Sunset BID upset over truck loading zone changes on Fifth
The removal of some parking spots along a 10-block span of Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park, to replace them with truck loading zones, has left locals feeling blindsided.
The change is the result of a five-month study undertaken by the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT), according to the Executive Director of the Sunset Park Business Improvement District (BID) Renee Giordano, who contended there’s a sizable lack of communication between the DOT and the community.
“Our biggest issue is the fact that things get done without even speaking to the BID,” she told The Home Reporter, explaining that she had caught wind of the change when she happened to read a letter sent to someone else revealing that four loading zones would be placed in various spots on Fifth Avenue later in the year.