Update, July 19th: Implementation will take place on August 15th, weather permitting.
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Update, May 17th: Community Board 7 unanimously voted to support the DOT proposal to make Seeley Street westbound only (going toward McDonald Avenue) and 20th Street northbound only going from Vanderbilt Street to Terrace Place.
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Update, May 15th: DOT's proposal for traffic on Seeley
Street to travel one-way westbound (toward McDonald Avenue) and traffic on 20th Street to travel one-way northbound from Vanderbilt Street to Terrace Place was accepted by the Transportation
Committee tonight by a vote of 8-0, with no abstentions.
The DOT PowerPoint presentation is posted at https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/seeley-st-20-st-may2023.pdf.
The committee will write a letter of recommendation to Community Board
7; if the board votes to approve the proposal at its meeting on Wednesday, work will
begin in late August or early September.
The study had been delayed while the street was closed during building construction.
More than 100 residents registered to attend the meeting. Many of them spoke, and many others participated via chat.
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Seeley Street Study
Monday, May 15th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
From
"List of Street Direction Change Requests to the New York City
Department of Transportation from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022"
Location: Seeley Street from McDonald Avenue to Prospect Park SouthwestThe Department of Transportation has completed a study on converting narrow, residential Seeley Street to a one-way street as a means of calming traffic because of safety issues and congestion. Community Board 7 and Assemblymember Robert Carroll had requested an overall study of the street; DOT interpreted that as a request for conversion to a one-way street.
Request Date: 11/3/2021
Requested by: Community Board 7
Type of Request: One-way conversion
Request Status: Undergoing internal review by NYC DOT
When Seeley Street residents addressed the CB 7 Transportation Committee during its March 2022 meeting, the concerns they presented included speeding, the volume of truck traffic, and the frequency of collisions.
Currently,
navigation apps contribute to traffic and safety problems by directing
westbound drivers (including ride-share drivers) from Prospect Park
Southwest onto Seeley Street. This enables them to cross the Prospect
Expressway without encountering the traffic at Park Circle.
The
DOT will present its as-yet-undisclosed plan to Community Board 7's
Transportation Committee when the committee meets on Monday, May 15th.
The meeting will run from 6:30 p.m. to about 8:30 p.m.
The public will be able to comment at the meeting.
Agenda
1. Seeley Street Study
2. Discussion on Street Renaming for 47th Street between 4th and 5th avenues
2. Discussion on Street Renaming for 47th Street between 4th and 5th avenues
3. Discussion on Neighborhood Loading
Zones
Register to join the Zoom webinar as an attendee by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3UYR0wh.
The meeting can also be viewed on the Community Board 7 YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2ROsJwJ.