyclists the right of way to cross the travel lane of trucks on Metropolitan.
NYPD vehicles at the precinct frequently block one of the two lanes of traffic on this truck route, requiring trucks to idle longer as they merge into one lane and deal with major congestion. DOT needs to enforce illegal double parking of NYPD vehicles that are never actually responding to an emergency as the reason for the double parking.
There are no protected bike lanes between the vehicle travel lane and painted bike lane. Vehicles speed along the bridge and when trucks pass by you at 25, 30 mph the wind gust they produce can shake your bike, blow dust and gravel, and put you in danger. A protected bike lane with concrete barriers is needed.
Constant pot holes with overweight trucks making the issue worse. Incredible noise throughout all times of night due to th potholes and uneven road
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