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PUMP THE BRAKES
Bensonhurst civic leaders push DOT to reconsider bike lane plan
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
They want the city to pump the
brakes on its bike plan.
City offi cials must reconsider
their plan to build a bike
lane along the Southern Brooklyn
coast, according to Bensonhurst
civic gurus, who called
the city’s current proposal unsafe
because it lacks proper protection
for cyclists on car-heavy
roads.
The Department of Transportation
unveiled its proposal,
calling for a one-and-a-half
mile bikeable route along Shore
Parkway, at an April 24 Community
Board 11 meeting.
The planned route would
run from Bay Parkway to Bay
53rd Street, connecting existing
lanes on either side to create
a continuous bikeable path
from Bay Ridge to the Coney Island
peninsula. The largest section
of the department’s plan
calls for a two-way protected
bike lane on Shore Parkway, on
the side of the road closest to the
water.
Ahead of the unanimous
rebuff of the proposal on May
9, the board’s Transportation
Committee chair blasted department
reps for valuing expe-
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Honoring a community hero
Friends and family of education activist Mafalda DiMango held a replica of the street sign that will now hang in her honor, at 81st Street near
15th Avenue in Dyker Heights. For more, see page 27. Photo by Steve Solomonson
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