Traffic and transit

Vanderbilt Avenue is the main street of Prospect Heights. Two years ago, PHNDC worked with the Brooklyn Borough President, Councilmember Letitia James, Community Board 8, and Brooklyn DOT to calm traffic on the avenue by creating medians and left turn bays. The improvements resulted in slower auto speeds, fewer accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians, and more use of Vanderbilt Avenue by cyclists.

Now, DOT has proposed further enhancements to Vanderbilt Avenue, including

• bicycle lanes connecting Bergen and Dean lanes with Plaza Street and the entrance to Prospect Park,
• landscaped pedestrian crossings at Park Place, Bergen Street and Dean Street, and
• a raised and landscaped median between Prospect Place and St. Marks Avenue.

A PDF of DOT's presentation of the plans to Community Board 8 is available from the DOT's web site.

The new bike lanes and landscaping will make Vanderbilt Avenue a more livable community street for residents and business owners, and will increase its safety for use by pedestrians and cyclists.

PHNDC applauds DOT's initiative in making Prospect Heights’ main street safer and more attractive, as well as a better resource for our cyclists.

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