Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sunset Park

City Council Member Alexa Aviles speaks to marchers at a World Day of Remembrance march in Sunset Park. Photo: Dave Colon

Council Member Alexa Aviles: DOT Needs to Do ‘Better’ with Plan for 7th and 8th Avs.

By Dave Colon | Dec 5, 2022 | No Comments

When the Department of Transportation pitched a plan last to turn two-way Seventh and Eighth avenues in Sunset Park into one-way streets, with traffic-calming measures like protected bike lanes and expanded sidewalks, there was a backlash and the agency pulled back. But now the neighborhood has new leadership — and we spoke to her!

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?)

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