Other

11/14/2021 - 12:47

Getting rid of traffic lanes on McGuinness Blvd. is a ludicrous idea. The route already is heavily congested during normal business days. Doing so will only force the traffic flow into the side streets and subject the residents of these streets to increased danger of pedestrian collision. The DOT has to realize not everyone rides scooters and bicycles nor due they take kindly of being forced to do so. If the DOT continues their draconian policy of alienating motorists they will find this city devoid of a stable tax base!

Other

11/13/2021 - 21:59

Reducing traffic lanes on McGuiness would be a disaster - not only to the residents on the side streets which would then be flooded with traffic, but to the businesses throughout Greenpoint. Greenpoint is isolated and difficult to navigate already due to its odd layout and limited through streets. We can't destroy these small businesses by taking away ALL the truck routes. What's left if not McGuiness? Leonard Street? Russell? Manhattan Ave is mess enough as it is. And we residents need TRUCKS to live too. Trucks bring us everything we need to function. What resident, shop or industry doesn't need the goods and services they bring? And Greenpoint has mostly mom-and-pop owned shops and small industries struggling to survive. The DOT has to stop punishing people who NEED their cars for work or family, and stop attacking businesses who provide livelihoods to so many locals and support all of us residents in our daily lives. NYC has permanently lost hundreds of thousands of job due to work habits changing over the pandemic... But now it's like the DOT is saying they won't support residents who have a job that requires a car, or any business that needs a truck. This attitude is going to hurt this city's chances of recovering.

Red Light Running

11/13/2021 - 14:29

There are three traffic lights that are spaced too close together. They are at Engert Ave., Newton St., and Humboldt St.. This causes people who want to enter the Humboldt St. onramp to the BQE to blow through both traffic lights at Engert and Newton only to find out that they missed their chance at the light at Humboldt St. The traffic lights situated between Engert Ave. and Newton St. are ridiculously close and timed in such a way as to encourage people to run those lights. I have been almost hit on numerous occasions throughout the years trying to cross McGuinness Blvd. at that corner. Maybe a flashing yellow light signaling an upcoming red light change placed before the traffic lights mentioned will warn drivers that a stop is imminent? Similar to lights on Rt. 13 in the state of Delaware. A Red Light Enforcement camera can then be placed to ticket the offending motorists. It's a shame that teacher had to die crossing at that exact location - Humboldt St. and Mc Guinness Blvd. RIP Matthew Jensen.

Failure to Yield

11/13/2021 - 11:55

Dangerous right turn off of Mcguinness onto Driggs. There is already a turnoff prior to this intersection. There is no visibility for drivers to detect pedestrians crossing Driggs and it's often at high speeds that drivers take this turn. There should be no right turns allowed from the main roadway onto Driggs.

Bike Lane Requested

11/12/2021 - 12:15

Bicycle access to the Pulaski bridge is very poor and dangerous. Some sort of safe lane needs to be put in place

Other

11/11/2021 - 15:53

Please do not choke McGuiness. The new bump-outs on Meeker are already backing up the traffic to the bridge. Greenpoint is a peninsula - water on 2 sides, Meeker has few streets to cross over, and McCarren Park is a wall - if you narrow McGuiness, there's no place for the traffic to go other than the few residential streets that can even fit a truck... we need truck routes to take the burden OFF the residential streets.

Other

11/10/2021 - 22:23

Please do not remove traffic lanes from McGuiness. For the supermarket, the loading dock is already short. Traffic funnels into one lane during deliveries. Eliminating a lane will completely block the street and back up traffic and create a dangerous situation for people walking in the sidewalk. If we want to reduce the potential for injury (and in response to the one hit and run incident from the year), I’d rather see speed bumps added, or rumble strips to reduce speeding. There are bike lanes on adjacent streets that bike traffic can be diverted to. Removing lanes for cars will divert car and truck traffic to residential streets which will create more headache for residents of the neighborhood. It seems one incident is the catalyst for an overhaul that is expensive and unnecessary when there are lower hanging (and less expensive) fruit that can help mitigate the issues described.