Boerum Place Median A Wrap
Several politicians and public officials turned out yesterday to celebrate the completion of the Boerum Place planted median. From left to right in this photo, you’ve got Joe Palmieri, DOT Borough Commissioner; John Dew, Community Board #2; Seth Pinsky, President of NYCEDC; Joe Chan, President of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership; David Yassky, Councilmember; Marty Markowitz, Borough…
Several politicians and public officials turned out yesterday to celebrate the completion of the Boerum Place planted median. From left to right in this photo, you’ve got Joe Palmieri, DOT Borough Commissioner; John Dew, Community Board #2; Seth Pinsky, President of NYCEDC; Joe Chan, President of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership; David Yassky, Councilmember; Marty Markowitz, Borough President; Edolphus Towns, Congressmember; Carl Hum, President of Chamber of Commerce. The new median runs all the way from Atlantic Avenue to Fulton Street, and brings order what used to be one of the more hectic traffic spots in the Downtown area. The ride down this stretch is also a little smoother now, as the road was just repaved.
Boerum Place Getting Spruced Up [Brownstoner]
The sidewalks are actually wider!
Petebklyn, Red Hook Lane was demapped and Muss Development (Marriott hotel) continues to work on assembling a development site that includes property on both sides of the street. If he is successful, Red Hook Lane would disappear. Although this site was once considered to be the first to be redeveloped as a result of the rezoning of downtown Brooklyn in 2004, a project here is now not expected in the immediate future. I note that a bank (Commerce? Bank of America? It’s red in any case.) felt comfortable about its long-term prospects to construct a new branch on Fulton Street between Red Hook Lane and Boerum Place.
I know I know, I just want to complain about something.
Is it just me, or are the sidewalks narrower than they were before? If so, bad tradeoff.
billyboomer, the new median is between atlantic and fulton, not near the brooklyn bridge…
I hear no more about that site on upper right of photo. Red Hook Lane. Was being demapped and supposed major building for that corner. SO what happened?
Good Luck turning right or left from the center lane as you approach the Brooklyn Bridge because you can’t. Guess you will be on your way to Manhattan…but thank god for those trees because they will be sucking up the extra Co2 emmissions that you will be spewing because you cannot turn left or right.
I love that they’ve done this and hope the concept spreads to other areas. By the way, I couldn’t help but notice how the politicials and officials are lined up almost perfectly in order of height, like they do in elementary school class photos, right down to Marty, who appears fortunate enough to have found a podium that doesn’t require the use of a phone book to see over.
i think the new median looks amazing. I drive that stretch frequently and there some big beautiful plants there, a few of them look almost tropical. Definately a major improvement, i hope they mantain it. great job.