E 3rd St is currently the best route north from Kensington into Windsor Terrace and towards the 20th St Bike Boulevard. (McDonald Ave is the only other northbound street in this area, and it's very unfriendly to bikes in its current state.) E 3rd St is generally a wide, quiet, residential street, but Kensington drivers are particularly aggressive towards people on bikes, so even just a painted bike lane would go a long way toward making this feel safe to bike.
McDonald Ave is a perfect location for protected bike lanes in each direction. It connects to the subway station and popular businesses at Church Ave, to the Ft Hamilton Parkway protected bike lane, and if it continued north alongside Green-Wood Cemetery, it would be an excellent connection to the 20th St Bike Boulevard. McDonald Ave here is extremely wide today and is prone to cars speeding, double parking, and driving aggressively. Adding protected bike lanes would make it much safer to cross this street as a pedestrian, in addition to making it much safer and more pleasant to bike here.
Please add a westbound (contraflow, protected) bike lane on these blocks of Beverley Rd. I often use Beverley Rd to access the Church Av F/G subway station and nearby businesses on Church Ave and McDonald Ave. Beverley Rd is a nice alternative to Church Ave since it's much quieter in this area, but it only works eastbound due to the one way blocks at the west end. The road here is very wide, so there's plenty of room to add a physically protected westbound bike lane.
A connection from the Parkside Ave protected lane to the popular commercial area on Church Ave would be very useful. The stretch on Caton Ave would definitely need physical protection.
A connection from the Parkside Ave bike lane to the Church Av B/Q subway station would be very useful. The section on Caton Ave would definitely need to be physically protected.
A protected lane connecting the Parade Ground path with the Rugby/Argyle bike lanes is essential. This is a popular route today, but almost everyone bikes on the sidewalk, since Caton Ave is incredibly unfriendly and dangerous as-is.
Since East 17th Street is a wider lane than usual It should support a Northbound conventional bike lane paired with a Southbound East 18th street bike lane - continuing the existing North/South bike structures that are present north of the LIRR cut, on Rugby Rd. & Argyle Rd. in Ditmas Park.
The Bedford Ave bike lane needs protection all along the route as vehicles constantly stop on it, and it abruptly ends at Dean St approaching the extremely dangerous Atlantic Ave intersection! This needs to be improved! Cyclists are left in the middle of traffic merging from Rogers Ave onto Bedford Ave at Dean St, and this is very dangerous!
As a major thoroughfare through many busy neighborhoods, Church Avenue should be targeted as a high priority for protected bike lanes and monitored bus lanes. As it is now, it is harrowing to bike on that corridor, and riding the bus takes way too long. This should be a model for forward thinking infrastructure planning that prioritizes pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users, all of who represent a majority of people living in this area.
It's nice the bedford ave path exists, but it's tough to use because it's not protected. Parts of this route are extremely treacherous. Cars speed and use the bike lane to pass.
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