{"id":195499,"date":"2026-04-13T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/195499\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:12:38","slug":"this-dangerous-brooklyn-intersection-set-for-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/195499\/","title":{"rendered":"This Dangerous Brooklyn Intersection Set For Overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BROOKLYN, NY\u2014 A plan to eliminate a hazardous stretch of roadway surrounding Grand Army Plaza is expected to be announced Monday, first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/13\/nyregion\/grand-army-plaza-prospect-park-brooklyn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plan will advance a long-debated redesign of one of Brooklyn\u2019s most recognizable and dangerous intersections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrand Army Plaza is the gateway to Brooklyn\u2019s backyard, Prospect Park \u2014 and it should welcome New Yorkers with a street design that puts safety first,\u201d Mamdani said in a statement to the Times. \u201cAnyone who\u2019s tried to cross here knows how dangerous and chaotic the streets can be. This redesign is long overdue and will provide a sense of ease and enjoyment to one of Brooklyn\u2019s most important public spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would reconnect the plaza\u2019s central landmark, the Soldiers&#8217; and Sailors&#8217; Memorial Arch, with Prospect Park, restoring the 80-foot-tall structure as a primary entrance to the park, as originally designed.<\/p>\n<p>City officials plan to ban cars along the southern edge of the plaza, from Union Street to Eastern Parkway, removing a four-lane crossing that pedestrians and cyclists now navigate. The changes would reshape the area into a continuous, more accessible public space.<\/p>\n<p>The redesign calls for expanded bike lanes and pedestrian paths, while increasing the plaza\u2019s footprint by roughly three-quarters of an acre \u2014 a 42 percent expansion. Plans would also reduce the number of crossings where pedestrians and cyclists intersect with traffic to 24, down from 39.<\/p>\n<p>The changes aim to transform a space long defined by congestion into one centered on safety and access, reshaping how visitors enter and experience Brooklyn\u2019s largest park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN, NY\u2014 A plan to eliminate a hazardous stretch of roadway surrounding Grand Army Plaza is expected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-195499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}