Traffic Safety Meeting:
Community Board 7
Transportation Committee
Wednesday, March 11th
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Congestion on residential streets, speeding, and road safety near a local school are the focus of the next meeting of Community Board 7's Transportation Committee.
The public is invited to the meeting, which will be held both in person and on Zoom on Wednesday, March 11th, at 6:30 p.m.
Agenda:
- Low Traffic Neighborhoods presented by Open Plans
- Sammy’s Law Implementation presented by Families for Safe Streets
- Community Feedback on current street/traffic status and safety gaps adjacent to 280, MS442, and BUGS schools (area surrounding 19th/20th street and 10th ave)
- Committee discussion on Greenway Event Plans for Spring 2026 (Hamilton Ave to 29th street) and Third Ave Street Improvement Plan Engagement
Attend in person or register to attend online on Zoom at https://bit.ly/4tXGZjQ.
The meeting will also be livestreamed on CB 7's YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/3uQlAtq.
The Low Traffic Neighborhoods proposal would put vehicles that take short cuts onto residential streets back onto bigger, wider streets that were built to accommodate more cars (https://www.openplans.org/low-traffic-neighborhoods).
Under Sammy's Law: "Speed limit reductions will target select schools, Open Streets, Shared
Streets, and other areas, as well as new 'Regional Slow Zones' in each
borough. Sammy’s Law gives
the City of New York the authority to reduce speed limits to 20 MPH on
individual streets, and to 10 MPH on select streets undergoing
safety-related redesigns" (https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2024/sammys-law-enactment.shtml).
Location
Community Board 7 Office
4201 4th Avenue
entrance on 43rd Street and 4th Avenue
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
phone: (718) 854-0003
fax: (718) 436-1142
bk07@cb.nyc.gov
