Narrow Sidewalk outside PS110 elementary school. Not enough room for parents waiting outside to drop-off / pickup students. Several Tree Beds outside of school limit sidewalk to a very narrow walkway cutting small sidewalk in half. Sidewalk needs to be built out and extended. Perhaps if restaurants can occupy the street in front for dining, the school needs to occupy and create the parking spots around into a sidewalk for students. Not enough room. Trucks ignoring NO TRUCK signage make narrow sidewalk extremely dangerous. PRE-K students (aged 3-4 years old) walk out front door on Monitor in class size average 20 students with 1-2 teachers. Very Dangerous if a child is not listening as ROADWAY is so close & TRUCKS ignore signage & drive aggressively down Monitor.
Aggressive driver of Trucks speed past local elementary school with children as young as 3 years old. These pre-k students use sidewalks outside on Monitor Street to access school playground and garden. Trucks dangerously speed past school. BIG PROBLEM. Trucks ignore NO TRUCK signage from previous two blocks. Need to change street direction of Monitor a block up to prevent Trucks proceeding to use Monitor as a shortcut to BQE (reverse street direction on Monitor between Norman & Nassau where NO TRUCK signage is first posted)
Double parked cars occur during drop off and pickup at elementary school PS110. Trucks ignoring NO TRUCK signage proceed on Monitor Street. Trucks block traffic when they reach double parked cars of parents dropping students at school. Trucks blow horns disturbing classrooms. Trucks can not proceed past blocked cars causing congestion and damaging parked vehicles.
TRUCKS ignore SIGNAGE of NO TRUCK traffic. They continue to ignore NO TRUCK signage which begins at Norman Ave and continues to Meeker. Monitor is home to a public elementary school and public park with playground. Trucks speed down Monitor and use it as a shortcut to BQE from Greenpoint Ave. Street direction on Monitor between Norman & Nassau needs to be reversed to prevent Truck Passage.
Trucks ignore posted NO TRUCK signage. There used to be two signs on each side of the street and one was removed by DOT workers. TRUCKS do not listen and proceed past signage. This section of Monitor between Norman Ave & Nassau Ave should have street direction reversed to prevent TRUCKS from proceeding on street
Trucks ignore NO TRUCK signage daily on block that has a public elementary school with kids as young as 3 years old, in addition to a public park with a playground nearby.
Aggressive DRIVERS speeding. Several parked cars & a van in this location over the past 7 years have been totaled (5-6 vehicles of neighbors).
NO crosswalk located at McGolrick Park Entrance / Exit. Dangerous speeding cars do not slow down for pedestrians crossing out of Park across Monitor Street. Need RAISED CROSSWALK
Speeding trucks IGNORING NO TRUCK signage on Monitor Street between Nassau & Driggs Ave. PS110 school located on this block. McGolrick Park located on this block with playground located towards Nassau Ave.
Removing two lanes of traffic will cause nothing but problems for the driving community of Greenpoint. Instead of uniting the neighborhood, it will cause more of a rift between the driving community and cyclists. Cyclists do not always follow traffic laws and do not yield when turning into oncoming traffic. By getting rid of two major lanes, the backup of traffic and the incessant congestion will be problematic for those getting off of the highways and those trying to get into the city. If you get rid of the median and use that area as a bike lane, you can make a compromise that will be beneficial for everybody. Add more trees to the sidewalks to appease the cyclists if you get rid of the median. The residents that live on McGuinness shouldn't have to give up their peace and quiet to appease cyclists that can ride around on Leonard Street if they are "so scared" of McGuinness.
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