In November 2014, the Kensington-Windsor Terrace community in Brooklyn lost 14-year-old Mohammad 'Naiem' Uddin, who was struck and killed by a hit and run driver in the crosswalk at Caton Avenue and E. 7th Street while crossing with the light. With the opening of the new PS/IS 437 building at Caton Ave and E. 7th Street and the existing PS 130 at 70 Ocean Parkway as well as nearby schools like PS 230 and the Prospect Charter, there will be an increased flow of children and families in this area. Clearly, there is an urgent need to make our streets safer for all who live, work and attend school in this neighborhood.
We, the undersigned, support the Caton Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project proposed by the New York City Department of Transportation as described in their presentation found at http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-05-...
In brief, the project will:
1. Install new pedestrian crosswalks and signals along Caton Ave to improve access and safety
2. Create a safer pedestrian crossing at the Northbound Ocean Parkway Service road by adding a left turn signal which will delay vehicles from making a turn from Caton Ave while pedestrians cross and will reduce pedestrian-vehicle conflict
3. Build three pedestrian islands along Caton Ave to shorten crossing distance
4. Convert the Caton Ave corridor to one lane in each direction with left turn lanes to improve alignment and reduce speeding
5. Modify street directions in neighborhood (specifically E. 7th and E. 8th Streets, just North of Caton Ave) to improve mobility and accommodate school activity
6. "Daylight" several intersections to improve pedestrian and vehicular visibility and reduce traffic accidents by removing 1-2 parking spots per intersection. (Total number of spots to be removed is 5.)
7. Move Eastbound B16 bus stop from SW corner of Caton Ave & Ocean Parkway to the bridge on Caton Ave that passes over Ocean Parkway to improve bus operation and improve traffic flow
We urge Community Board 7 to vote in favor of the Department of Transportation's proposed Caton Ave Project, which we believe will make this area safer for pedestrians, drivers and cyclists alike.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 7, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
June 2, 2015
61 Comments
Yesterday I screamed to stop a driver who was backing up from the access road on Ocean Parkway into the intersection to get onto Caton Ave. He nearly plowed down an elderly woman! It was very close. I have two small children and the streets here are a mess. Please help make our neighborhood safer. Thank you!
I am a parent of two students at PS 130 and I am a driver that passes the intersection twice daily. That intersection is dangerous and needs to be addressed immediately. The cars are speeding by to get to parkside ave, the street suddenly curves, and thee are little to no white lines dividing the lanes.
As a parent of a child who will be attending PS/IS 437 next year I'm very concerned about the current traffic situation in the area. I'm supportive of all the traffic calming measures proposed.
I watched a truck blow a red light to make a left turn in front of another double parked truck at the exact corner where Mohammed was killed. In front of the brand new school. Please help us make Caton Avenue safer.
We live on Caton Avenue and are desperate to have the traffic situation remedied. It's a noisy, smelly, unsafe route through a beautiful neighborhood filled with children. There must a better way to move truck traffic through the borough.
Thank you for making our neighborhood safer!
As a resident of the area I find it a travesty that I have to constantly be on the lookout for motorists that speed down residential streets and do not care about the safety of pedestrians. Mohammad 'Naiem' Uddin was killed crossing the street that I live on and nothing has changed with regards to pedestrian safety on the street since that poor child was killed.
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In November 2014, the Kensington-Windsor Terrace community in Brooklyn lost 14-year-old Mohammad 'Naiem' Uddin, who was struck and killed by a hit and run driver in the crosswalk at Caton Avenue and E. 7th Street while crossing with the light. With the opening of the new PS/IS 437 building at Caton Ave and E. 7th Street and the existing PS 130 at 70 Ocean Parkway as well as nearby schools like PS 230 and the Prospect Charter, there will be an increased flow of children and families in this area. Clearly, there is an urgent need to make our streets safer for all who live, work and attend school in this neighborhood.
We, the undersigned, support the Caton Avenue Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project proposed by the New York City Department of Transportation as described in their presentation found at http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-05-...
In brief, the project will:
1. Install new pedestrian crosswalks and signals along Caton Ave to improve access and safety
2. Create a safer pedestrian crossing at the Northbound Ocean Parkway Service road by adding a left turn signal which will delay vehicles from making a turn from Caton Ave while pedestrians cross and will reduce pedestrian-vehicle conflict
3. Build three pedestrian islands along Caton Ave to shorten crossing distance
4. Convert the Caton Ave corridor to one lane in each direction with left turn lanes to improve alignment and reduce speeding
5. Modify street directions in neighborhood (specifically E. 7th and E. 8th Streets, just North of Caton Ave) to improve mobility and accommodate school activity
6. "Daylight" several intersections to improve pedestrian and vehicular visibility and reduce traffic accidents by removing 1-2 parking spots per intersection. (Total number of spots to be removed is 5.)
7. Move Eastbound B16 bus stop from SW corner of Caton Ave & Ocean Parkway to the bridge on Caton Ave that passes over Ocean Parkway to improve bus operation and improve traffic flow
We urge Community Board 7 to vote in favor of the Department of Transportation's proposed Caton Ave Project, which we believe will make this area safer for pedestrians, drivers and cyclists alike.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 7, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
June 2, 2015
61 Comments
I am a teacher at PS 130 and work with the very students that this project can protect. With the September opening of another school building on Caton Avenue bringing a surge of children to the area, this project seems like a no-brainer!
Yesterday I screamed to stop a driver who was backing up from the access road on Ocean Parkway into the intersection to get onto Caton Ave. He nearly plowed down an elderly woman! It was very close. I have two small children and the streets here are a mess. Please help make our neighborhood safer. Thank you!
I am a parent of two students at PS 130 and I am a driver that passes the intersection twice daily. That intersection is dangerous and needs to be addressed immediately. The cars are speeding by to get to parkside ave, the street suddenly curves, and thee are little to no white lines dividing the lanes.
As a parent of a child who will be attending PS/IS 437 next year I'm very concerned about the current traffic situation in the area. I'm supportive of all the traffic calming measures proposed.
I watched a truck blow a red light to make a left turn in front of another double parked truck at the exact corner where Mohammed was killed. In front of the brand new school. Please help us make Caton Avenue safer.
We live on Caton Avenue and are desperate to have the traffic situation remedied. It's a noisy, smelly, unsafe route through a beautiful neighborhood filled with children. There must a better way to move truck traffic through the borough.
Thank you for making our neighborhood safer!
As a resident of the area I find it a travesty that I have to constantly be on the lookout for motorists that speed down residential streets and do not care about the safety of pedestrians. Mohammad 'Naiem' Uddin was killed crossing the street that I live on and nothing has changed with regards to pedestrian safety on the street since that poor child was killed.
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I am a teacher at PS 130 and work with the very students that this project can protect. With the September opening of another school building on Caton Avenue bringing a surge of children to the area, this project seems like a no-brainer!