New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn have announced the full implementation of the original redesign plan for McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The project, which had previously been scaled back, will now proceed with the installation of parking-protected bike lanes along the entire corridor.
The full redesign will extend the existing parking-protected bike lanes, currently running from Meeker Avenue to Calyer Street, northward to the Pulaski Bridge. Upon completion, McGuinness Boulevard will include one travel lane, one parking-protected bike lane, and one parking/loading lane in each direction. The project is intended to reduce speeding, shorten pedestrian crossings, and create a safer, more accessible corridor for the more than 4,000 daily summer cyclists and surrounding community members.
Similar redesigns implemented in other parts of New York City have been shown to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries by up to 30 percent. The McGuinness Boulevard redesign has long been sought by local advocates following multiple traffic-related deaths and injuries, including the 2021 death of PS 110 teacher Matthew Jensen.
“I’m glad to see Mayor Mamdani make this critical project a priority and to see DOT commit to finishing the full redesign, including protected bike lanes along the entire corridor,” said Representative Nydia Velázquez. “I look forward to continuing to work with DOT to make sure these changes are implemented well and make McGuinness safer for everyone.”
Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail
Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates
Like YIMBY on Facebook
Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews
Excellent. This is the kind of quality of life improvement that makes NYC both safer and more attractive for tax-paying businesses and residents.
Does NYC have non-taxpaying businesses and residents?
Churches.
in addition to churches, college kids, united nations and the very wealthy.