Bay Ridge community board asks city for better bike lanes
Bay Ridge could soon become a bicycle rider’s paradise if the city’s Department of Transportation goes along with a request made by the local community board.
At its April 20 meeting, Community Board 10 (Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights) voted overwhelmingly, 30-5, to request that the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) approve the board’s proposal to establish additional bike lanes on local streets and improve existing lanes.
Here are the streets where the community board has requested bike lanes: Sixth Avenue from 67th Street to Fort Hamilton Parkway; Fort Hamilton Parkway from Sixth Avenue to 92nd Street; Fort Hamilton Parkway from 92nd Street to 101st Street; Marine Avenue from Colonial Road to Fort Hamilton Parkway; 68th Street from Shore Parkway to Sixth Avenue; 72nd Street from Colonial Road to Sixth Avenue; and Seventh Avenue from 66th Street to 67th Street, which is a proposed alternate route around the Gowanus Expressway for bicyclists.
Taken together, the bike lanes would form a loop around the northern, eastern, and southern sides of the community board area, StreetsBlog.org reported on April 27.