Fulton Street biz, customers protest new bus-only lanes in Clinton Hill
DOT says it modified hours
Small business owners and their customers in Clinton Hill say the city’s decision to turn the curbside lanes on Fulton Street into bus-only lanes will wipe out parking and deliveries to dozens of stores along the busy shopping strip.
Activists and community representatives gathered in front of the family-run Key Food at 991 Fulton St. on Thursday to protest the designation, which they said was made by the local business improvement district and the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) without consultation with the small businesses on Fulton Street.
The designation would ban parking and deliveries on Fulton between Grand and Lafayette avenues between the hours of 7 – 10 a.m. on the downtown side of the street and from 2 – 7 p.m. on the eastbound side, according to businesses and representatives of officials.