Streets of Dyker and Bensonhurst among best in city
TheĀ streets of Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst aren’t perfect, but they are better than the streets in many other portions of the city, according to the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO), which on January 17 released a report detailing the street quality assessment performed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) over the past 18 months.
Doug Turetsky, Chief of Staff and Communications Director of of the IBO, says the report “looks at the physical conditions of the cityās streets and roadways,” assessing such thing as cracks, craters and potholes. According to the report, neighborhoods are ratedĀ on a scale from 1-10, and characterized asĀ āpoorā (1-3), āfairā (4-7) and āgoodā (8-10).
The streets in the best shapeĀ in southwest BrooklynĀ are located in Bensonhurst, where 80.99 percent of its streets received a āgoodā rating, the ninth best in the borough. Trailing close behind is Dyker Heights, where 80.80 percent of streets are considered āgood.ā Dyker is ranked 10th in the borough.