A “dangerous” stretch of Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn is set to receive major safety upgrades, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
The project will span from Fountain Avenue to Conduit Avenue along the boulevard in East New York, according to City Hall.
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Linden Boulevard between Fountain and Conduit avenues in Brooklyn is set to receive major safety upgrades, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Department of Transportation said Tuesday
The plan focuses on speeding up buses and making it easier and safer for pedestrians to cross the busy corridor where, on average, someone is hurt in a traffic crash every four days, according to City Hall
Construction is expected to begin later this year, with work wrapping up sometime in 2027
The plan focuses on speeding up buses and making it easier and safer for pedestrians to cross the busy corridor where, on average, someone is hurt in a traffic crash every four days, City Hall said.
“This project will deliver faster, more reliable buses for the 60,000 New Yorkers who rely on them every day — parents getting their kids to school, workers trying to clock in on time, families picking up groceries on the way home,” Mamdani said in a statement. “And redesigning this historically dangerous corridor will make it safer for everyone who has to cross it.”
Construction is expected to begin later this year, with work wrapping up sometime in 2027, according to City Hall.
The plan is set to create eight new bus boarding islands that will also give people a safe place to wait while crossing the corridor, City Hall said.
Two new signalized intersections at Pine and Emerald streets are also planned to shorten the distance that pedestrians will have to walk between crosswalks.
In addition, five “slip lanes” — which allow drivers to switch between express and local lanes — will be closed or redesigned, officials said in a news release.
City Hall said the changes will speed up commutes for riders on six bus routes — the B13, B14, B15, B20, BM5 and Q8 lines — and improve connections to nearby subway lines, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Brookdale Hospital and the Gateway Center shopping complex.
The changes will come as safety remains a top concern along the corridor.
According to City Hall, there were 443 reported traffic injuries along the stretch between 2021 and 2025, including 15 severe injuries and one death.
“Mayor Mamdani has tasked us with delivering fast buses for New Yorkers and our redesign of Linden Boulevard will help deliver on this promise for so many residents in East New York, where these buses are a lifeline to connect to jobs, healthcare appointments and so much more,” DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said in a statement. “With the nearest subway a far walk away, residents here must cross ten lanes of vehicle traffic just to board buses that end up stuck in traffic, behind double-parked cars — that is going to change under the Mamdani administration.”
“The proposal will help bring much-needed safety and order to Linden Boulevard, deliver faster buses for tens of thousands of New Yorkers and better connect neighborhoods long divided by this wide roadway,” he added.