Slow down! Mayor to lower speed limit on Third Avenue
BOROUGHWIDE — Mayor Bill de Blasio has a special holiday message for motorists driving on Brooklyn’s Third Avenue: Slow down!
The city is planning a major crackdown on reckless drivers, according to the mayor, who announced that the city will lower the speed limit from 30 MPH to 25 MPH on Third Avenue and Hamilton Avenue starting this month.
The new speed limit will be in place along a 2.2-mile-long stretch of Third Avenue from Prospect Avenue to 62nd Street and along a 1.9-mile-lomg section of Hamilton Avenue from Luquer Street to 18th Street.