The law defines daylighting as 'street design elements for enhancing visibility of cross traffic and pedestrians for motorists approaching an intersection' and is commonly understood to mean the prohibition of parking adjacent to crosswalks.
Coney Island Avenue, Turner Place to Hinckley PlaceNYC DOT is proposing safety improvements on Coney Island Avenue between Turner Place and Hinckley Place in Kensington, Brooklyn. This School Safety project would serve residents and 700+ K through 8 students attending two co-located schools.
The proposal includes replacing the left turn lanes on Coney Island Avenue between Turner Place and Hinckley Place with a planted concrete median in front of the school, providing pedestrian refuge and preventing illegal mid-block U-turns.
To accommodate the median and reduce circuitous vehicular travel, Turner Place would be converted to one-way eastbound (East 8th Street to Coney Island Avenue) only, and Hinckley Place to one-way westbound (Stratford Road to Coney Island Avenue).
Pedestrian safety would be further improved with painted curb extensions to daylight three corners at both intersections adjacent to the school block.
The new median would also beautify the corridor with planted trees.
