CB10 Transportation Committee Refused the One-Way Traffic Change Proposed for the End of Our District
Community Board 10’s Transportation Committee met to discuss the one-way plan that is proposed for Sunset Park and the end of of our district at 65th Street in Bay Ridge. See video here
Josephine said that the impacted about ten blocks that belong to CB 10, but this can also impact Dyker Heights. They are concerned that 65th Street and 7th Avenue will be a deadhead because CB 10 worked on trying to make that block safer.
Diane Gounardes asked, “Can’t we get the City Council involved in this?” That’s a good question, why hasn’t NYC Council been involved in this plan. It’s a major change.
Menchaca’s office is closed due to the pandemic. Menchaca supports these changes, so the people won’t receive help from him. Menchaca is term-limited and will be out of office soon, so that is a problem.
Councilman Brannan didn’t show up for that meeting the other night! He should have, even though most of his district isn’t involved, he should have been concerned about the adjacent district. Throughout his years, this is one of Brannan’s failures (when Industry City was trying to expand, the people were against it and Brannan was no where to be found). *The Asian Community in Brooklyn deserved NYC Council’s support! I am glad that CB 10 is strongly supporting the people in Sunset Park.
This change will impact 65th Street and therefore it will impact Bay Ridge. How traffic from Sunset Park converges into Bay Ridge affects people.
Community Board 10 is against the existing plan for several reasons – safety was the main concern. Community Board 10 thought the plan was not well-supported and the DOT was not working with the community.
Josephine said they received 10,000 petitions against the proposal. Josephine did a mailing from 5th to 10th Avenue of the area – from 5th to 10th Avenue.
They felt that pedestrian safety concerns were not the concern for the DOT and that the voice of the people who live and work there wasn’t being heard.
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Hugs,
marlene
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