Tag: redesign

Another U-turn on McGuinness Boulevard as city returns to original lane reduction plan

mcguinness boulevard at calyer street

Oct. 2, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The city has, for the fourth time, changed its mind on the McGuinness Boulevard redesign. This fall, the Department of Transportation will implement the road diet it has already finalized, then rejected, on the southern half of the roadway. Between Calyer Street and Meeker Avenue, the department will…

Cyclists take to the streets of Brooklyn to protest reduced McGuinness Boulevard redesign

cyclist with make mcguinness safe sign at protest

Aug. 30, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen North Brooklyn residents and street-safety advocates took to the streets of Greenpoint on their bicycles Tuesday night in protest of the city’s stripped-back redesign of McGuinness Boulevard. Protestors accused Mayor Eric Adams of ignoring the community and his own Department of Transportation by deciding the city would abandon…

Relief in Greenpoint as compromise reached on McGuinness Boulevard redesign

Aug. 17, 2023 By Adam Daly

The Department of Transportation unveiled a compromised version of its planned redesign of McGuinness Boulevard Wednesday to the relief of many Greenpoint locals who have been fighting for safety improvements to the deadly highway-like road for over two years.