A busy stretch of Linden Boulevard in East New York could soon see major safety upgrades, as the city moves forward with a redesign.<\/p>\n
The proposed changes target Linden Boulevard between Fountain Avenue and Conduit Avenue.<\/p>\n
According to the city, 443 people were injured in crashes along that stretch between 2021 and 2025, including 15 severe injuries and one fatality.<\/p>\n
Transportation advocates say the roadway\u2019s design is a key problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cLinden Boulevard is a boulevard of death here in New York City. It is incredibly dangerous,\u201d said Alexa Sledge of Transportation Alternatives.<\/p>\n
At roughly 140 feet wide from curb to curb, parts of Linden Boulevard require pedestrians to cross up to 10 lanes of traffic.<\/p>\n
The city\u2019s plan includes adding eight concrete pedestrian islands that will serve as bus boarding areas and shorten crossing distances.<\/p>\n
Some crossings are currently up to five blocks apart. Officials plan to install new traffic signals and crosswalks at Pine Street and Emerald Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just terrible over here\u2026 a lot of little kids go to school by themselves,\u201d said a nearby resident. \u201cSo it would be convenient.\u201d<\/p>\n
The redesign will also add dedicated bus-only lanes to improve transit flow. Most bus routes will remain unchanged, except for a small portion of the B14. <\/p>\n
Advocates say they\u2019re pleased with the plan, but they argue it does not go far enough. They are calling on the city to expand safety improvements along a larger portion of Linden Boulevard, including intersections at Rockaway Parkway and Rockaway Avenue, where 4-year-old Zachariah Padilla and 38-year-old Joseph Bellino were killed in separate hit-and-runs. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis plan, while fantastic, is only a mile long,\u201d Sledge said. \u201cWe\u2019re looking for corridor-wide changes to really make Linden Boulevard safe for every single person.\u201d<\/p>\n
City officials say construction is expected to begin at the end of the summer, with the redesign set to be completed in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A busy stretch of Linden Boulevard in East New York could soon see major safety upgrades, as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-205430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205430","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=205430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}