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SAFETYFOURTH AVENUE, BROOKLYNResidents discuss 4th Avenue safety improvement in Park Slope4th Avenue, after improvementsDOT has implemented majorIn 2011, in partnership withfor safety improvements alongstreet views of each intersectiondesign changes to reducea task force convened by thethe avenue in Sunset Park.in the study area to suggestspeeding on 81 blocks ofBrooklyn Borough President,All three segments of theimprovement ideas. Park SlopeBrooklyn’s Fourth Avenue,DOT began holding communityproject have been subject toCouncil Member Brad Landerwith one more segment underworkshops for sections ofan extensive dialogue andwrote that it “is one of the bestconsideration as of October,Fourth Avenue to develop designdiscussion. As in Jacksonexamples of online interactive2013. Overall, the project rangesideas for improving safety andHeights, presentations, opengovernment I’ve seen.”for much of the length of Brooklyn,traffic operations. Safety onhouses, workshops, communityDOT’s Safety Educationfrom Bay Ridge to the Barclay’sFourth Avenue has long been aboard hearings, walk–throughsdivision also engaged parents,Center. The project is generallyconcern of DOT and the peopleand an interactive on–line portalteachers and students inwidening medians, narrowingwho live and work along thewere part of the varied repertoiremeetings and workshops on thepedestrian crossing distancescorridor. In 2009, the NY Policefor discussing and developingbasics of safety design at a totaland restricting some turns.Department’s 72nd Precinctan accepted action plan for theof 35 public and private schoolsImplementation began followingrequested a safety project alongcorridor. In Park Slope and Bayalong the corridor.intensive public dialogue andthe Fourth Avenue corridor.Ridge, DOT used a new toolcollaboration. Discussion in theCommunity Board 7 alsothat lets community memberscorridor continues today.approached DOT with requestsanonymously post notes on50Chapter 4: DOT’s Public Conversation on Street Safety