Pols renew request for bollards, guardrails for Coney Boardwalk, Gravesend Promenade
With the start of a new year underway, two local pols are teaming up with a newly elected official to renew their call for the city to up protections for pedestrians and cyclists at two of southern Brooklyn’s most popular public spaces – the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk and the Gravesend Bay Promenade/Shore Parkway Greenway.
The repeat call comes from Councilmembers Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch, joined now by newly-minted Councilmember Justin Brannan, on the heels of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s January 2 announcement that the city is investing $50 million to install 1,500 permanent protective bollards at high-profile city locations, including Times Square.
The original call for bollards in Coney came from Treyger and Deutsch just days after the October 31 terrorist attack in Manhattan in which eight people lost their lives when a vehicle was used as a weapon against pedestrians and cyclists. The duo sent letters to the mayor, the NYPD, the Parks Department and the Department of Transportation calling for the installation of retractable, fortified safety bollards at all Boardwalk entry points wide enough to provide vehicular access.