Dyker Heights street safety advocates demand action by DOT
Elaine Ryan said she has witnessed five car crashes on the streets of Dyker Heights in recent weeks, including three in the past two weeks alone. “You can’t even cross the street,” she told the Home Reporter as she stood on the corner of 10th Avenue and 78th Street on Saturday to take part in a press conference on pedestrian safety.
Ryan, who walks her grandson to Saint Ephrem Catholic Academy every day, said she worries every time they step off the curb to go into the street.
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Councilmember Justin Brannan, two Democrats who represent Dyker Heights, held the press conference to call on the New York City Department of Transportation to finish a long-anticipated traffic study of the area and get started on installing traffic-calming measures to make streets safer for pedestrians.