Student Hit By Car Outside Poly Prep School and How Gerrymandering Stops Safety in This Area of Our District
Dr. Noni Thomas López, the head of Poly Prep school spoke at Community Board 10’s meeting tonight
Poly Prep is calling for safer street design for the area outside of their school on 7th Avenue and 92nd Street because there were two students who had incidents with vehicles while leaving school.
On Saturday March 7th, a Poly Prep student was struck by a vehicle. Her mother was picking her up. The student was knocked unconscious. Fortunately she is okay and she is recovering at home.
On Saturday, March 14th, a student was almost hit in the crosswalk outside the school. The driver drove past a steady red light and nearly hit the student.
Sadly, this area of Bay Ridge was gerrymandered out of the district, so you won’t see politicians from Bay Ridge even mentioning this area outside of Poly Prep! Yes, this street is not part of their district, even though it is part of our community. David Carr is the City Councilman from this area and he is very responsive to this community.
The school wants the DOT to do a safety review of 7th Avenue near Poly Prep to make the area safer for Poly Prep students.
Hugs,
marlene
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