Make Crossing at East 5th Street and Greenwood Avenue Safer!

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We, the undersigned residents of Brooklyn, are writing to ask your help in making East 5th Street a safer, healthier and more livable place.

Currently drivers exiting the Prospect Expressway at Exit 5 ignore the stop sign and speed down the block, making it dangerous for everyone, especially children going to Greenwood Playground and the two nearby schools.

Nor is the residential stretch of East 5th Street between Vanderbilt Street and Greenwood Avenue currently protected in any way from the pollution, noise and unsightliness of the Expressway that runs parallel to and level with East 5th Street.

After doing a study of the site, Transportation Alternatives suggested the following changes:

1. Larger and clearer signs indicating that there are schools and a playground by the exit and children crossing. The signage that is there now is inadequate.

2. A raised crosswalk at East 5th and Greenwood Avenue. Raised crosswalks have been proven to slow traffic to appropriate speeds and encourage more drivers to stop and yield to pedestrians. This is not the same thing as a speed bump.

3. The median area along East 5th Street between Vanderbilt Street and Greenwood Avenue should be widened to allow for the planting of a dense screen of evergreen trees to create a planted buffer between the parking lane and the guard rail on the east side of the street. These trees would absorb vehicle emissions, helping to cut down on both air and noise pollution. There is ample room to widen the median to create a green strip along East 5th, while still allowing room for parking on both sides of the street and unimpaired traffic flow.

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  • Steve R LeVine
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 71 Ocean Parkway 11218
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  • FRANCIS C. NOLL
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 119 Vanderbilt Street, 11218
  • Gina Duclayan
    • Address with Zip Code
    • Caton Avenue , Brooklyn, 11218
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  • Orville Kiser
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 62 East 4th Street, 11218
    • Comments
    • Drivers come off that ramp fast, go through the light, right past Greenwood Playground which has a gate that doesn't close easily (hence is usually left wide open for toddlers to run out)
  • Gina Caroddo
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 537 18th St, Brooklyn NY 11215
  • andrew adler
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 1107 prospect avenue brooklyn ny 11218
  • rachael strauss
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 11218
  • jessica vicente
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 407 Vanderbilt Street #2 Brooklyn NY 11218
  • jean-marie kennedy
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 170 e. 4th, brooklyn, 11218
  • Amy Cordone
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 3001 Fort Hamilton Pkwy 3C, Brooklyn, NY 11218
  • mary brosnan
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 414 Albemarle Rd - 4E Brooklyn, NY 11218
  • Jacqueline Glasthal
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 350 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11218
  • Joy Rich
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 140 E. 2nd Street, Apt. 2U, Brooklyn, NY 11218
  • Scott Teplin
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 81 Ocean Parkway
  • stephen badiner
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 221 east 4 street 11218
  • Orion Smithh
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 311 E 2nd St Brooklyn NY 11218
  • Barbra Dannov
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 283 East 5th Street #5A, Brooklyn, NY 11218
  • David Rawson
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 411 Vanderbilt St. Brooklyn, NY 11218
  • David Knowles
    • Address with Zip Code
    • 111 East 3 Street 11218