Broadway is a New York City official local truck route. The areas most prone to pothole development are where drainage is poor and where vehicular traffic is greatest – especially heavy vehicle traffic.
Potholes are formed by water, freezing and freeze-thaw cycles, excessive heat, wear and tear and the passage of time. The work - which occurred between Suydam Street and Eastern Parkway - was started in July 1988 and completed November 1990: 31 years ago. Meanwhile a DOT community liaison told Community Board 4 District Manager Celestina Leon that the last major renovation project done on Broadway through Bushwick was done in 1990. “It’s definitely something I’ll be paying attention to and seeing if we can have a comprehensive redesign and reconstruction all the way down the the end of Broadway.”Ĭollectively, the three boards represented more than 330,000 Brooklyn residents as of Census 2000, and that number is likely to be higher now. “If you are from that area you know that the street’s deteriorated and needs lot of help,” he said. In Part 1 of this series, incoming Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said the issue was certainly something he’d be looking at. The board, which represents Brownsville and Ocean Hill, will vote on it in its public meeting Oct. to its list of items to propose in its capital budget request for 2023. That should really say something.”īrooklyn Community Board 16 has also added reconstructing Broadway from from Saratoga Ave. “Our greatest needs are housing, and then after that, reconstructing Broadway. “Transportation should really see that as something significant,” CB4 District Manager Celestina Leon said. Photo: Jessy Edwards for the BK Reader.Ĭommunity Board 4, which represents Bushwick, also this week voted to recommend the Broadway reconstruction project remain the third highest-priority capital budget request in its 2023 budget proposal, after affordable housing. The board, which represents Bed-Stuy, said reconstructing the Broadway roadway was in its “top three” capital expenditure requests it was putting forward for Fiscal Year 2023. “We look forward to the DOT addressing the concerns for this major thoroughfare - which affects three community boards - sooner rather than later.” Butler said it didn’t sound like fixing the roadway was a priority for the agency. In response to the DOT’s statement this week, Community Board 3 District Manager Henry L. Morales said on the phone that the DOT had “no reports” about the roadway and what it would require to resurface it. “We understand the community’s concerns and are considering potential ways to address in the future,” DOT Deputy Press Secretary Alana Morales said.
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Photo: Jessy Edwards for the BK Reader.Īfter BK Reader published Part 1 of this series on Brooklyn’s Broadway - and followed up one more time - the NYC Department of Transport (DOT) finally replied with a one line response. The road is unique in that it is a truck route, a bus route, it runs under an overground rail-line, it potentially covers the old tram lines, and is used heavily by cars, cyclists, pedestrians and delivery drivers. The BK Reader sent five unanswered emails requests to the department requesting any information on when Broadway was last reconstructed, how the roadway is constructed, and what it would take to fix it. If getting the DOT to reconstruct the Brooklyn Broadway roadway is anything like getting the department to respond to an email, it’s likely to be a slow process. Now, in response to community concerns, the DOT says it’s considering fixing the roadway “in the future.” Slow process Each of them is planning to let officials know it’s a priority in their upcoming 2023 budget proposals this month.Īnyone who travels Broadway through Central Brooklyn knows the roadway is dangerous, with potholes that could see you damage your vehicle, bounce off your bike or even sustain an injury crossing the road.Īccording to City records, it’s likely the roadway hasn’t been redone since 1990. Two weeks ago, Community Boards 3, 4 and 16 spoke up, saying they all want the roadway between Flushing and Van Sinderen Avenues repaired and reconstructed. The Department of Transport (DOT) has broken its silence after three adjacent Brooklyn community boards joined in the same message this month: We want Broadway fixed.
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