WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES MAY 2, 2019 3
Safety fi xes for dicey R’wood corners
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
The Department of Transportation
(DOT) outlined numerous
planned safety improvements on
Myrtle Avenue between St. Nicholas
and Central Avenues in Ridgewood
and Glendale during the Community
Board 5 Transportation and Public
Transit Committees meeting on
April 23.
The stretch of Myrtle Avenue
was targeted by the DOT’s Vision
Zero program, aimed at preventing
traffic deaths and injuries. The
problem stems from what the
proposal deems to be the tract’s
“multi-legged intersections” or the
unwieldy corners and pedestrian
crossings that form Myrtle’s
irregular angle to it cross streets.
The city has reported 148 injuries
and 14 people killed or severely
injured on this one-mile stretch
of Myrtle Avenue between 2013
and 2017.
This project includes the
installation of four painted curb
extensions at three intersections,
two additional crosswalks, and
left turn traffic calming along the
entire corridor.
Myrtle Avenue Photo provided by the Department of Transportation
These traf f ic alterations
are intended to create shorter
crossings for pedestrians and
encourage slower turns for vehicles,
reducing conflicts.
The proposed intersections
include St. Nicholas Avenue, Putnam
Avenue, Seneca Avenue, Onderdonk
Avenue, Summerfield Street and
Central Avenue.
At the meeting, the proposed
changes met resistance over their
elimination of five parking spaces
along the corridor. Several residents
expressed concern that this will
have a detrimental impact on local
businesses that rely on car-bound
patrons.
A DOT representative at the
meeting responded that the agency
had taken this into consideration
in their plans and attempted
to minimize the parking loss
wherever possible.
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