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DEKALB AND WILLOUGHBY AVES
Fort Greene Pedestrian Access Improvements
CB 2 June 15th, 2017
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PROJECT AREA
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Fort
Greene
Park Pratt
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Pratt
Playground
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• Community requests for traffic calming and crossings
• Long distances between marked crossings
• Strong pedestrian desire to cross
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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Fort
Greene
Park
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St Edwards St at
Auburn Pl
Washington Park at
Willoughby Ave
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Willoughby Ave at
Waverly
Willoughby Ave and Washington Park • Entrance to Fort Greene Park
• Pedestrian volumes higher than vehicles
• Community requests for marking crossing
St Edwards St and Auburn Pl • Schools, a church, and NYPL are large pedestrian
generators
Willoughby Ave and Waverly Ave • Community request for marked crossing
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School
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Willoughby Ave at Emerson Pl
Willoughby Ave at Pratt
EXISTING CONDITIONS
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Pratt
Institute
Playground
DeKalb Ave at B38 bus stop
Residential
Towers
Residential
Towers
Pratt
Dorms
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Willoughby Ave at Pratt entrance and
Emerson Pl • Pratt Institute and residential towers are large
pedestrian generators
DeKalb Ave, midblock at B38 bus stop • Pedestrian desire line due to internal pathways and
existing bus stop
• Long distance between marked crossings (1,300 ft)
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PROPOSAL – STOP CONTROL AND CROSSWALKS
Willoughby Ave and Washington Park 1
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ENHANCED CROSSINGS
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• At locations that do not meet
federal criteria for traffic
controls
• Calm streets with long
distances between marked
crossings
• Improve accessibility by
marking the preferred
pedestrian path
Enhanced Crossing, Bergen St and Boreum Pl
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PROPOSAL
WILLOUGHBY AVE
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St Edwards St and Auburn Pl
Willoughby Ave and Waverly Ave
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Enhanced Crossings
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WILLOUGHBY AVE
Willoughby Ave at Pratt entrance
Willoughby Ave and Emerson Pl
DeKalb Ave between Hall and Classon at B38 stop
PROPOSAL
Enhanced Crossings
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BENEFITS
• Safer and shorter
pedestrian crossings
• Delineates pedestrian paths
and increases visibility of
crossing pedestrians to
approaching vehicles
Enhanced Crossing, Newkirk Ave, Brooklyn
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