Third Avenue piazza plan advances
A proposal to bring a car-free piazza to Third Avenue between81st and 89th Streets this summer has cleared another hurdle asCommunity Board 10’s Traffic and Transportation Committee has votedto approve the Merchants of Third Avenue’s (MTA) proposal forSummer Stroll on 3rd, despite concerns from some residents aboutcongested traffic, double parking and drunken revelers.
The committee voted to recommend that the full board impose somestipulations, though, including that participating businesses allowanyone to use their bathrooms and that, where relevant, merchantsmust mark storefronts as wheelchair-accessible.
The Summer Stroll on 3rd is slated to be a series of outdooractivities over four Friday evenings this summer that aims to bringBrooklyn residents near and far to sample Bay Ridge dance andtheatrical performances, art exhibits, music, food, spa samples andmore.