Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park

Eighth Avenue and 48th Street in Sunset Park, still a two-way street almost a year after the city said it would be turned into a one-way street. Photo: Dave Colon

Days After Two Girls Were Critically Injured, DOT Hits Reset on its Sunset Park Safety Fix

By Dave Colon | Nov 9, 2022 | No Comments

Back to the drawing board. The Department of Transportation has scrapped a redesign of two dangerous avenues in Brooklyn that the agency proposed fixing in 2021.

All signs point to ... the problem. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Advocates: Change Zoning to Regulate ‘Last-Mile’ Trucking Facilities Flocking to Low-Income Communities

By Gersh Kuntzman and Julianne Cuba | Dec 15, 2021 | No Comments

One man's last mile is another man's last gasp.

A double parked minivan in front of a double parked car on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park. Photo: Dave Colon

ANATOMY OF A BACKTRACK: DOT’s New Sunset Park Plan Gives Safety to Some, Double-Parking Madness For Others

By Dave Colon | Nov 1, 2021 | No Comments

"I'm kind of speechless," one activist said.

Sunset Park Safety Improvements Delayed Until at Least October After DOT Settles Lawsuit

By Dave Colon | Jul 23, 2021 | No Comments

A contentious plan is put off over a technicality.

A packed sidewalk on Eighth Avenue between 56th Street and 57th Street in Sunset Park. Photo: Dave Colon

Brooklyn Assembly Member Sues To Stop Safety Project DOT Hasn’t Even Started Yet

By Dave Colon | Jul 9, 2021 | No Comments

Assembly Member Peter Abbate's suit contends that the Department of Transportation did not notify local community boards within 90 days of starting the project ... which has no official start date yet. (So, um, how does that work?)

DOT Plans Crucial Redesign of Two Chaotic Sunset Park Roadways

By Dave Colon | Jun 14, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation wants to remake a pair of Brooklyn streets from traffic-choked, dangerous two-way commercial corridors into one-way streets to make the roadways safer and boost business.

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