Flushing Avenue Bike Lane Plans Revealed
The Department of Transportation presented its plans to remake Flushing Avenue as part of the ongoing master-planning of the 14-mile Brooklyn Greenway. Streetsblog, where this image first appeared, summed up the plan this way: The Flushing Avenue project would construct a two-way bike path from Williamsburg Street West to Navy Street, separated from traffic by…
The Department of Transportation presented its plans to remake Flushing Avenue as part of the ongoing master-planning of the 14-mile Brooklyn Greenway. Streetsblog, where this image first appeared, summed up the plan this way:
The Flushing Avenue project would construct a two-way bike path from Williamsburg Street West to Navy Street, separated from traffic by a nine-foot planted median. Vehicle traffic would travel in one westbound lane, between two lanes of parking. Only three curb cuts providing vehicle access to the Brooklyn Navy Yard would interrupt the bike path along the length of the project. Passengers on the B69 and B57 would disembark at bus bulbs constructed in the center median, with eastbound bus routes diverted to Park Avenue.
We’re still not used to those weird parking lanes over on Kent, but hopefully that planted median will make this one work better. There’s a planning workshop for the Greenway at Borough Hall on March 25th. You can also support the non-profit Greenway by attending the fundraiser tonight at ñ in Dumbo from 6 to 8 p.m.
Flushing to Get Two-Way Protected Bike Lane [Brooklyn Paper]
DOT Proposes Flushing Ave Bikeway [Streetsblog]
Is there really that much deman for street parking there? Most people who drive to the Navy Yard actually park in the yard, where there is plenty of parking. These people don’t need to park on the street. And there aren’t many other generators of traffic on the other side of the street. I sa get rid of one of those lanes of parking and keep it a 2-way street. Otherwise I love it. Go Greenway!
This is a good plan.
Basically instead of having two parking lanes and a lane in each direction, one of which is dramatically underused, we’ll now have 2 parking lanes, a vehicle lane and a 2-way bike lane.
Flushing is a useful bike artery between North and Central Brooklyn and to get to the bridges, meanwhile there’s very little car traffic that travels West to East.
This is good urban planning that was presented to and approved by the community.
awesome. the bicycle bridge between hipster and bouxie brooklyn. Coming to love the dot although flushing passes through some orthodox areas – hoping they don’t steamroll this too…
As a bike lane supporter, I gotta say Kent Avenue is pretty lame. Driving feels unsafe (the travel lanes are very constricted), and there is still no safe way for anyone (car, bike, ped) to cross Kent.
At least this plan has a planted median. That should make the green part nicer and provide a better idea of the road as a road.
This honestly sounds like a big improvement to the road. It’s not just the bike path — which I wholly support — but it’s also the Planted Median which will make the street more pleasant and welcoming, as well as clearly demarcated areas of the road… bus stops, parking, bike traffic, motor vehicle traffic, etc etc.
That median better be a vegan-median or there’ll be hell to pay.
Will there be a lane for topless bike riders?
“a nightmare in the making”
That’s the whole point. This is about scoring anti-car points, not about providing real benefits to real road users, whether motorists, cyclists, or pedestrians.
This part of Flushing only gets really busy if the BQE is blocked up and people use it as a shortcut through to DUMBO to join the BQE at Atlantic.
I think the parking lanes on Kent are working fine. If only we could ban drivers who can’t park without taking up three spots things would be peachy.