Two main avenues in Brooklyn may soon get a makeover as the city
pushes to convert them to one-way traffic. It’s an idea that’s already
stirring up controversy. NY1 Borough reporter Jeanine Ramirez filed the
following report from Park Slope.
Seventh Avenue is a bustling commercial strip in Park Slope with
bus routes, schools and a hospital. There are double parked cars and
traffic gets backed up.
Now to help ease congestion, the city transportation department
wants to make Seventh Avenue one way and do the same to Sixth Avenue.
It’s a plan that’s drawing mixed reaction from residents.
"It’s an unpopular idea because it’s completely unsafe,” said one
area resident. “It’s going to turn Park Slope, which is a residential
community, into one that’s full of traffic."
"I think it’ll ease the flow and I think it’ll be safer for pedestrians. I think it’s a great idea," countered another.
The plan would make Seventh Avenue one way southbound between
Flatbush and Prospect Avenues and Sixth Avenue one-way northbound
between Atlantic Avenue and 23rd Street.
"I’m very worried because you know what this really is? This is
Atlantic Yards coming home to roost in the neighborhood,” said City
Councilman David Yassky…