The Department of Transportation finally installed the restrictions to keep these trucks off our residential blocks. We forced them to stop treating East 5th Street like a highway shortcut. Keep keeping your eyes open to ensure these drivers actually follow the new rules.
January 7, 2019
Residents of East 5th Street and the Vicinity Demand Traffic Enforcement, and Better and Safer Conditions
Final supporters
As a resident of East 5th Street, Brooklyn, between Greenwood Avenue to Fort Hamilton Parkway, and Fort Hamilton Parkway to Caton Avenue, live in the vicinity, or am a user of Greenwood Playground, I request better traffic and noise enforcement.
East 5th Street is not a commercial traffic route, nor an extension of Exit 5 of the Prospect Expressway. These two blocks are both residential blocks off of a highway exit. There are NYCDOT signs at Exit 5 that display 'No Trucks' and 'Passenger Cars Only', and on the corners of East 5th and Ft. Hamilton Parkway that display ‘No Trucks Except Deliveries This Block’. These signs are ignored daily at all hours.
• This must include all trucks, buses, tour buses, construction and private carting vehicles, and sanitation trucks. Unless picking up trash or recyclables on East 5th street’s designated sanitation pick-up days, the Sanitation Department should not be using this exit as a shortcut or means of returning trucks to their respective garages from the DSNY Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station. Commonly seen on East 5th Street are trucks identified as, but not limited to, BK 9 (Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Wingate), BK 16 (Brownsville, Ocean Hill), and BK 17 (East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus, Ditmas Village). Our local sanitation garage is BKS 7 (Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace).
• Noise enforcement. Vehicles traveling down East 5th, and stopped at the traffic lights at the intersections of Ft. Hamilton Parkway, and again at Caton Avenue, very often play music at unbearably loud levels, and honk horns incessantly 24-hours a day. Not only is East 5th a residential street, but some of it’s residents are seniors, very young children, and/or disabled.
• Traffic enforcement must begin as vehicles exit at the Prospect Expressway Exit 5. Exit 5 (Ft. Hamilton Parkway) exits to East 5th between Greenwood Avenue and Ft. Hamilton Parkway. There are several signs on the Prospect leading up to Exit 4 that state 'Truck Route Exit 4' as the truck route, and Exit 5 is ‘Passenger Cars Only’. Exit 5 itself has a ‘No Trucks’ sign and a ‘Passenger Cars Only’ sign at the exit. This is not enforced and is a nuisance and safety hazard to the residents of East 5th Street and users of Greenwood Playground. Very often, vehicles do not slow down or even stop at the stop sign and crosswalk at the end of the exit.
• There is excessive speeding of vehicles trying to beat a red traffic light as it changes from yellow at both intersections of East 5th at Caton Avenue and East 5th at Ft. Hamilton Parkway. It is not uncommon for cars racing to beat the red light to nearly hit pedestrians crossing at these intersections, especially when school begins and lets out, and at morning and evening rush hours for subway commuters.
• Trucks, buses, and commercial and large vehicles are a safety hazard on East 5th Street. The NYC Parks Department Greenwood Playground runs the entire length of East 5th from Greenwood Avenue to Ft. Hamilton Parkway. On the four corners at the intersection of East 5th Street and Ft. Hamilton Parkway are the Windsor Terrace branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, P.S.130, and the Greenwood Playground. In addition, the Ft. Hamilton Parkway F line subway station is located one block away.
• Some residents feel that if alternate side parking is designated for the playground side of E5th instead of 'No Parking 4-7pm', this may contribute to a safer street for the playground, reduce traffic on the block, and create desperately needed parking for the neighborhood. The same can be said about the 'No Parking 7am-4pm School Days' in front of the Windsor Terrace Library. The NYCDOT should study this issue to determine if it is feasible.
As a resident of East 5th Street, I ask that the NYC Community Affairs Unit, NYC Mayor's Office, Brooklyn Community Board 7, The NYC Department of Transportation, the NYC Department of Sanitation, and the NYC Police Department 72nd Precinct please address these issues including notifications, summonses, additional signage and strict enforcement of traffic regulations. Thank you.
Updates
November 19, 2018
The NYPD and the Department of Sanitation continue to ignore the blatant lawbreaking happening on our street every single day. I am documenting every heavy vehicle that treats our homes like a highway ramp because the silence from the city officials is deafening. They think we will give up if they just wait us out but they are wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
November 19, 2018
76 Comments
Talk to the long time residents who said the exit was promised to be temporary when they built the prospect expressway and when the church avenue exit was completed, the FT Hamilton exit was to be closed.
I have lived at my address on E5th for 45years, The traffic and quality of life and safety on East 5th Street has been drastically reduced in this time.
I support this petition. There are too many trucks speedy down E. 5th street who insensantly honk their horns at all hours of the night. This is a great neighborhood filled with working professionals who need a good nights sleep to help them get through the day. The safety of all residents should be paramount. This needs to be addressed.
Vehicles (many commercial) going south on e 5 making a left onto Caton, turn without regard for pedestrians. Many of which are the children and families that walk to and from Greenwood Playground and P.S. 130. Please enforce the rules of the road at this corner for the safety of our residents, young and old.
We have letters showing we have been fighting this issue for approximately 40 years with no results concerning the trucks that do damage to our property. Many times while sitting in the living room we can feel our homes shake as a result of the heavy trucks that are disobeying the "No trucks" signs. There should be a light that gives tickets to all who keep disobeying the "no trucks" signs.
Living very close to this exit I have witness too many vehicles ignoring the stop sign, speeding through the intersection and on busy days they will exit here and then proceed to back up to Greenwood avenue to avoid traffic further placing pedestrians, particularly children at risk of harm and injury.
72nd PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT - TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 7:30pm TONIGHT - 72nd Precinct Community Council meeting at the Marien Heim Senior Center 7:30pm at 4520 4th Ave. (45th St.). Representatives from the Precinct and the Sanitation Department will be there to listen to our Windsor Terrace community concerns. I will be there with the petition that I started regarding traffic violations, sanitation trucks, loud vehicles that exit at Exit 5 of the Prospect Expressway and safety and quality of life issues on East 5th Street. Please attend if you are able, there is strength in numbers.
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The Department of Transportation finally installed the restrictions to keep these trucks off our residential blocks. We forced them to stop treating East 5th Street like a highway shortcut. Keep keeping your eyes open to ensure these drivers actually follow the new rules.
January 7, 2019
Residents of East 5th Street and the Vicinity Demand Traffic Enforcement, and Better and Safer Conditions
Final supporters
As a resident of East 5th Street, Brooklyn, between Greenwood Avenue to Fort Hamilton Parkway, and Fort Hamilton Parkway to Caton Avenue, live in the vicinity, or am a user of Greenwood Playground, I request better traffic and noise enforcement.
East 5th Street is not a commercial traffic route, nor an extension of Exit 5 of the Prospect Expressway. These two blocks are both residential blocks off of a highway exit. There are NYCDOT signs at Exit 5 that display 'No Trucks' and 'Passenger Cars Only', and on the corners of East 5th and Ft. Hamilton Parkway that display ‘No Trucks Except Deliveries This Block’. These signs are ignored daily at all hours.
• This must include all trucks, buses, tour buses, construction and private carting vehicles, and sanitation trucks. Unless picking up trash or recyclables on East 5th street’s designated sanitation pick-up days, the Sanitation Department should not be using this exit as a shortcut or means of returning trucks to their respective garages from the DSNY Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station. Commonly seen on East 5th Street are trucks identified as, but not limited to, BK 9 (Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Wingate), BK 16 (Brownsville, Ocean Hill), and BK 17 (East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus, Ditmas Village). Our local sanitation garage is BKS 7 (Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace).
• Noise enforcement. Vehicles traveling down East 5th, and stopped at the traffic lights at the intersections of Ft. Hamilton Parkway, and again at Caton Avenue, very often play music at unbearably loud levels, and honk horns incessantly 24-hours a day. Not only is East 5th a residential street, but some of it’s residents are seniors, very young children, and/or disabled.
• Traffic enforcement must begin as vehicles exit at the Prospect Expressway Exit 5. Exit 5 (Ft. Hamilton Parkway) exits to East 5th between Greenwood Avenue and Ft. Hamilton Parkway. There are several signs on the Prospect leading up to Exit 4 that state 'Truck Route Exit 4' as the truck route, and Exit 5 is ‘Passenger Cars Only’. Exit 5 itself has a ‘No Trucks’ sign and a ‘Passenger Cars Only’ sign at the exit. This is not enforced and is a nuisance and safety hazard to the residents of East 5th Street and users of Greenwood Playground. Very often, vehicles do not slow down or even stop at the stop sign and crosswalk at the end of the exit.
• There is excessive speeding of vehicles trying to beat a red traffic light as it changes from yellow at both intersections of East 5th at Caton Avenue and East 5th at Ft. Hamilton Parkway. It is not uncommon for cars racing to beat the red light to nearly hit pedestrians crossing at these intersections, especially when school begins and lets out, and at morning and evening rush hours for subway commuters.
• Trucks, buses, and commercial and large vehicles are a safety hazard on East 5th Street. The NYC Parks Department Greenwood Playground runs the entire length of East 5th from Greenwood Avenue to Ft. Hamilton Parkway. On the four corners at the intersection of East 5th Street and Ft. Hamilton Parkway are the Windsor Terrace branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, P.S.130, and the Greenwood Playground. In addition, the Ft. Hamilton Parkway F line subway station is located one block away.
• Some residents feel that if alternate side parking is designated for the playground side of E5th instead of 'No Parking 4-7pm', this may contribute to a safer street for the playground, reduce traffic on the block, and create desperately needed parking for the neighborhood. The same can be said about the 'No Parking 7am-4pm School Days' in front of the Windsor Terrace Library. The NYCDOT should study this issue to determine if it is feasible.
As a resident of East 5th Street, I ask that the NYC Community Affairs Unit, NYC Mayor's Office, Brooklyn Community Board 7, The NYC Department of Transportation, the NYC Department of Sanitation, and the NYC Police Department 72nd Precinct please address these issues including notifications, summonses, additional signage and strict enforcement of traffic regulations. Thank you.
Updates
November 19, 2018
The NYPD and the Department of Sanitation continue to ignore the blatant lawbreaking happening on our street every single day. I am documenting every heavy vehicle that treats our homes like a highway ramp because the silence from the city officials is deafening. They think we will give up if they just wait us out but they are wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
November 19, 2018
76 Comments
I live a block from this exit ramp. It is incredibly dangerous. No one stops at the one stop sign before the traffic light. They dont seem to realise that it is a pedestrian crossing from the subway and kids park. I have been tempted many times to call the police on a few offenders.
Talk to the long time residents who said the exit was promised to be temporary when they built the prospect expressway and when the church avenue exit was completed, the FT Hamilton exit was to be closed.
I have lived at my address on E5th for 45years, The traffic and quality of life and safety on East 5th Street has been drastically reduced in this time.
I support this petition. There are too many trucks speedy down E. 5th street who insensantly honk their horns at all hours of the night. This is a great neighborhood filled with working professionals who need a good nights sleep to help them get through the day. The safety of all residents should be paramount. This needs to be addressed.
Vehicles (many commercial) going south on e 5 making a left onto Caton, turn without regard for pedestrians. Many of which are the children and families that walk to and from Greenwood Playground and P.S. 130. Please enforce the rules of the road at this corner for the safety of our residents, young and old.
We have letters showing we have been fighting this issue for approximately 40 years with no results concerning the trucks that do damage to our property. Many times while sitting in the living room we can feel our homes shake as a result of the heavy trucks that are disobeying the "No trucks" signs. There should be a light that gives tickets to all who keep disobeying the "no trucks" signs.
Living very close to this exit I have witness too many vehicles ignoring the stop sign, speeding through the intersection and on busy days they will exit here and then proceed to back up to Greenwood avenue to avoid traffic further placing pedestrians, particularly children at risk of harm and injury.
72nd PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT - TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 7:30pm TONIGHT - 72nd Precinct Community Council meeting at the Marien Heim Senior Center 7:30pm at 4520 4th Ave. (45th St.). Representatives from the Precinct and the Sanitation Department will be there to listen to our Windsor Terrace community concerns. I will be there with the petition that I started regarding traffic violations, sanitation trucks, loud vehicles that exit at Exit 5 of the Prospect Expressway and safety and quality of life issues on East 5th Street. Please attend if you are able, there is strength in numbers.
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I live a block from this exit ramp. It is incredibly dangerous. No one stops at the one stop sign before the traffic light. They dont seem to realise that it is a pedestrian crossing from the subway and kids park. I have been tempted many times to call the police on a few offenders.