Left turns to be banned at several Ocean Parkway intersections
Plans are moving full speed ahead for the repair of Ocean Parkway, but drivers shouldn’t plan on making left turns at any of nine major intersections along the thoroughfare, where the option will be eliminated.
The intersections where the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will ban left turns as part of the multi-faceted project, slated to begin in early spring and be completed by fall, 2017, include Avenue C, Cortelyou Road, Ditmas Avenue, 18th Avenue, Avenue I, Avenue J, Avenue P, Kings Highway and Avenue U, according to an agency spokesperson, who told this paper, “NYSDOT is investing $8.5 million to enhance pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility along Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, between the Prospect Expressway and Shore (Belt) Parkway.”
In addition, according to an NYSDOT spokesperson, specific improvements will also include: