Downtown Brooklyn is getting a facelift with help from Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s parks and transportation departments.
Photo courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Bustling Downtown Brooklyn is getting some major upgrade of its public outdoor spaces, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday, thanks to a $40 million investment to make the area both safer and more vibrant.
A $32 million capital upgrade will expand pedestrian space and improve traffic at five intersections along Flatbush Avenue between Livingston and Pacific streets. Those upgrades include added street greenery and new sidewalks, transportation upgrades with with improved bus service, pedestrian and roadway safety enhancements and new public art to liven up the roadway.
The rest of the funds will be used project will also bring streetscape improvements and greenery along Fulton Street.
“With new street trees, tree pits, and seating on the way to Fulton Street, Downtown Brooklyn is about to get even more beautiful,” said Parks Department Commissioner Sue Donoghue.
“This is how we reimagine our city, reinvigorate our neighborhoods, and revitalize our business districts: with more room to walk, to bike, and to enjoy retail and restaurants safely,” Adams said in a statement. “And with our $375 million investment in vibrant, new public spaces, building on the work of the ‘New’ New York panel, we are delivering more public space in every single borough.”
Downtown Brooklyn is home to dozens of schools and universities, office buildings, and local government hubs like Brooklyn Borough Hall and both state and federal courthouses. During the week, the nabe’s streets and subway stations are filled with more than 70,000 workers and 5,5000 K-12 students heading to and from their schools and offices — and that’s not to mention the 51,000 Brooklynites who live in the nabe full-time. Mayor Adams said the project brings one of the city’s…
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