DUMBO preservation group clashes with BID over proposed Tech Triangle bus route
B67 extension to start running in September
While an MTA proposal to extend the B67 bus line through DUMBO as part of a new “Tech Triangle” line has garnered praise from local businesses, a neighborhood preservation group says the route will add needlessly to traffic and noise on DUMBO’s already congested streets, and is asking the MTA to move the route a block or two east.
At a meeting held Monday, April 29th at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the DUMBO Neighborhood Alliance (DNA) presented an alternate to the MTA’s proposed route, which would bring 24 buses daily into DUMBO along Jay, Front and Bridge streets.
“While we agree with MTA NYC Transit’s initiative to implement a new bus route/extension to connect Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Vinegar Hill communities, it doesn’t have to be at the expense of our neighborhood,” said DNA spokesperson Doreen Gallo.