Pathway to Barclays May Get a Facelift
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership wants to make over Flatbush from the Fulton Mall to Barclays Center, DNAinfo reported. The group is asking local politicians for their support and help drumming up about $7,000,000 for the project. The improvements would extend Phase I of the Flatbush Avenue streetscape project, which is now complete (and cost $23,000,000)…
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership wants to make over Flatbush from the Fulton Mall to Barclays Center, DNAinfo reported. The group is asking local politicians for their support and help drumming up about $7,000,000 for the project. The improvements would extend Phase I of the Flatbush Avenue streetscape project, which is now complete (and cost $23,000,000) from Dekalb to 4th Avenue.
Upgrades would include new sidewalks, benches, plantings, streetlights, and a new median. Phase I of the project brought similar changes to Flatbush Avenue Extension between Tillary and Fulton, pictured above. The DOT has been working on streetscape improvements on the other side of Flatbush in Park Slope since 2010.
Group Wants $7 Million to Improve Route to Barclays Center [DNAinfo]
Photo by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
$7M is a lot of dough that can be better spend elsewhere.
Meanwhile, the “other” entrance to Barclays, Atlantic Ave in the other direction, continues to be a total deathtrap.
Medians are nice for pedestrians to look at, too! I think this should be considered a win for everyone.
Seriously. I hardly ever am in a car or even a cab, but even on the rare occasions, the fact that it now takes massive convolutions to get from Fort Greene/Clinton Hill to Pacific Street west of Fourth Ave is distinctly annoying.
Take the G train
LOL.
was gonna say something similar.