Public Transit

11/01/2026 - 13:21

Lefferts Manor Association Comment - Flatbush Bus Lanes from Lincoln to Clarkson. The Lefferts Manor Association represents 600 single family homeowners living just east of Flatbush Avenue up until the west side of Rogers Avenue, from Lincoln Road to the north side of Fenimore street. While we enjoy good access to public transportation including subways running along Flatbush and Nostrand as well as multiple bus lines, the majority of our homeowners are also car owners and drivers and we would be significantly affected by any implementation in our neighborhood of bus lanes on Flatbush Avenue which would remove parking or driving lanes along a 2 way stretch which has only 5 lanes including 2 parking lanes. Over three quarters of our homes are attached without dedicated off street parking. Both street parking and paid off street public garage parking are extremely limited given the larger neighborhood’s high population density. Our residents already complain about the high cost of garage parking and having to circle for hours when they return in the evenings to find an open street parking spot so any policies that would remove scores of street parking spots along Flatbush Avenue would be extremely unwelcome. This problem has been made worse in recent years by scores of Citibike racks installed in street parking spots rather than on wide sidewalks. We urge Community Board 9, the DOT and MTA to study and release data for bus travel times SPECIFICALLY WITHIN the Community Board 9 Flatbush Avenue corridor from Grand Army Plaza to Clarkson Avenue BEFORE determining that bus speeds along this stretch are too slow and that a bus lane is necessary to improve speeds. However should this project move forward, we ask that it be implemented in a way that respects the needs and concerns of our residents, specifically: (1) Implement curbside bus lanes only, not center running bus lanes with a boarding island. Unlike stretches of Flatbush further north and south which have more lanes, we do not have enough lanes for a safely sized center boarding island without removing all street parking along Flatbush (2) Implement limited hours bus lanes during the morning rush only Mon- Fri from 7am – 10am. The northbound parking lane of Flatbush Avenue is already “No Standing” during this time. (3) Street parking on Flatbush Avenue is metered during the day and free overnight from 7am -7pm and we want to maintain this free overnight parking given that street parking and limited garage parking is already so tight throughout the neighborhood. (4) We oppose side street loading zones that would turn the sidewalks in front of our homes which are in residential only zones, into mini warehouses. In order to mitigate the impact on businesses of being unable to stop and deliver in exclusive curbside bus lanes, we think limited hours bus lanes as outlined above is preferable. (5) We very strongly oppose any implementation that would turn Flatbush Avenue into a busway or eliminate left turns as that would block access to our homes and force almost all through traffic onto Bedford Avenue, an all residential street running through the heart of our neighborhood. Congestion is already extremely bad during evening rush hours on Bedford and Rogers where there is an exclusive bus lane.