The redesign became the first and one of the most heated flashpoints in the fight for better streets under the Adams administration, after years of advocacy for better safety following the vehicular slaying of beloved local teacher Matthew Jensen on the road in 2021.
The new single-lane configuration has transformed McGuinness Boulevard into a calmer and safer road for vulnerable road users, while the compromised portion to the north remains an unsafe danger zone.
DOT had originally planned to remove a lane each way for the whole thoroughfare in 2023, before opponents, backed by the powerful soundstages company Broadway Stages, got then-chief mayoral adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin to intervene, which led Mayor Adams to hack away at the plan several times last year.
It would help to extend it the whole way, said Greenpoint resident Brett M. as he biked on the new paths earlier this week. We kinda needed [the redesign]. People were speeding.
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