Eyes on the Street: Drivers Retake the Kent Avenue Bike Lane
DOT reconfigured the southern part of the Kent Avenue bike lane this spring, but that hasn't stopped drivers from taking over the lane and the sidewalk for personal parking.
A reader took this photo earlier today. He writes:
I bike from LIC to Clinton Hill every morning and use the Kent Ave bike path. Luckily there was an upstanding citizen already on the phone with 311. This obstruction was particularly dangerous because it was forcing bikes into oncoming traffic. It wasn't just one car either, it was six.
Part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway route, this stretch of Kent Avenue was given a road diet after a hit-and-run driver killed two people at Wilson Street in March 2013. Parking in the bike lane was a chronic issue before the redesign, and drivers continued to use it after the lane was painted. Then plastic posts went in, but at this point it's clear this problem is not going away without an upgraded physical barrier or NYPD enforcement.
This section of Kent is on the border of the 88th and 90th Precincts. We've asked NYPD if the department is enforcing parking laws there.
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