Construction is finished on the McGuinness Boulevard redesign, a corridor-wide street safety project in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The project provides parking-protected bike lanes from Meeker Avenue to the Pulaski Bridge. The redesign includes one travel lane in each direction, a parking-protected bike lane in each direction, and curbside lanes for parking and loading on both sides of the boulevard. The corridor forms a critical connection for cyclists traveling between Brooklyn and Queens, serving more than 4,000 daily riders during the summer months.
The redesign shortens pedestrian crossing distances and is intended to reduce dangerous driving. Parking-protected lanes place a row of parked vehicles between cyclists and moving traffic, while the revised lane assignment establishes a consistent street section along the full corridor. The project provides a continuous protected route through Greenpoint rather than requiring cyclists to merge with traffic where the previous treatment ended.
The original redesign was scaled back under former Mayor Adams in August 2024. Mayor Mamdani subsequently committed to restoring the full plan and announced on January 3, days after his inauguration, that NYC DOT would complete the project. Construction began with a May 27 groundbreaking attended by Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson, Flynn, elected officials, and community members. The announcement marked the administration’s first street safety initiative.
Make McGuinness Safe formed in 2021 following the death of Matthew Jensen, a teacher at PS 110 who was killed crossing the boulevard. According to State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, the corridor previously experienced a crash every other day. Parents from PS 110 and coalition members organized hundreds of Greenpoint residents and collected thousands of signatures in support of a full redesign.
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