As part of the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming project, the New York City Department Of Transportation has recently installed wider sidewalks like the one above at the corner of Smith Street and Bergen Street. The purpose of these "neckdowns" is to provide a safer crossing for pedestrians and to slow traffic across Smith Street.
Unexpectedly, the wider sidewalks serve another purpose. Local skateboarders have been enjoying the curbs to perform some very cool tricks. They sure seems to enjoy themselves.
"The project's goal is to make all types of streets function better for all users of the public space."
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This is crazy and insane to me. Smith Street gets 'quality of life' enhancements at one end, and we have the death trap crossing nightmare at the other end of Smith Street caused by construction at 360 Smith.
Traffic zooms up 3rd street, turning right on the red light, straight onto a crosswalk when pedestrians have the right of way. It's a traffic/pedestrian free for all at that junction during rush hour.
We have a school within a block north on Smith Street, and a preschool within two blocks south on Smith street. I have petitioned the DOT for more traffic signals along lower Smith St, but I have yet to see any action taken.
So to see this go in further up Smith just makes me shake my head in disbelief.
BTW - someone was standing at the 2nd Street subway entrance last night handing out flyers for 'Neighbors against Landmarking', or something like that. I handed mine back - I am thoroughly in favor. But I could not help thinking that standing in front of Hannah Senesh and 360 Smith is exactly the wrong place to be trying to sell the case against landmarking! Have they not been paying attention?
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