Raised Medians Being Installed on Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn and Kingston Aves

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From CB 8's Monthly Newsletter...

DECEMBER 2015

DISTRICT MANAGER'S REPORT

Update on Eastern Parkway between New

York and Albany Avenues: The NYC Dept. of

Design and Construction (DDC) has begun Phase

3 of the Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service, Safe

Routes to Schools spanning four community

boards in the vicinity of the following schools: PS

59, PS 375, Oholei Torah Elementary School, and

Arista Preparatory _School. The project is also in

conjunction with the Nostrand Avenue

Wayfinding Foundations. Please note that Safe

Routes to School is based on Accident Data.

The project includes neckdowns (an extension of

the curb area) to shorten the length of the

crosswalk and also the installation of raised

median islands on Eastern Parkway to provide a

refuge area for pedestrian crossing.

For Oholei Torah, the project includes a

neckdown at the NE corner of Brooklyn Avenue

and Eastern Parkway on the westbound service

road. In addition, a raised median island will be

installed on the west side of the intersection at

Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue. For

Arista Prep, the project includes a raised median at

Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue.

DDC pres~nted on Safe Routes to School at the

June 2012 Community Board meeting and the

Board voted to support the project with the

conditions that they make the raised median

design consistent with the historic nature of

Eastern Parkway and that a left turn signal be

installed at the intersection of Eastern Parkway

and Kinston Avenue.

Question from audience -- what do raised medians on Eastern Parkway do to the West Indian Day Parade?

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Answer from whynot:    Very little.      There are raised medians on the stretch of EP between Washington and GAP, and the parade goes on.

There are signs telling drivers of the medians.   ...walkers can see them too.