Update, June 12th: The proposed bike lane won't be on the agenda at the June 25th Transportation Committee meeting due to time constraints.
Update, June 19th: The presentation has been posted at https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/mcdonald-ave-10-ave-20-st-ft-hamilton-pkwy-jun2025.pdf.]
Update, June 19th: Share your opinions with CB 7 on the Department of Transportation’s plan for a two-way bike lane on McDonald Avenue. Send an e-mail to CB 7 at bk07@cb.nyc.gov.
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A two-way parking-protected bike lane has been proposed for the west side of McDonald Avenue (the Green-Wood Cemetery side) from the 20th Street/10th Avenue intersection to Fort Hamilton Parkway.
The Department of Transportation presented the proposal at Tuesday night's Community Board 7 Transportation Committee meeting.
Vehicles would travel in one northbound lane and one southbound lane; the center lane would become a turn lane.
Bus boarding islands would be constructed to prevent buses from interfering with the flow of traffic when they stop to let passengers on and off.
The bus stop at Terrace Place and McDonald Avenue would be eliminated.
The length of the traffic signals would be coordinated; they currently last for different lengths of time.
A physical barrier between the bike lane and vehicle traffic would eventually be installed, but initially, paint would serve as an indication to drivers to stay out of the bike lane.
Committee members and neighborhood residents raised a number of questions and issues about the proposal in person and in the Zoom chat. Because committee members need time to consider the proposal as well as study residents' comments, the committee didn't vote on the proposal on Tuesday night.
Instead, the discussion will continue at the June 25th meeting of the Transportation Committee. Information about how to participate at the June 25th meeting, either in person or via Zoom, will be provided on this blog when it becomes available.
[Update from Community Board 7, June 12, 2025: The proposed bike lane won't be on the agenda at the June 25th Transportation Committee meeting due to time constraints.]
The entire committee meeting can be viewed on CB 7's YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6UAzgCXhdc. The presentation about the bike lane starts at 1:12:45.
You can get a copy of DOT's nineteen-page PowerPoint presentation by writing to the Community Board 7 office at bk07@cb.nyc.gov.