Short-Term Improvements Coming to Flatbush Avenue

This week, the Department of Transportation will install temporary improvements along Flatbush Avenue, in anticipation of the major improvements that are part of the Flatbush Avenue Capital Project. According to the North Flatbush BID, the immediate plans call for reducing the speed of turning vehicles; painting sidewalk extensions at five Flatbush Avenue intersections on Bergen Street, St. Marks Avenue, Prospect Place, Sterling Place and St. Johns Place; expanding pedestrian space at the intersection of Carlton Avenue and Park Place; and adding plastic bollards to define pedestrian space. The full capital project, which includes expanding curb lines and sidewalks, as well as upgrades for all the Flatbush Avenue “triangles” at at 6th, 7th and 8th avenues, will not be complete until 2014.
Delays for the Flatbush Avenue Streetscape Project [Brownstoner]
Flatbush Triangles to Get Made Over [Brownstoner]
Photo via the North Flatbush Avenue BID