Local officials push for speed cameras in Greenpoint
With up to 20 speed cameras due to be installed by the end of the year within a quarter-mile of city schools that have documented speeding issues, requests are already pouring in from politicians and community advocates around the city to snag one of the cameras for their neighborhood.
One of those requests is for the intersection at McGuinness Boulevard and Norman Avenue, where P.S. 34 is located.
According to Assemblymember Joseph Lentol, who has requested the camera, having a speed camera there would provide an incentive for drivers to slow down when traveling on McGuinness Boulevard, where four people — one pedestrian and three bicyclists — died out of 57 accidents documented in the area between 2005-2009, according to a report by advocacy group Transportation Alternatives (TA).