Stop sign at Carlton and Prospect Place

Report your feeling of impending doom to the Highway Safety Sergeant at the 77. He is responsible for traffic enforcement, accident reports, hazardous locations, etc.

I think this is a problem too. I think hhe person to contact is Ms. McLean at the 77th Precinct. She's the Community Affairs liaison, and her number is 718-735-0634.

I'm VP of the Prospect Place Block Association, and I would be glad to go the the precinct to share these sorts of concerns. I'm sure other block associations would be glad to deal with this sort of thing as well.

quig wrote: The same thing happens at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Washington. I call it stoptional. If the police would ticket people who don't stop, we would have enough in the budget to fix a lot.

There are already two cops who have the sole purpose of written moving violations in the 77. The write approx 15 tickets a day. There is often a car out after 6:00pm that also only writes moving violations. I guess even with all of those cops writing tickets, they just can't be everywhere all the time.

Det. McLean is a good idea but the Highway Safety Sgt. has the ability to direct his summons people to a certain location whereas Det. McLean does not.

I was going to nominate the one at Eastern and Underhill. You'd think people would realize that there are a lot of stop signs by the time they get to that last one, but no.

Subject: another vote for Underhill & EPA

Stoptional, hell, half the drivers during morning rush hour don't even slow down on the utility road.

I've nearly been clipped and have seen near-misses when crossing with my dog. Lots of parents with strollers & small children at that intersection too.

Would calling Tish help at all, or would she simply refer us all back to the 77th?

Emily wrote: I was going to nominate the one at Eastern and Underhill. You'd think people would realize that there are a lot of stop signs by the time they get to that last one, but no.

There are some very aggressive drivers in SUVs at that Underhill/Eastern Parkway service road crossing, and they have the nerve to get a nasty attitude if you are reluctant to cross the street with their fast-moving behemoths bearing down on you like killer rhinos. Like I am supposed to risk my life so as not to inconvenience them. God forbid they should have to slow down at the sign, never mind come to a full stop.

I think those who want a stop light at Prospect & Carlton will be getting their wish pretty soon. Last fall DOT had traffic counters on both PP and Carlton for about 2 weeks. This is usually the first sign that they are considering a light.

A actually think a light there is a bad idea. While it is true that 90% of the cars going through there do the rolling stop, very few actually run it at full speed. And yes, I know they bear down on you when you want to cross and make you feel like a sitting duck but they still stop and let you cross. I've gotten my share of sneers. Who cares. If they feel inconvenienced that's their problem. I've lived on Prospect between Vandy and Carlton for 7 years and rarely see a full blown running of the stop sign. In fact I don't think that behavior at that stop sign is any worse than any other stop in any other City. Every City has it's share of accidents from people runnning stop signs...NYC does not have a monopoly on idiots and morons.

The reason I think a light is a bad idea is because it will encourage even more speeding. Cars will be racing to make the green or beat the yellow and will really go speeding through the intersection. Don't believe me go stand at any intersection on Seventh Ave. for a few light changes and watch those cars come up the side streets trying to beat the light. I actually think that speeding is a much bigger and much more dangerous problem around the neighborhood than rolling stops. I think because the streets are wider over here cars routinely speed with impunity. At least now they have to slow down for the "rolling stop". With a light they won't necessarily have to stop (and they will try hard not too) and I'll bet there will be alot more accidents at that corner than there are now.

How about speed bumps all the way down Carlton until Pacific St.? That shoudl take care of everything.

Subject: Prospect and Carlton stop sign

I live on this block and both as a pedestrian and as an occasional motorist think that a pedestrian WILL be killed at the intersection sometime soon. Too many drivers are on their F$%^^&*&ing phones, or are too busy racing other cars on the block, to even think stopping is a requirement. Even more important than a light here (which would stop cars from using Carlton like an alternative highway to get around traffic on Flatbush) would be TWO lights: one at Carlton and Park and the other at Carlton and Prospect. Placing lights at these intersections, which are both potentially lethal to crosswalking pedestrians, would greatly decrease potential dangers.