October 15, 2007

Will Court Street Be the Next Smith Street?

Last week, CB6 voted to make the reconstruction of Court Street the board’s number one priority in their fiscal year ’09 capital budget requests for the second year in a row. But why’s it so important, and what’s it going to involve? The project covers things like repairing the sidewalks and curbs from Atlantic to Hamilton avenues, and it’s supposed to mirror the recent reconstruction of Smith Street, which is partially credited with turning Smith into the retail powerhouse it is today. The city’s earmarked $11 million for the revamp and said it’ll begin work in 2011. (And it’s almost certainly not going to happen any quicker: Councilman David Yassky said last week that the DOT doesn’t expect to have initial designs for the project for another three years.) Given that these plans are going to be cooking for so long, what do you think the DOT should focus on with the reconstruction? Think it makes sense to expect a Smith Street-like renaissance?
CB6 Budget: The Big 10 [Brownstoner]
CB 6 Manager Expounds on Local Boards [Brooklyn Eagle]

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