CB 10 demands NYPD put traffic agent at dangerous corner
4th Ave. and 86th Street is scene of numerous crashes, members say
A heavily trafficked Bay Ridge street corner that has been the scene of numerous car accidents in recent years should have a traffic agent to help move things along smoothly, members of Community Board 10 contended.
Members of the board’s Traffic and Transportation Committee are demanding that the New York Police Department (NYPD) assign a traffic agent to the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 86th Street. “It is the second highest collision area in Community Board 10,” Committee Chairman Doris Cruz told two NYPD officials at a meeting on Jan. 8.
The number of car crashes at the corner is second only to the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 65th Street, where the entrance to the Gowanus Expressway is located, board members said.
“We really need someone at 86th and Fourth,” Board Chairman Brian Kieran said.