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One-Way Gap in Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Set to Be Closed This Fall

Negotiations between DOT and the Port Authority have delayed completion of a bike path in Red Hook until fall. Image: ##http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2013-02-21-greenway-atlantic-basin-cb6.pdf##DOT##

Construction continues on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway along Van Brunt Street, with a two-way buffered bike lane extending the greenway south through Red Hook striped recently, but there's a conspicuous gap in the route that won't be filled until at least this fall.

Reader Anna Zivarts flagged the problem with this short video and set of photos showing how southbound cyclists on Imlay Street find that the two-way bike lane suddenly ends at Verona Street, giving them the option to backtrack, divert to a cobblestone street, ride on a narrow sidewalk, or ride against traffic for two blocks before rejoining the new bike lane on Conover Street.

Why the gap? As shown in this DOT presentation from February [PDF], the missing link is supposed to be bridged by a bike path that jumps off the street and runs along the edge of a Port Authority truck storage yard, but it appears negotiations between the Port Authority and DOT didn't wrap up before the on-street section was striped.

"The permanent greenway route along the Basin is expected to be completed in the fall," DOT spokesperson Nicholas Mosquera said in an e-mail. In the meantime, he said, DOT will be installing temporary bike route indicators on the sidewalk. This stretch of sidewalk, while not heavily used by pedestrians, isn't especially wide, and on a recent visit was blocked by companies that were unloading trucks.

"We continue to work with the Port Authority and other agencies to implement the portion along Atlantic Basin," Mosquera said. Streetsblog has inquired with the Port Authority, but is still awaiting a response.

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