DETOUR THROUGH WINDSOR TERRACE NEXT WEEKEND DURING BQE CLOSURE

Repair and replacement work on the BQE will cause traffic to be diverted in various parts of Brooklyn next weekend.

 

But thanks to the preemptive activism of neighborhood residents, Community Boards 7, 12, and 14, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, and City Councilmembers Shahana Hanif and Rita Joseph, the New York City Department of  (NYC DOT) has altered its detour routes during the repairs.

 

The original plan would have dumped every southbound car and truck, no matter how large, onto E. 5th Street at Greenwood Avenue, have them travel two blocks on E. 5th, and then have them turn onto Caton Avenue to get to Linden Boulevard.

 

Instead, traffic will exit onto 10th Avenue, turn onto McDonald Avenue, and then turn onto Caton Avenue to get to Linden Boulevard.

 

NYC DOT will announce any future work requiring closures at a later date.

 

From Assemblymember Robert Carroll:

BQE Closure

The NYC DOT has alerted my office to the details of the upcoming BQE closure next weekend. The closure will be from 2 AM Saturday, October 14th to 4 AM Monday, October 16th. 

 

Windsor Terrace and Kensington will be affected, with all eastbound traffic being directed through Prospect Expressway. 

 

Trucks will be directed to the 10th Avenue exit, and then rerouted onto McDonald Ave through to Caton, so be prepared for heavy additional traffic along that route.

 

My office has been in contact with the 72nd Precinct to ensure that traffic safety will be properly enforced throughout this time. 

 

The Hamilton Avenue Eastbound entrance to the BQE will also be closed, meaning that westbound traffic will need to exit at Ft. Hamilton Parkway.

Driving instructions from the NYC DOT: 

Queens-Bound Linden Boulevard Detour

• Exit Gowanus Expressway at Prospect Expressway
• Exit at 10 Avenue
• Turn right onto 10 Avenue
• Turn left onto McDonald Avenue
• Turn left onto Caton Avenue
• Continue onto Linden Boulevard
• Detour routes to Conduit Avenue with connections to Nassau Expressway, Van Wyck Expressway, and the Long Island Expressway via the Van Wyck Expressway

 See also "PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT PROPOSED DIVERSION OF TRAFFIC FROM PROSPECT EXPRESSWAY ONTO E. 5TH STREET AND CATON AVENUE" at https://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2022/08/proposed-diversion-of-traffic-from.html. 

 

NEW TRAFFIC SIGN

A new "No Turns" sign prohibits left turns from Fort Hamilton Parkway onto E. 5th Street. Right turns are already prohibited because traffic on E. 5th Street runs one-way, north to south.

"LOVE YOUR BLOCK" GRANT AWARDS FOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS

Does your block need any of these beautification or revitalization services?

• Trash collection services for a block project
• Clean-up of a vacant lot
• Removal of dead trees from tree pits
• A survey of the block for new tree planting opportunities
• Woodchip mulch provided for gardening projects
• A tree stewardship workshop
• Sanitation enforcement
• Replacement of broken or worn-out litter baskets
• Graffiti removal
• Repair or replacement of damaged or missing street signs
• Repair of damaged or broken street lights
• A bicycle rack, speed bump, or street light survey
• Advertising of projects to recruit community volunteers for beautification efforts

Volunteer-led neighborhood groups (block, tenant, and civic associations and community gardening and school gardening groups) can apply for a Love Your Block grant award for any of those projects. An award entitles a group to

• A grant between $500 and $1,000
• Support from city agencies--including the Departments of Transportation, Sanitation, and Parks & Recreation--to help revitalize a block
• Assistance with local media coverage for a beautification event

Click here for a flyer that provides more details, and click here for the grant application.

Submit your grant application by November 15, 2010.

To ask questions or request an application form, contact Saleen Shah (phone: (212) 822-9566; e-mail: sshah@citizensnyc.org) or January Sanalak (phone: (212) 822-9564; e-mail: jsanalak@citizensnyc.org).

IMPORTANT DATES

October 11, 2010: Information Session
November 15, 2010: Application Deadline
Early December 2010: Grantees Announced
December 8 and 9, 2010: Grantee Orientation
April through June 2011: Project Implementation

STREET-BY-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS ONLINE

A searchable database on the New York City Department of Transportation’s website lists the parking regulations for both sides of every street in all five boroughs. The regulations are on signs that read, for example, "No Parking," "No Parking Anytime," "1 Hour Parking 8:30AM-7PM Except Sunday," and "Bus Stop." The website also provides a detailed description of the meaning of each sign.

To use the database, choose a borough from the drop-down menu, type in the street name (abbreviations are acceptable), click "Get Cross Streets," choose a cross-street from the drop-down menu, choose the other cross-street from the drop-down menu, click "Search," and scroll down the page.

Data is updated six days a week, Mondays through Saturdays. The information is taken from the New York City Department of Transportation’s sign database.

TRAFFIC CALMING ON BEVERLEY ROAD

In early June, City Councilmember Brad Lander reported that the Department of Transportation would be working on several projects in Kensington this summer.

Currently, on Beverley Road, between Church Avenue and E. 2nd Street, traffic calming measures are being put into place to make the street safer for pedestrians and drivers. These measures include

• narrowing the street by widening the sidewalks and creating bulb-outs,
• restriping the crosswalks,
• adding stop bars and other pavement markings, and
• improving signal timing.

A bulb-out widens the curb and the sidewalk. A stop bar is the solid white line where cars are required to stop before reaching a stop sign.

SAFER KENSINGTON STREETS

From our New York City Councilmember, Brad Lander:

Dear Kensington resident,

I've heard from many a number of you about dangerous intersections in the neighborhood -- especially Church Avenue at both McDonald Avenue and Ocean Parkway.

So I am very happy to report on some good news we've received from the NYC Department of Transportation about projects that are taking place this summer:

1. Church Avenue is being repaved, from Old New Utrecht Road to Coney Island Avenue.

2. Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue:

• Installation of new bus shelters on both sides of Church Avenue
• Installation of bulb-outs and pedestrian ramps
  

3. Beverly Road, between Church Avenue and E. 2nd Street:

• Narrow Beverly Road with wider sidewalks and bulb-outs
• Restripe crosswalks, stop bars and other pavement markings
• Improve signal timing
  

4. Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue:

• Raised pedestrian refuge island and median extension
• New pedestrian signals
• New pavement markings to discourage illegal left turns from the southbound service road
• Upgrade No Turn signs
• "Yield to Pedestrian" signs at all approaches
• Restriping of crosswalks, stopbars and other pavement markings
• Improve Signal timing and offset changes

Click here for a full copy of the work DOT is doing at key Church Avenue intersections. Thanks to everyone who contacted my office about this issue. Please keep me updated on whether the improvements are making a difference. And don't hesitate to be in touch with any future observations or concerns about your neighborhood.

Serving the neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope,
Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, and Kensington

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ROAD REMILLING AND RESURFACING SCHEDULE

To find out when road remilling and resurfacing will interrupt parking and reroute traffic, see the Department of Transportation's Weekly Resurfacing Schedule for Brooklyn The current week's work schedule is posted there. If you can't connect to that page, go to Traffic Advisories & Safety Information and click on "Brooklyn Milling & Resurfacing Schedule."

Next week, on Monday, April 26th, and Tuesday, April 27th, work will be done in the daytime on Avenue C from Dahill Road to E. 7th Street.

CHURCH AVENUE TO BE ONE-WAY?

"Hoots and hollers were the order of the day as East Flatbush residents and merchants made it clear that they did not want to see Church Avenue turned into a one-way street. DOT plans to return to the community for further discussion in October."

"One way No way, Flatbush residents declare for Church Avenue," The Brooklyn Paper, July 2, 2009, https://www.brooklynpaper.com/one-way-no-way-flatbush-residents-declare-for-church-avenue-2/