Council looks to slow down drivers near schools
Look for changes before classes resume in September
School’s out for the summer, but in the City Council, school is very much on members’ minds.
Brooklyn council members are working on ways, both big and small, to force motorists to slow down when driving past school buildings.
In Gravesend, Councilman Mark Treyger (D-Coney Island-Gravesend-Bensonhurst) teamed up with a political ally, Assemblyman Bill Colton (Gravesend-Bensonhurst), to convince the Department of Transportation (DOT) to install a speed bump on the street outside PS 95 to slow down speeding drivers as they pass the school.
The speed bump will increase the safety of children and other pedestrians as they cross the street near the school at 345 Van Sicklen St., according to Treyger.