Why was a Brooklyn School Refused a Traffic Light when a Store Can Get One Easily?
At the April 2018, Community Board 10 Meeting, Jaynemarie Capetanakis, Principal of PS 69 – The Vincent Grippo School described how frustrating it had been since PS 69 was refused a traffic light on 63rd Street and 9th Avenue. The school had to accept other strange alternatives to keep children safe. It begins around 1:52 on this video:
Yesterday, Marty Golden announced a new traffic light will be placed mid-block on 87th Street between 4th and 5th Avenue – outside of Century 21 Department store by October 31st.
Principal Capetanakis said that the school couldn’t get a light because although it’s busy in the morning and at dismissal, there wasn’t enough traffic outside of the school for a 24-hour period. Isn’t the same true for 87th Street? What’s really strange is the study for the traffic light would have been done during a weekday and it’s not that busy during the week. On the weekend, 87th Street is very busy.
Parents on some streets in Bay Ridge can’t get a speed bump or light for children’s safety. Yet, a light is going to be installed in the middle of a block outside of a store. #Strange
Let’s check the money behind this. You can go here and choose top donors on the left.
Here’s what the store donated to Senator Golden’s campaign over the years.
You can see the yearly breakdown here.
Senator Golden announced this light on the same day as parents held a 24-hour vigil outside of Senator Golden’s office. Make no mistake…..a press release was issued so that the story about the traffic light overshadows the story about the 24 hour vigil. We’ve seen this happen many times.
I think it will be interesting to see how much traffic this will make on Fourth Avenue and how it will affect 86th Street too.
Hugs,
marlene
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