Community Board 10 wants tighter control over Dyker Christmas lights
Neighborhood leaders thinking ahead to holiday traffic
For most, July is way too early to start thinking about Christmas. But not for Dyker Heights officials and civic leaders, who are planning ahead to ensure that the holiday lights display that attracts thousands of tourists to the neighborhood doesn’t get out of hand this year.
Local officials are seeking tighter control over the extravaganza so that traffic can flow smoothly through the streets and residents don’t have major headaches dealing with the influx of visitors.
The holiday lights display stars homeowners living in the area of Dyker Heights that stretches from 11th to 14th avenues and between 82nd and 86th streets. The homeowners proudly mount enormous, eye-catching, colorful, imaginative holiday displays on their front lawns with thousands of twinkling lights, inflatable Santas, giant nutcrackers and sweet snowmen.