Confusing and unsafe to navigate this area by bike
There is not a stop sign here and there is also not a crosswalk here, so it is not possible for children to safely cross the street to access the park and playground. There really should be a crosswalk because it is the main way for families to get to the park and to the playground.
Between Richards and VanBrunt there used to be a sign that said that Wolcott Street is not for trucks (except Delivery Trucks), but I've noticed that the sign is gone. Please add the sign back to this street - it is a street with an Elementary School and there is no reason for trucks to be on this street.
Trucks try and fail to make impossible turns here all the time. It's a constant disturbance at all hours.
The 9th street crosswalk signal under the BQE is no where near long enough. If you are able-bodied and you hustle, you might make it across in one cycle. Anyone with a stroller, wheelchair, child, elderly person, groceries, or anything else inhibiting their ability to walk at a very brisk pace will be stuck under the BQE where there is loud, fast traffic on all sides. The area where the crosswalk crosses is also dirty, poorly kept with uneven surfaces covered in bird feces, and is generally unpleasant and feels unsafe at times. I feel fairly confident there are no predominantly white neighborhoods that lack this very very basic accessibility consideration. It’s a shame and a little embarrassing for the city.
Buses get clogged in this space.
Very dangerous for pedestrians to cross here. Needs a crosswalk and stop sign.
Very dangerous road to cross. Cars speed to merge onto Hamilton Ave and don't stop for pedestrians. No crosswalk or stop sign.
Very dangerous road to cross that doesn't have crosswalk or stop sign.
The intersection where Bowne St. merges onto Hamilton Ave and where Hamilton Ave merges into Summit St as it wraps around the tunnel entrance is extremely dangerous to pedestrians. Cars speed and accelerate on both streets as they approach Hamilton Ave. Anyone trying to walk from Richards St at southside of Hamilton to the north side of Hamilton has to cross several very dangerous roads that don't have stop signs or crosswalks.
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