Board 10 has ideas on bringing ‘Vision Zero’ plan to Bay Ridge
After Bill de Blasio vowed to stem the rising tide of pedestrian fatalities in the city and outlined several new safety measures, the district manager of Community Board 10 offered ideas on how the mayor could make Bay Ridge streets safer.
Josephine Beckmann said that 65th Street, a heavily trafficked thoroughfare, could use some safety improvements under the mayor’s new safety transportation plan. The mayor vowed at a press conference last week to reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities down to zero in 10 years.
“The 65th Street corridor, especially at Sixth and Seventh avenues, is a dangerous roadway for motorists and pedestrians. It’s a large volume area,” Beckman told the Brooklyn Eagle. “That whole area has really been built up over the past few years. Where you used to have just warehouses, you have thriving businesses, new residential buildings, and schools. There is a large volume of pedestrian traffic there now.”
The intersection of 65th Street at Sixth Avenue contains a Gowanus Expressway exit as well as local vehicular and pedestrian traffic. There are numerous car accidents at that intersection and at several other spots along 65th Street, Beckmann said.