PARK SLOPE — THE PARK SLOPE FIFTH AVENUE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, in partnership with WXY Architecture and Urban Design, released on Thursday a strategic vision that reimagines Fifth Avenue as a safer, more vibrant and people-centered corridor. The plan, “Putting People First on Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue — A Vision for the Public Realm,” was made possible through a community grant from New York-Presbyterian Hospital and was developed through an extensive community engagement process. The BID and WXY identified six major goals for the visioning plan that includes wider sidewalks, reducing conflicts and danger between pedestrians and other modes of transportation at intersections, decreasing traffic congestion for buses, enhancing green space and water management infrastructure, and maintaining Fifth Avenue’s character in a way that supports local business.
The New York City Department of Transportation has already received the report to implement its part of the plan, the BID Executive Director Joanna Tallantire told the Brooklyn Eagle. David Vega-Barachowitz from WXY added in an email, “NYC DOT was a collaborative partner and stakeholder during the visioning process and will continue to advance the work through a Street Improvement Project planning process that kicked off this fall.”
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