Sunset Park

R Train repairs push back 4th Avenue redesign

July 18, 2018 By Raanan Geberer Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The 53rd St. R Train station in Sunset Park. Image © 2018 Google Maps photo
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Bike lane repairs to Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park have been delayed to accommodate repairs to MTA’s R train tunnel below, pushing back the construction of surface bike lanes until next year or later. Only 10 blocks of the avenue – between 54th and 64th streets – will be built according to the redesign this year, and that is contingent on MTA’s progress, according to Streetsblog NYC.

The city Department of Transportation’s original plans called for protected bike lanes along Fourth Avenue between 65th and 38th streets to be built this year, with another segment between 38th Street and Atlantic Avenue coming in 2019. A second phase, consisting of a top-to-bottom reconstruction of the avenue, was scheduled to start this fall, Streetsblog said.

However, the underground subway-tunnel work will disrupt the street surface, taking a southbound car lane out of commission, according to Community Board 7 District Manager Jeremy Laufer.

“We are following this construction very closely and are adjusting our implementation schedule in line with the planned work,” a statement from DOT read. “As each phase of subway construction is completed, we will follow behind with the bike lanes.”

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